An adjustable Raspberry Pi camera mount for a microscope, this combines one of my earlier designs (Raspberry Pi Camera Case V3), which will be included in the files. The screws/bolts and nuts used are M4.
Aligning the camera perfectly in the middle in the design was a frustrating since it's not exactly in the middle of the circuit board and the board itself isn't perfect either, then there's the possible shrinking of the printing material afterwards.. So I decided to make the camera case adjustable. It is meant to be positioned once, since once it's in place, there really is no reason to move it (read: getting it right was pain in the ***)
Once the camera position is set to middle you can still move the whole thing on the eyepiece up and down, since the height of the eyepiece adapter it allows a bit of leeway.
There is a slight oversight in the design, if the microscope eyepiece doesn't fit perfectly tightening the eyepiece screw will squeeze one end of the rails together making them pretty much unusable for their intended purpose since they will not be parallel to each other.
Raspberry Pi Camera Case V3 (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2900257)
The lid of the camera case/enclosure is to be glued on with hot glue (since all of it can be removed if desired)
The screw holes (the ones holding the camera in place) are meant for guiding the drill bit when making holes for the screws of the desired size and type. The depth is around 4mm. The mounting holes on the camera circuit board are Ø 2.1 mm according to design drawings.
Screw size on the mounting brackets is M4.
Camera Case:
Print time: 44 minutes
Filament used: 2.60 meters of PLA
Estimated material cost (PLA): ~0,23 €
(Calculated from 200 m spool with a price of 17,99 € ≈ 0.08995 / m)
Mounting Bracket:
Print time: 56 minutes
Filament used: 3.40 meters of PLA
Estimated material cost (PLA): ~0,31 €
(Calculated from 200 m spool with a price of 17,99 € ≈ 0.08995 / m)
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