CHAPTER 1 - SYSTEM OPERATIONLSM 880 Hardware Aspects ZEISS10/2014 V_01 000000-2071-464 172.7 Computer Hardware and SoftwareThe LSM 880 (NLO) Airyscan / BiG.2 are controlled via a standard high-end Pentium / Xeon PC. Linking tothe electronic control system is made via Gigabit Ethernet interface. The PC comes with theWINDOWS operating system.The instrument is fully motorized, permitting fast change-over between methods as well as automaticoperation. Parameters once set or complex examination sequences once established can be saved andreproduced; therefore, complete application programs can be loaded and performed by pushbuttoncontrol.The software of the LSM 880 (NLO) and Airyscan / BiG runs on the ZEN platform.Conversion of the light signals into a digital image is effected by means of four 12-bit A/D converters;each of it can generate 4096 brightness levels.The software provides an enormously wide range of image processing functions, including all standard2D / 3D (stereo, projection) functions identical to sophisticated 3D reconstruction capabilities (surface andalpha rendering)and digital processing of voxels.
