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It is easy to turn them on/off at will from a command line. illuminator_2 is the upper, reflective, light source. illuminator_1 is the lower, transmissive, light source. Power_line_frequency (menu) : min=0 max=2 default=1 value=1Ĭompression_target (menu) : min=0 max=1 default=0 value=0įlipping the lights on/off involves setting the illuminator_ n controls with bool values. Saturation (int) : min=0 max=100 step=1 default=50 value=50 flags=slider
INTEL QX5 MICROSCOPE DRIVER
To talk to the camera driver module use v4l2-ctl to list and change the various settings it has v4l2-ctl -līrightness (int) : min=0 max=100 step=1 default=50 value=50 flags=sliderĬontrast (int) : min=0 max=96 step=8 default=48 value=48 flags=slider usbcore: registered new interface driver cpia1
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usb 5-1: Product: Intel Play QX3 Microscope usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=1, SerialNumber=0 usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0813, idProduct=0001 usb 5-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd DELL Laser Mouseīus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root dmesg Intel Play QX3 Microscopeīus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hubīus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:c063 Logitech, Inc. Plugging the microscope in shows the lsusbīus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hubīus 005 Device 002: ID 0813:0001 Mattel, Inc. The old method involved sending commands directly to the device driver module as a user with root privileges. V4L has a control command that allows regular users to send commands to the driver via their API, available in the v4l-utils package. Instead of using the old CPiA driver modern distros use the gspca driver framework which still operates under Video4Linux. I was also at TRU today and saw a QX5 (new version) that looks similar, in a similar box, except it is labeled 'Digital Blue' instead of 'Intel Play' As a side note, next to the Microscope was the 'Sound Morpher' - 29 at 50off 15. As time moved on driver rewrites began and things got shuffled around. I happen to own a QX3 and in the past was able to use the old guides for the old driver to turn the illuminator lamps on and off in older releases of various Linux distros. Some samples of image quality attainable can be found. The resolution and speed of the CMOS chip in the QX3 is quite poor by modern standards but it does function adequately for a basic educational model. Years ago Mattel released an educational toy microscope called the Intel Play QX3, and later the QX5. This particular microscope has a CMOS imaging chip with a lower lamp for transmitted light to come through a specimen and an upper lamp for light to be reflected off of it, each of which is independently toggled on and off by software.