Extend your opto mechanical controls with lego for out of box control/servo control

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Extend your Opto-Mechanical controls with Lego for out of box

controlby: Pranav Rathi

Koch LabUNM

Create attachments

A knobs

A knobs

8-32 nuts

Y-axis

X-axis

4-40 nuts

X-axis

Prepare gears and choose the right screws

This is the unfold view of chassis frame

Design and construct the chassis

Gear Box

Gear Box

Screw-in the chassis directly on the frame

X Gear Box

Y Gear Box

X Gear Box

Prepare the control knobs

B Knobs

Universal Joints

Attach the knobs

Y Gear BoxKnob B

X Gear Box

Due to Lego universal joint the knob does not have to align with the inputs

This is how it works??

Rubber washers

System for QPD

System for QPD

System for Steering lens

System for Steering lens

Microscope Control

Knob A

Universal joint

Knob B

Microscope out of box control

Next step is to attach step motors to servo control the optics

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