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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| wmacfarl | "@warren @kgradow1 -- it's true that we did try a bunch of different lights, and the best we found was a single LED. But the main reason this was t..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| kgradow1 | "We tried it with a bunch of different light sources, including a diffuse multi-LED source (book light). The best source was a single LED at close..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, is it important that the light be a point, and not multiple point, or a diffuse source? " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| kgradow1 | "Having the point source seems pretty important -- however, it seems possible to do a micro LED copper tape coin battery solution, which would bring..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh! The docs say "Clicking on the image will toggle between normal and full screen mode." Awesome! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "This is great! Love the photos. Was thinking if there was a cheap product we could substitute for the LED and battery pack, to save a few steps, bu..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| amirberAgain | "This looks really nice! I'll start assembling the parts! in the mean time, a small suggestion: place a diffuser (piece of parchment paper) between ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "@stevie awards a barnstar to partsandcrafts for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "@stevie awards a barnstar to partsandcrafts for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "@stevie awards a barnstar to partsandcrafts for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "This looks amazing. You can embed an activities grid on your post using [activities:raspberry-pi-microscope] or whatever tag name you want to use! ..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| dusjagr | "Nice to see this! we made a openScad file later, to be able to parametrize the size, metric or other screws and materials thickness: https://www.t..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@warren awards a barnstar to partsandcrafts for their awesome contribution! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@dusjagr check it out! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi @bmela, @kgradow1 and @wmacfarl - I made a worksheet so folks who build this can photo-document and share their questions and ideas! " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| Tinashe | "You don't state what happens with the 40 images taken. Are they stacked together for analysis or they are analysed individually. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| SimonPyle | "@warren: The link above was the most recent version, though I just added a GNU GPLv3 license and created a github repository: https://github.com/si..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "There is a large folder of sample image sets avaialble. I put a smaller set together here: https://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/10-07-2016/sizing-ima..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Is there any sample input/output sets from going through this process, manually or automatically? I was thinking that a good test/spec might inclu..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! Is Simon's macro still at the URL listed above? Or is there a more up-to-date version, potentially open sourced? Thanks! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thanks! I've had some trouble getting the illumination aligned with the very tall illumination arm I made. Its complicated as well by the cable of..." | 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 » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here are some image sets including a flat field calibration and scale from the PSL imaging. 20160923_PSL_Sphere_SET.zip " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here are some image sets including a flat field calibration and scale from the PSL imaging. 20160923_PSL_Sphere_SET.zip " | Read more » | over 7 years ago |