A microscope is an optical instrument that can be used for magnification. It's often made up of multiple parts, including: * optics (lens, focus, calibration) * a camera * a lighting system * a moving stage to hold slides Community Microscope Kit We’ve developed a microscope kit you can build yourself - the result of many teams’ work coming together! Read more about the Community Microscope! ## Questions Questions can be either frequently asked questions, or "next step" challenges we're looking to solve. [questions:microscopes] ## Activities Activities show how to use this project, step by step. [activities:microscopes] ## Updates [notes:microscopes] ...
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| warren | " This is awesome! Would you mind uploading a scan of it disassembled? Then we can make a PDF people can print out! Does it fit on top of the exist..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
| warren | " Here's the 3d model for the adapter for the alternative "wider flange" webcams -- @Bronwen : https://github.com/publiclab/community-microscope/bl..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
| warren | "Glad to hear it. I've noted that not all WiFi networks work, and sometimes trying on a different one (like the one I broadcast from my phone) works..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| Aleksi12358 | "I managed to connect with usb. Now I will try to get camera to work and calibrate my spectrometer. I followed this: https://learn.adafruit.com/turn..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| Aleksi12358 | "I have problem with this. I cannot get my raspberry pi to connect to my wifi router. I have tried different thing in wpa_supplicant file that I fou..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Whoops, I just noticed this. I will try to print the parts and let you know how it works. Sorry for the delay. " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Sorry to detail here, you can get in touch via email if you like or repost your address if you want - I just wanted to be sure you didn't inadverte..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, good call @amirberAgain - i wasn't sure if @MaggPi knew this was a public page, so I just deleted the comment. The rest of the comment was: @c..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "@Maggpi @Warren please consider deleting any message with personal details. " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I see the little triangles of zero-thickness. My slicer (Simplify3D) ignores them, so it looks like they will print okay. @MaggPi, would you like m..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, hmm. You may want to ask here: https://github.com/rwb27/openflexure_microscope/issues/ I also wonder if you could choose a different material ..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| MaggPi | "This is just a note that my 3d print company flagged the design for the pi-camera holder , I don't think its a problem but I am not sure how to cor..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| MaggPi | "Thanks! also thinking of using the picamera cover/holder for a spectrometer build BTW " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| partsandcrafts | "@MaggPi -- Sorry about that. I didn't update the link to the research note version of the instructions. I will do that now. The correct links ar..." | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| MaggPi | "Hi, I would like to use the raspberry pi camera holder but the link is no longer posted. Can you please (re) post the stl files. Thank You " | Read more » | almost 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi @partsandcrafts @bmela @wmacfarl @kgradow1 - I broke out the "install on an SD card" steps into a separate activity: https://publiclab.org/note..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@partsandcrafts @kgradow1 @wmacfarl @bmela check it out! " | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi @SimonPyle hope all is well! Wanted to connect you to @tech4gt who is working on a process like this for microscope slide images. Here's a post ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "This is really cool! @partsandcrafts which is right near you (somerville ave) has been working on a related design over at #basic-microscope -- tak..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "We found that for WiFi networks with no password, you can get it to log into any open network with: network={ key_mgmt=NONE priority=-999 ..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Just built it - So awesome! This kit is really fun. Love it. I might suggest a piece of double sided sticky tape to stick the Rasberry Pi to the b..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi! I noticed on your last photo you also have a rubber band across the bottom of the scope. What does that one do? Oh nice add-on with the magnet..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@emmyallyn -- that's a great question which I think we will want to dig deeper into as we make progress on analyzing microscopic photos of dust (se..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| emmyallyn | "Just wondering, how did you confirm that the particles that illuminate are silica? Lots of different minerals (based on their anisotropic nature) s..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago |