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4 Microscope Design

The document discusses the design of a basic microscope using affordable materials. It explains why microscopes are needed, describes industry standard designs, and provides details on designing objectives and eyepieces to achieve different magnifications. Formulas are presented for calculating magnification based on focal lengths and distances. Wiring diagrams are also included.

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4 Microscope Design

The document discusses the design of a basic microscope using affordable materials. It explains why microscopes are needed, describes industry standard designs, and provides details on designing objectives and eyepieces to achieve different magnifications. Formulas are presented for calculating magnification based on focal lengths and distances. Wiring diagrams are also included.

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BioHack Academy
Microscope Design
Why we need a microscope
• Morphological identification
!
• Check purity of a culture
Industry Standard

Paul Hartzog - CC-BY-SA 2.0

Moisey - CC-BY-SA 3.0 Pixabay Public Domain


Design Constrains

• Microscope slide

Zephyris - CC-BY-SA 3.0


Biohack Academy Designs
Webcam Microscope
Pixel Based Magnification test

• Take a picture of your


screen up close
• Count the number of
pixels in the frame
• Calculate the
magnification
Compound microscope
Dimensions
Microscope formulas

p
Magnification Objective
• Focal length of objective
• fa = fb = 35 mm
• d = 3.2 mm
• fab = 18.3 mm
!
• Objective-specimen distance
• q = 167.4 mm
• p = 20.6
!
• Magnification power objective
• Mob = 167.4 / 20.6
• Mob = 8.1
Magnification Eyepiece
• Focal length eyepiece
• fa = fb = 35 mm
• d = 24.5 mm
• fep = 26,92 mm
!
• Mep = 250 / 26.92
• Mep = 9.3
Magnification Microscope
• Mmic = 8.1 x 9.3
• Mmic = 75.5
Wiring
These slides are published by Waag
Society under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license

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