Purchasing parts
The microscope contains quite a few parts which are not printed. The majority of these parts are bolts and motors which can be purchased in sets on Amazon or eBay. Currently there are lots of bolts needed for the microscope - in future iterations the number of bolts may be reduced.
The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 is currently (as of 2022) difficult to acquire. If you cannot find one, you can get away with using the Raspberry Pi Zero, although the framerate will be slightly slower to stream to the smartphone.
Bolts
- 16 x M3x8 screws: Used for fixing the stage together
- 12 x M4x10 screws: Used for fixing the stage together
- 1 x M3x30 screws: Used for Z-travel
- 2 x M6x130 screws: Used for X and Y travel
Motor electronics
LED electronics
- 1W White Star LED
- 100 Ohm resistor
Raspberry Pi and camera
- Raspberry Pi HQ camera module
- Raspberry Pi
- 5V Power bank
- USB cable for power bank
Optics
- 13mm diameter, 5mm focal length plastic condenser lens
- RMS objective
Smartphone
- This should be any modern Android smartphone