#Microscope Upcycling: Transforming legacy microscopes into #automated #cloud-integrated #imaging systems:

-#OpenSource automation: X-Y positioning, focus stacking, image acquisition/storage
- cost: US $300

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00637
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #microscopy #Raspi #PiCam #Python #OpenCV #StreamDeck #GUI

#openµView: A portable #RaspberryPi-based #OpenSource desktop #microscope:

-brightfield/oblique/dark-field & #Rheinberg illumination
-touchscreen display
-#LED ring
-#PiCam

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00593
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #imaging #optics #microscopy #MINT #STEM #education

#OpenSource #strobe-enhanced #microscopy stage:

-workstation for sharp #imaging of fast processes
-developed for #microfluidic #droplet generation
-#PiCam lens: FoV ~1mm
-#LED strobe #illumination

Web: https://wenzel-lab.github.io/strobe-enhanced-microscopy-stage/
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #microscope #microfluidics

#PiRamid: A compact #3Dprinted #OpenSource #RaspberryPi #imaging box to #automate small-scale time-lapse digital analysis, suitable for #laboratory & field use:

-multiple units fit into a #microbiological incubator

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00377
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #LED #PiCam

#Robotic #microscopy for everyone: The #OpenFlexure #OpenSource #microscope:

-#3Dprinted
-fully #automated using #RaspberryPi & #PiCam

https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.385729
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #imaging #OFM #fluorescence #MINT #STEM #education

#Schistoscope: An #automated #OpenSource #microscope with #AI for detection of #Schistosoma haematobium #eggs in resource-limited settings:

-based on #RaspberryPi 4, #PiCam & #Arduino

https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13050643
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #NTDs #parasites #imaging #PoC #diagnostics