Using an Arducam B0196 USB board level camera as a basic optics module
This section describes how to assemble an optics module consisting of an Arducam B0196 webcam and the lens from the camera. To create a microscope the wide angle lens is reversed and separated from the camera. This makes quite a good microscope objective with a field of view about 400μm across and a resolution of around 2μm.
USB cameras are not supported in the standard Openflexure software.
For this section you will need:
Tools
- 1 #1 pozidrive screwdriver
- 1 2.5mm Ball-end Allen key
- 1 Pi Camera lens tool - This would come with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2. If you have not got one, you can 3D print a workaround lens remover.
- 1 pliers
- 1 RepRap-style printer
Materials
- 20 g of Black PLA filament
- 20 g of PLA filament