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richardbowman "Hello, I thought I'd chime in after your shout-out of the work we're doing. Our OpenFlexure eV software does attempt to get as close as we can to ..." | Read more » about 5 years ago
richardbowman "@kgradow1 are you using one of the openflexure optics modules? If so, that might explain why the 10x lens didn't work as expected. Finite-conjuga..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
richardbowman "Hey, for the Openflexure Microscope I tend to buy the lenses from Aliexpress, usually Sunlight Optical but there are many suppliers. The mass-prod..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
richardbowman "@kgradow1, you're dead right - the pitch of the pixels on the camera module (v2) is 1.12um so the fine particles do show up as little dots. Fun fa..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
richardbowman "Hey, nice work! I thought I'd chime in with some information about tube length in case it's helpful. You're right that most RMS microscope object..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
richardbowman "Hi @squattingdog, just thought I'd pop up and say that the openflexure microscope is still very much under active development - I've improved my bu..." | Read more » almost 7 years ago
richardbowman "Hello, "Cambridge" here (though I've actually moved now). You're right, a laser diode would certainly get rid of the chromatic issues. I suspect ..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
richardbowman "Hi @matthew, great that you've got some images :) Looking at your graticule, I think your illumination might be misaligned - the blue-yellow gradi..." | Read more » about 8 years ago
richardbowman "Brilliant - I've wanted to make a carry case for absolutely ages, but other things keep getting in the way. I'll be excited to see what you come u..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
richardbowman "Hey, nice work :) I have also had problems with the legs getting detached during printing, and discovered there was a bug in my OpenSCAD code - it..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
richardbowman "Hmm, yeah - getting things to reliably push-fit without crazy excessive force is quite tricky between printers, it could just be that your printer ..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
richardbowman "Super. Oh, and I meant to say - the hexagonal holes are deliberately oversized, they taper down at the end to grip the nut firmly. The idea is yo..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
richardbowman "Hi Matt, good to hear you got it working :) I have switched to single elastic bands now, and you're right, it does make it much easier. The ins..." | Read more » over 8 years ago