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Simple Smartphone Microscope - version with electronics

This is the repository for the simple electronic version of the Smartphone Microscope.

This microscope and the code for the ESP32 is a work of students from KL-Gymnasium in Erfurt. It was updated to the v3 version by UC2 core team.

Devices' features:

  • Simple microscope for smartphone imaging
  • Manual alignment helps to understand the principle of a microscope
  • Teaching the basics of electronics that are needed for more advanced setups

Parts

The Bill of Materials is always the most up-to-date version!

Modules for this setup

Name Properties Price Link #
Baseplate puzzle - 5€ Base-plate 8
Module: Z-Stage - ?? € Z-Stage 1
Module: Sample holder - 5 € Sample holder 1
Module: Mirror 45° - 5€ Mirror 45 2
Module: Eyepiece with Smartphone Holder - ??€ Eyepiece + Smartphone 1
Module: LED array (simple) - ??€ LED array 1
Module: Empty Cube For stability of the setup, it is better to fill the empty positions under other cubes. 4€ Cube 2

3D-printing

To acquire the STL-files use the UC2-Configurator. The files themselves are in the RAW folder. The module can be built using injection-moulded (IM) or 3D-printed (3DP) cubes. Choose the APP_Smartphone microscope for this one.

In the end it should look like this (UC2_v2 cubes displayed):

Additional components

  • Check out the RESOURCES for more information!
  • 1× Smartphone
  • 1× LED-Array, Neopixel, 8x8 🢂
  • 36× - 68× 5mm Ball magnets 🢂
  • 36× - 72× Screws DIN912 ISO 4762 M3×12 mm 🢂
  • 1× M3×30 mm and M3 nut - non-magnetic
  • 1× Objective Lens (e.g. 10×, NA 0.3) 🢂
  • 1× Eyepiece (e.g. 20×) 🢂
  • 2× Mirrors (e.g. 30×30 mm² Toymirrors) 🢂
  • 2× ESP32 🢂
  • 1× Stepper Motor and 1× Driver Board 🢂
  • 3× Button 🢂
  • 15× Female-Female Jumper Wire, 0.14 mm² 🢂
  • 2× Power cables for ESP32 - USB-microUSB 🢂

Assembly

For assembly instructions of the respective modules refer to the links in Modules for this setup.

Electronics (for dummies)

Don't have much experience with electronics? It's actually really simple:

  • When using jumper wires you can avoid soldering.
  • LED array - 3 wires + 2 wires for the button

  • Z-stage - 6 wires + motor connection + 2×2 wires for two buttons

  • Power the ESP32 simply with microUSB cables.
  • And it works just like that ;-)

Code

In the CODE folder you find the code for both the LED array and Z-stage.

Have a look in the TUTORIALS for a beginners guide to UC2 hardware controls.

Prerequisities:

Results


Right: Smartphone microscope during the classroom experiments; left: Red onion cells, the nucleus visible in the center

Where next?
Find out more about the smartphone microscope in the SimpleBOX manuals
Find out more about the electronics in the Electronics section
Find out more about the software for this setup in our dedicated UC2-Software-GIT

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