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Building The FullBOX

This is a guide for building the FullBOX. If you were looking for another BOX version, click here.

Content

1. Necessary Parts
2. What's inside the FullBOX
3. 3D printing
4. Tools

Necessary Parts

The complete overview of setups, modules, parts to buy and parts to print can be found in this google-spreadsheet.

• Check out the RESOURCES for more information!

The overall price-tag is around 620€ including the Raspberry Pi, Camera, Optics, 3D printed parts and all additional components.

Currect state-of-art

What is inside the Box?

Click on the arrow (🢂) to find the STLs and assembly tutorials of the respective cubes and baseplates.

• Baseplate 4×4 🢂

• Baseplate 4×2 🢂
• Baseplate 4×1 - 2× 🢂
• Raspberry Pi

• Cube 2×1: Z-stage with 10× objective and sample holder 🢂

• Fluomodule Cube 🢂

• LED Cube 🢂

• Eyepiece Cube (20×) with Smartphone holder 🢂 & 🢂

• Laser Cube 🢂

• 45° mirror Cube - 2× 🢂

• Kinematic mirror mount Cube – perpendicular to optical path 🢂

• Kinematic mirror mount Cube – 45° to optical path 🢂

• RaspiCam Cube 🢂

• Beamsplitter Cube 🢂

• Beamexpander Cube with an iPhone lens and +26 mm lens 🢂

• Lens Cube - 2× 🢂 & 🢂

  • +100 mm – blue label holder, in cube

  • +39,5 mm – yellow label holder, in cube

  • Negative – white label holder with f written on the label

  • 4× Objective – green label holder

  • Cylindrical lens in its holder

• Bag with three lenses - +156 mm, +40 mm, +25 mm in an adapter for Beamexpander

  

  

• Generic sample holder Cube and Sample chamber 🢂

• Generic sample holder – comb structure
• LED array 🢂
• Sample stage 🢂
• Flashlight
• Blue laser pointer with switch

• Long an short micro-USB cable
• USB power cable
• Short Raspi cable
• Raspi C-power supply
• Bag with extra screws – M3 with head: 8 mm, 12 mm, 18 mm, 30 mm; M3 no head 5 mm
• Coupling screw for M3 and M4 screws (for Sample stage and Z-stage)
• Z-stage sample clamp for microscope slides
• Z-stage spiral fixing clamp
• SD card

3D Printing:

Completely new to 3D printing? Have a look into our TUTORIALS!

Our quick printing tutorial can be found here:

We have a good experience with this printer and settings:

• Prusa i3/MK3S
  • PLA 1,75 mm, for one Box: ??? kg = ??? m = ??? hours = ??? €
  • Profile Optimal 0,15 mm, infill 20%, no support, 215/60°C

Which tools to use

Tool	Image	Comment
Electric screw driver with 2,5 mm hex bit		For putting the cubes together using M3×12 and M3×8 screws.
2,5 mm hex key		For fine adjustment of all the M3 screws if needed.
1,5 mm hex key	↑↑	For assembly of the Z-Stage - mounting worm screws.
Needle-nose Pliers		Might come handy

Done! Great job!