OpenFlexure Microscope v7.0.0-beta3 release

Hi all.

We have made a number of minor improvements to the upcoming v7 release. We these are now available as
v7.0.0-beta3

One of the bigger changes is that the electronics documentation for the Sangaboard is up to date.

We have also strengthened the stand-offs for mounting the camera in the low cost version.

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v7.0.0-beta3 (2024-11-25)

  • !388: Block Pi 3 USB connector in electronics drawer
  • !381: Upright z-spacer labelling
  • !383: Update instructions and renders for remove brim and ties when preparing the main body
  • !380: fix height of upright z spacer and tidy code
  • !384: Added a cap for the upright foot based on @rootboi’s (from forum) CAD diagram
  • !382: docs: Fix inconsistent camera cable length in name attribute
  • !379: Switch to new build server
  • !378: Bump heading style in optics customisations
  • !377: Replace microscope trio image with v7
  • !375: Fix lfs images
  • !374: Docs: update Sangaboard renders
  • !363: Implement new electronics defaults
  • !371: Basing all m3 nut trap sizes off ISO 4032
  • !373: Fix admesh CI job
  • !367: Change the position of the low-cost optics camera cable, add optics module insertion construction arrow
  • !369: Conical wedge for camera posts. Other lower level changes …
  • !370: remove solder_led.md from upright instructions
  • !309: Lens spacers for C270 and Arducam B0196 and parameterise camera platform height
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Looks good!

Should the link (the pink button “Instructions and STL files for v7”) at OpenFlexure: Build a Microscope now point to beta3 (rather than beta2 as it currently does)?

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Good spot. @WilliamW also spotted this and submitted a change to the website that I have just approved… The other issue is that we have a link that should always go to the latest:
https://build.openflexure.org/openflexure-microscope/latest

Which used to auto-update, but hasn’t since we started having the v7 pre-releases as the “latest” versions. I need to get access to the server to update this.

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