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The K2 industrial (“K2-IND”) is a very popular spinning disk based confocal module. They are designed for either of these two microscopes:
Because it is spinning disc type, you do not need any special electronics and can view the image directly in the eyepiece. The back BNC connector can be used to sync disk rotation to the video signal (default: sync to input AC).
Optional “focus finder” attachment evidently does fancy autofocus
Specifications:
JM unit doesn't have objectives. Based on the manual and eBay unit, these are supposed tou se BD Plan 210 mm objectives w/ M26 thread.
According to Allanwood Olympus chart, some objectives that might be compatible are:
Vendor | Series | Type | Target microscope | Threading | Notes |
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Olympus | NeoPlan | BH2 | M25 | ||
Olympus | LWDMPlan | RMS | |||
Olympus | M | BH | RMS | ||
Olympus | MNH | RMS | |||
Olympus | MNM | RMS | |||
Olympus | MPL | RMS | |||
Olympus | MPlan | RMS | |||
Olympus | MPLL | RMS | |||
Olympus | Neo | BH | M25 | ||
Olympus | NeoPlan | BH? | M25 |
System components:
Objectives: