DORIC Fiber Photometry System - Integrated Connectorized Fluorescence Mini Cube

Figure 1.3: Back view: Maintenance and Power Supply
• The 12V port connects to the 12 VDC Power supply.
• The USB port allows a USB-B connection to a computer.
• The Service port is a USB-B port through which the firmware of the device can be updated.
• The USB-3 charging port is currently disabled.
1.3 Integrated Connectorized Fluorescence Mini Cube
Figure 1.4: 4-port Fluorescence Mini Cube
The integrated Fluorescence Mini Cube is an optical assembly that allows the combination of multiple excitation and detec-
tion signals. The cubes are classified by their number of ports, with 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 port cubes available. The ports are
each classified according to their usage, and are also qualified by a wavelength band corresponding to the bandwidth of
optical filters within the cube.
• E and IE (Fig. 1.4) represent entry ports for fluorescence and isosbestic point excitation light. Each port of this type
comes with a Built-in LED Optical Head that contains the following elements.
– The Intensity Adjustment Ring (Fig. 1.5a) allows additional adjustment of the overall output intensity of
light.
– The M8 connector port (Fig. 1.5a) is used to connect the optical head to the LED Driver using a Male-Female
M8 Cable.
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