I had a bicycle accident so it took me longer than I expected to get to this point, but here we are…
Now, I’m at a loss. How does the Nano communicate with the Raspberry Pi? It’s not detailed in the instructions. The Sangaboard connects directly to the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins, but it’s not clear what pins from the Nano to connect to the Raspberry, or if the communication is supposed to happen via USB-C? The instructions arnt too explicit on this part.
Edit: Oh! I just found a different set of documentation which has more details here - OpenFlexure Documentation
“connect the Arduino to your microscope’s Raspberry Pi via its USB port.” mkay, lets see about that…
edit: Wanted to add that I’m not sure what the converter plate gripper is for. I havn’t used it so far.
Well, looks like that’s it for the connections, except for the illumination (still waiting on the PCB).
I decided to carve out a hole on the side of the electronics to pass the USB power for the steppers. Looks bad but it should work. With this all of my electronics are ready, except the illumination. I also need a USB-C cable to connect the Pi to the arduino, and it seems the USB-C in this knockoff arduino I got is way too lose… might be a problem. We’ll see.
