Remote operation of optical microscopes for use in science and engineering laboratories

Author

Maiti, Ananda ; Mahata, S. Ubhasis ; Maiti, C.K.

Author_Institution

VIT Univ., Vellore, India

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We have engineered an optical microscope that can be operated via the internet using most of the internet and networking capable devices including laptops and desktop computers. The system offers a user the ability to conduct visual inspection of samples, microelectronic devices and manipulation experiments in the field of biology. The remote controlled microscope is programmed to perform acquisition of images. The instrument is currently being used to perform thin film characterization experiments in microelectronics laboratory. Such a system may find a wide range of new applications for science experiments.

Keywords

Internet; biology computing; computer aided instruction; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; image processing; laptop computers; optical microscopes; student experiments; thin film circuits; virtual instrumentation; Internet; biology; desktop computer; engineering laboratories; image acquisition; laptop; manipulation experiment; microelectronic device; microelectronics laboratory; networking capable devices; optical microscope; remote controlled microscope; remote operation; science experiment; science laboratories; thin film characterization experiment; visual inspection; Biology; Histograms; Instruments; Performance evaluation; Flash; Microscopes; remote laboratories; web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2012 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bilbao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2540-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2541-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REV.2012.6293143

Filename

6293143