DIY optical microscope
Summary
Recently technology like laser-cutting and 3D printing became more
easily available. With this and various electronics one can build scientifc
equipment at home, for instance a microscope. The optics for a micro-
scope can all be provided by the Raspberry Pi camera module and can
be controlled by a Raspberry Pi, both very afordable. We have designed
a microscope that can be build in 3 hours, has a feld of view of over 260
by 200 micrometers and can produce data with a resolution of approxi-
mately 4.5 micrometer. It is quite stable on the long term, drifting only
0.37 micrometer after 48 hours in our measurements, and is capable of
electrophoresis measurements.