scanning laser microscope with Arduino

http://www.instructables.com/id/Scanning-Laser-Microscope-With-Arduino/

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  1. Tomi Engdahl says:

    Speakers Make a LASER Scanning Microscope
    http://hackaday.com/2017/02/15/speakers-make-a-laser-scanning-microscope/

    We’ve seen a lot of interest in LSM (LASER Scanning Microscopes) lately. [Stoppi71] uses an Arduino, a CD drive, and–of all things–two speakers in his build. The speakers are used to move the sample by very small amounts.

    The speakers create motion in the X and Y axis depending on the voltage fed to them via a digital analog converter. [Stoppi71] claims this technique can produce motion in the micron range. His results seem to prove that out. You can see a video about the device, below.

    Oddly enough, [Stoppi71] found that older CD drives were easier to work with because they were not as miniaturized as more modern versions. The device uses the Arduino to drive the scanning table (the speakers), and read the photodetector. The results of the scan appear on an LCD screen.

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Scanning-Laser-Microscope-With-Arduino/

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  2. Tomi Engdahl says:

    The real goal was to view pits on CDs, and the instrument is more than capable of doing that.

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