Editing Category:Open source optics

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'''Open source optics''' refers to optics, optical equipment, opto-electronics and fiber optic designs that are designed in the same fashion as free and open source software ([[FOSS]]). Open source optics is part of the open source culture that takes the open source ideas to fields other than software. See the [[Open-source Lab]] for full details.

This is starting primarily as a project of the [[Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Lab]] with the goal of eviscerating the costs of optical and opto-electronic characterization of solar photovoltaic cells. It is our hope that making these radically low-cost tools and free software/designs available to everyone will:

# drive down the cost of experimental science so we can all enjoy more cool stuff faster especially solar power
# assist in outfitting laboratories in the [[developing world]] at low costs
# open state-of-the-art science up to more people - e.g. grade school students who have great ideas but not the funds or tools to try them out.

We will document all of the designs of our equipment as thoroughly as possible. We will also be uploading all 3-D printable component stls and [[OpenSCAD]] files to [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse].

For more information see:

* Pearce, Joshua M. 2012. "[http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303.summary Building Research Equipment with Free, Open-Source Hardware.]" ''Science'' '''337''' (6100): 1303–1304. [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303/suppl/DC1 Podcast] [http://mtu.academia.edu/JoshuaPearce/Papers/1935580/Building_Research_Equipment_with_Free_Open-Source_Hardware open access - click through to sciencemag.org]
* Zhang	C,		 Anzalone	NC,		 Faria	RP,		Pearce	JM	 (2013) [[Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment]]. ''PLoS ONE'' 8(3): e59840. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059840 [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059840 open access]

All of the information about the optical design, such as construction or integration of the active and passive optical components in order to make a complete optical system will be provided for free following [[open source hardware]] protocols and all of the open source software code will be housed at [https://github.com/ GitHub].


<gallery title="Open-Source Optics Resources">
Image:3dmicroscope.png |[[Free and open-source automated 3-D microscope]]
Image:Si2MLGe.jpeg|[http://gxsm.sourceforge.net/ Gnome X Scanning Microscopy]
Image:E40187e4f3c35c8d31024e4145eef47598606cc8_1600x1200.jpg|[http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami ]
Image:3D-printed-lens-plate.jpg|[http://web.archive.org/web/20160326165048/http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/04/28/high-powered-lens-aids-3d-printed-disease-detection/ High Powered Lens Aids 3D Printed Disease Detection]
Image:OphthalmicDocs.jpg|[[OphthalmicDocs Fundus]] - a 3D printed universal smartphone retinal imaging adapter.
Image:kinematic.jpg|[https://pinshape.com/items/36874-3d-printed-an-introduction-to-kinematic-coupling An Introduction to Kinematic Coupling]
</gallery>

<gallery title="[http://www.thingiverse.com/jpearce/collections/open-source-optics/ Open-source 3-D printable optics]">
File:Osgimbal.jpg|[[3-D printable open source dual axis gimbal system for optoelectronic measurements]]
File:Pic_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:280004 PhoneScope - customizable]
File:2014-03-13_21.47.39_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:271268 Mechanical Iris]
File:Bushnell2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:266273 Customizable Scope Camera Adapter]
File:Lifecam_to_1.25inScopeTube_1e_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:264390 Lifecam to 1.25in Telescope Scope Tube]
File:DSC_0099_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:261990 Dove Tail Telescope Mount]
File:2014-02-24_21.48.20_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:257267 USB microscope mount]
File:2014-01-05_um_14-55-17_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:246875 Camera ball for taking 360 degree panoramic pictures]
File:DSC02040_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:222849 Mantis Stereo Microscope 1" Loupe Lens adapter]
File:0168f36ff6be1a72a805c3b918f8388a874fb8bbca_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:219143 "Third Hand" Magnifier replacement]
File:Render_1_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:201416 Laser Line Mount for 8020 Mounting Plates]
File:uscope_mount_4_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:191647 Microscope adapter for Logitech web-cam]
File:PinHeaderSnapper_1_1f_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:167620 Another pin header snapper]
File:MS720wadapter_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:140217 MS 720HD WebCam toVixen wide angle lens tube adapter]
File:DoveTailRail_1.75in_iOptron_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:168061 Telescope Dovetail Rail with Dovetail. Fits iOptron (1.75in wide)]
File:DoveTailRail_iOptronToMeade8inSCT_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:168081 Telescope Dovetail Rail. iOptron to Meade 8inch SCT]
File:K1024_002_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:167970 Laser housing V2.2 for 12 mm diameter laser Diode]
File:Meade8inSCPrimaryMount_1_1e_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:165011 Secondary Mirror Mount fot Meade 8in SC Telescope]
File:2013-09-21_16-58-14.248_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:157877 Microscope camera adapter]
File:Microscope2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:157135 Handheld Tiny Microscope]
File:Cuvet_holder_v3_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:141138 Cuvet holder for PerkinElmer 1050L]
File:Cbh2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:116081 Customizable Beam Height Standard]
File:DSC00198-1_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:103037 Light Baffle Adapter for Princeton Instruments CCD Camera]
File:IPhone4TelescopeEyepiece_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19024 iPhone 4 telescope eyepiece]
File:6_inch_dia_mount_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12878 Helical Crayford Focuser for Newtonian Telescope]
File:90clamp1_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:134716 Customizable 90 degree optical post adaptor]
File:Blinded_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:21036 Retinal Projection Display]
File:Cuvet_spacer_final_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:40429 Spectroelectrochemical cuvette insert]
File:DSC_0658-720_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:148270 Open Mini Spectrometer]
File:7366246854_9d3cdda653_o_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28083 PLOTS smartphone spectrometer]
File:8595277375_ea40a2c9d0_o_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:125428 Public Lab Smartphone Spectrometer v4]
File:Fiberchuckclampdovetail_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:135287 1/4" Optical Fiber Dovetail Chuck Mount]
File:20130915_194137_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:151481 Short travel manual translation stage]
File:3Dprinted-linear-translation-3_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:144838 DIY Linear Translational Stage - Micrometer resolution]
File:DSC03314_preview_featured.jpg|[http://web.archive.org/web/20170719134017/https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:133788 Open Sonnar - The 3D Printable Lens Focusing Mechanism]
File:IMG_0152_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:133556 Coffee/liquid spectrometer enclosure]
File:Linear_telescopic_screw_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:108539 telescopic linear screw]
File:IMG_8056_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:106657 T-Ring - telescope adaptor - DSLR to telescope]
File:20130623_165526_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:106171 Z-Stage Assembly]
File:Usb_ringlight_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:105056 AZIZ Mini USB microscope ring light]
File:Photo_2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:103216 AZIZ 85mm ring light for Leica microscope]
File:Laser_assembly_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:101241 Telescope Laser Mount]
File:Polarizer_Mounts_Ellipsometerv2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:98556 Polarizer Mount]
File:Stage_Assembly_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:96294 Modular (Stackable) 1-Axis Manual Positioning Stage]
File:Adapt4_droid_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:81145 Microscope adapter for camera]
File:Servomount1_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:80559 Customizable Optics Table Servo Mount]
File:DSC_0005_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:79080 ThorLabs 25mm construction rail replica]
File:Microscope_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:77450 A Fully Printable Microscope]
File:Custom-chopper_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:63014 Customizable Chopper Wheel]
File:Obmags_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30729 Open Source Optical Rail from OpenBeam - Magnetic Base]
File:Complete_wheel_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26553 Parametric Automated Filter Wheel Changer]
File:Labjack1r_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28298 Open-source lab jack]
File:Side_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30491 Open-source Optical Rail Mount for OpenBeam]
File:DSC00754_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:62693 Customizable Lens Holder]
File:Filter-h_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31483 Square Filter Holder for Open-source Optics]
File:Obholder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31370 OpenBeam Optical Rail Simple Rod Holder]
File:Base_with_magnet_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28133 Open-source magnetic optics base]
File:AlVeeBlock_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:38062 Optical Mounts]
File:20130302_182215_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:57257 Adjustable Focus 3D Printed Liquid Filled Lens]
File:DSC00540_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30688 Simple semiconductor sample holder v3]
File:Flter_holder_1_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:63209 universal Filter Holder]
File:Mini_OD_sensor_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74415 Optical Density Sensor aka Kafi-Schnapps Detektor]
File:IMG_1325_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33020 Michelson interferometer]
File:Switcher_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30689 Fiber optic cable switcher]
File:IMG_0877_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:73910 Lab-on-an-Arduino Spectral Absorbance Shield aka Optical Density Meter]
File:Encoder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:61434 Parametric encoder wheels]
File:IMAG0165_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13476 Helical Crayford Focuser - v2]
File:Thumb_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13476 Helical Crayford Focuser - v2]
File:338px-Open_source_lens_holder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26752 Open-source lens holder]
File:Screenholder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31403 Screen holder for OpenBeam Optical Rail]
File:LensStand4_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49942 Hans' Lens Stand]
File:Encoders_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:126 Optical Rotary Encoder Discs v0.9]
File:Optical_parts_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33639 Modular optical components]
File:GP_Level_Prism_Rail_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:51659 Prism Rail for Telescopes (GP Level)]
File:PLOTS_mold_rough_019_01_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49934 PublicLaboratory Mobile Spectrometer v3.0]
File:IMG_4975_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:46484 110 Film Scanner with Nikon Camera]
File:Telescope_Tripod_Cable_holder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30237 Telescope Tripod Power cable holder]
File:Polysoup_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:39144 Telescope eyepiece mount for iPhone 3GS (LaMee Labs)]
File:Idlers_and_mount_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23421 Telescope altitude drive]
File:Lens_cap_for_telescope_with_big_one_first_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30095 Telescope Eye Piece Dust Cover (telescope end)]
File:Double-rod-holder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31480 Rod Coupler for Open-source Optics]
File:OcenOpticsSpecMicroscopeMount2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33222 Microscope Mount for a Mini Spectrophotometer]
File:MeadeOrionOpticsFinderscopeShoeAdapterRepaired_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:34386 Meade to Orion Optics UK shoe adapter]
File:Chopper-wheel_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28121 Parametric open-source chopper wheel]
File:Screenshot_11812_1147_AM-2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:34087 Laser diode mounting brackets]
File:Collimator_base_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27972 Laser Collimator]
File:Open_source_mirror_holder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28112 Open-source mirror holder]
File:Mm05_imperial_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30727 kinematic mirror/lens mount]
File:Tool_Caddy1_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24027 Optics Table Tool Caddy]
File:Flourolog_FiberOpticColim_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33223 Fiber Optics collimating lens mount]
File:Sampleholder2_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30233 Simple semiconductor sample holder v2]
File:Sample_holder_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28111 Simple semiconductor sample holder]
File:Toolcaddyround_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27283 Round Optics Table Tool Caddy]
File:Adapter_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16295 Canon EF Camera to Nikon Microscope Adapter]
File:IMG_0094_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:15807 Beam Block Base]
File:Eyepiece_adapter_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19200 Eyepiece adapter for Printonian focuser]
File:Cheshire_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19656 Cheshire collimator for newtonian telescope]
File:Old_Kodak_Camera_Photos_053_preview_featured.jpg|[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:27614 Optical Part Holder]
</gallery>

== See also ==

* Instructable on conversion of smartphone to digital microscope [http://www.instructables.com/id/10-Smartphone-to-digital-microscope-conversion/]
* J. Gwamuri, Joshua M. Pearce, "Open source 3D printers: an appropriate technology for building low cost optics labs for the developing communities", ''Proc. SPIE 10452, 14th Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2017'', 104522S (16 August 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2269852; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2269852 [https://www.academia.edu/34348328/Open_Source_3-D_Printers_An_Appropriate_Technology_for_Building_Low_Cost_Optics_Labs_for_the_Developing_Communities open access]

== References ==

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[[Category:open source physics equipment]]
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[[Category:Optics]]
[[Category:Open source]]
[[Category:Open source scientific hardware]]