Comments on: scanning laser microscope with Arduino https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/02/16/scanning-laser-microscope-with-arduino/ All about electronics and circuit design Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:22:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/02/16/scanning-laser-microscope-with-arduino/comment-page-1/#comment-1537491 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:57:59 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=52726#comment-1537491 The real goal was to view pits on CDs, and the instrument is more than capable of doing that.

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2017/02/16/scanning-laser-microscope-with-arduino/comment-page-1/#comment-1537490 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 09:57:40 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=52726#comment-1537490 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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