Picroscopy Turns your Raspberry Pi into a Digital Microscopy

A Python web-application to turn a Raspberry Pi and PiCam into a microscopy solution

Hazem Abbas

27 Jul 2022 — 1 min read

Picroscopy is a small Python web-application which is intended for usage with a Raspberry Pi as a microscopy solution.

With the Raspberry Pi Camera mounted on a microscope, the Raspberry Pi provides a live video feed to its monitor via HDMI, while another machine can be used to control the setup via a web-based interface.

The project didn't receive updates for years, but it can be used for educational purposes.

License

The project is released under the GPL License.

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