When a customer needs more than the standard microscope setup can provide, SmartLabs helps you scope, build, and hand over the software layer around the application of the client.
Because we already work deeply in the ZEN ecosystem, the technical conversation starts from feasibility, customization, handover, and support boundaries.
When a customer needs a ZEN workflow that is too custom or time-consuming to build internally, we step in to create an application-based solution. You keep the customer relationship and commercial ownership.
We are used to collaborating with dealers, application specialists, and, where relevant, ZEISS-related stakeholders during scoping and delivery. Our focus is practical, maintainable workflow software built around the customer's actual setup and application. Our work is designed to use standard ZEN scripting, extension, and integration mechanisms. Our work is designed to respect existing service and warranty boundaries.
Commercially, the model stays straightforward. The implementation is handled as a project, with the commercial setup agreed case by case. In many situations, the customer pays for the implementation directly or through the dealer, with referral arrangements possible where appropriate.
Working on a customer requirement? Describe the workflow and we will tell you what is possible.
Get in touch →Many customer requests fall into one or more of these categories. A project may combine guided operation, acquisition automation, image analysis, reporting, and integration into one workflow.
Step-by-step guided routines that help users set up and run the workflow in a more consistent way. Critical steps and settings can be predefined, guided, or restricted.
Repeatable multi-sample sessions with structured inputs, progress control, and consistent outputs across plates, samples, days, and operators, supporting unattended or overnight acquisition.
Standardized naming, folder structure, metadata capture, and automatic CSV, PDF, and template-based reports in the customer's required format.
Automated feature detection, segmentation, measurement, or classification on acquired images, using trained models or classical image-processing pipelines. Typical applications include cells, particles, defects, fibers, microstructures, and other measurable features.
Scripted stage, focus, and acquisition loops for multi-position, Z-stacks, and time-lapse, packaged as repeatable routines with logs and predictable outputs.
Connecting external devices, analysis tools, servers, and customer software natively into ZEN workflows, with synchronized triggers, shared metadata, and unified output packaging.
Have a project already in motion? Send the details and we will come back with an honest assessment of fit.
Get in touch →Setup and ROI selection varied per user and session. We built a guided ZEN Blue workflow that orchestrates preview, ROI detection, and high-res scan with structured storage and traceability. Less expert dependence, more standard runs any trained operator can repeat.
AFM and LSM ran as separate systems; correlation required manual timing and alignment. We built a synchronisation framework using ZEN Blue Experiment Feedback: LSM triggers AFM, and AFM completion triggers the next LSM acquisition via shared-folder monitoring.
Calibration and measuring 200 to 400 apertures per sieve took 2 to 3 hours and was operator-dependent. We built a guided ZEN Blue workflow for a non-motorized microscope with automated calibration, measurement, and structured export for the certification report.
Manual wafer inspection took 45 minutes to 4 hours per wafer with variability from focus and illumination choices. We built a ZEN Blue workflow running calibration, acquisition, segmentation, classification, density metrics, and automatic PDF report generation.
Have a similar customer request? We can help clarify what is feasible, what is risky, and what kind of implementation would make sense.
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A short description is enough to get started. We will come back with a quick assessment of what is feasible and what a project would look like.