Hi, How easy is to switch from a low res using PI cam lens to objective? DOes it require the reprint of the main body part or just the additional parts? thank you

If you use a microscope objective designed for a 160mm tube length then the only difference is in the optics module. If you use an infinity corrected objective then the optics module is longer and you will need the taller version of the microscope stand (the optics module for infinity corrected obj…

Thank you William My plan is to first print the main body and use the Raspberry Pi camera module for optics until the slow boats from China will bring the objective. Then, when I get the objective, I intend to reprint only the smaller parts and reuse the body. Is there a list of which files I sho…

[image] adrian: Is there a list of which files I should wait 5 days for before printing? I meant that the link works now, but will not work after 5 days. It has all of the files for the different versions.

Will, I printed the main body in ABS and it took about 26 hours. It came out just fine or at least I thought so. After poking around trying to understand what is the purpose of the structure I realized that one of the legs was delaminated. Since it was ABS I fixed that with some ABS dissolved in a…

@adrian the condenser lid issue is only a problem when using a 5mm LED work around. For the LED PCB it is fine. There is an updated version, I shall need to check where it is posted.

Hi Will, I don’t have the PCB for the new LED and I want to try with the 5 mm LED. Is the new version ready? Cheers, aDRIAN

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WilliamW 8 November 2023 08:13 8

The STL for the modified lid is given in the post Openflexure Microscope V7.0.0-beta1 released - post 2.

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