Tiger Controller
About the Tiger Controller
The Tiger controller is an expandable modular card rack based system. Racks are available with either 8 or 16 card slots.
The Tiger is designed to control one or more microscope workstations simultaneously from a single USB connection.
TG-1000 Configurations
TG8-BASIC – Includes TG8, TGCOM, 2) TGDCM2, SA-JOY+ZF Contols four DC servo motors, Com card w/USB, Power supply, and Joystick w/ two knobs; 5 more free slots.
TG16-BASIC – Includes TG16, TGCOM, 2) TGDCM2, SA-JOY+ZF Contols four DC servo motors, Com card w/USB, Power supply, and Joystick w/ two knobs; 13 more free slots.
TG8 – Eight-slot power supply and chassis / box for motion control cards. Bench size 9.25″W x 5.5″H x 10.25″D 100-240 VAC Input.
TG16– Sixteen-slot Power supply and chassis / box for motion control cards. Rack-mount size 19″W x 5.5:H x 12.5″D 100-240 VAC Input.
More Info
Tiger Controller Plugin Cards
| Card Number | Description |
| TGCOM | Communication card. It connects to host computer with USB interface, and provides communication with all cards in the TG8 or TG16 box. |
| TGDCM2 | Dual axis motion control card – one slot. |
| TGADEPT | Single axis motion control card – two slots. |
| TGDAC | DAC voltage control card, used for controlling 0-10V piezo devices. |
| TGFW | Dual FW-1000 Filter wheel control card – two slots. |
| TGMM4 | Four-axis micro-mirror scanner control card. |
| TGDAC | Piezo DAC Card. It provides 2 DAC (0 to 10 V) outputs to control third party piezos. |
| TGCRISP | CRISP card. It provides CRISP focus control of DC servo stage such as LS-50, has TTL I/O. |
| TGPLC | Field-programmable card for digital logic, like a mini-FPGA. Has eight front-panel I/O ports plus connections to the Tiger backplane. |
| TGTTL | Jumper-configurable TTL card with four I/O ports. For most applications this has been replaced by TGPLC. |
| TGBUF | Two-channel 50ohm TTL driver. |
| TGLED | Tiger plug-in card that can drive up to four MIM LED-LAMP-NRs (high brightness LED illuminators). |