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How to Build a Foldscope Guide

The document outlines the materials and tools needed to create a Foldscope, a low-cost microscope made from cardboard and simple electronic components. It provides step-by-step instructions for assembling the Foldscope and preparing slides for observation. Additionally, it highlights the potential of Foldscope as an innovative diagnostic tool for the developing world.

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25 views9 pages

How to Build a Foldscope Guide

The document outlines the materials and tools needed to create a Foldscope, a low-cost microscope made from cardboard and simple electronic components. It provides step-by-step instructions for assembling the Foldscope and preparing slides for observation. Additionally, it highlights the potential of Foldscope as an innovative diagnostic tool for the developing world.

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HOW THE FOLDSCOPE WORKS

HOW THE FOLDSCOPE WORKS


THE TEMPLATE

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WHAT WOULD YOU USE FOLDSCOPE TO DO?

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MATERIALS
• Cardboard on which the foldscope template is printed on or traced
• 2.4mm borosilicate glass ball
• Copper tape
• 3V battery
• White SMD LED
• Switch

TOOLS
• Cutters or safety blades
• Scissors (optional)
• Tweezers
• Soldering iron
• Solder wire
• Solder paste
MAKING A FOLDSCOPE
Cut out the four parts

Assemble I and IV and then place a lens


I between III and IV in the assembly

I II
I I

IV

V
MAKING A FOLDSCOPE
Next, we prepare a slide to test whether the assembly works using natural light.

1. Cut three rectangular slides and holes 2. Take a dry sample of leaf, and press hard
and add cellotape to one side of one on it with a length of cellotape. Place the
cellotape on the other side of the same slide

3. The other two simply add enough


thickness to the slide assembly. Slot all
75mm

25mm

three into the sample holder in the


10mm
foldscope

26mm
4. Observe the leaf cells through the
microscope. Make sure the other side of the
microscope is illuminated by enough
sunlight
MAKING A FOLDSCOPE
Next, we make our own source of light on the back panel V. The circuits and part are
shown below

Switch

Copper tape
+ - Battery
Use solder
paste here
for the LED
+
Solder these
joints
ANOTHER INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR THE
DEVELOPING WORLD

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