Sistema de iluminación open source para microscopio de fluorescencia

Fluorescence microscopy requires sources of light of defined frequencies to illuminate the sample. For a typical microscope these can cost more than US$10K, using incandescent lamps or more recently LEDs. However, the low cost and easy availability of high-power LEDs of the correct wavelengths (e.g. 470nm and 505nm, cost ~US$5), open source microcontrollers (e.g. Arduino, cost ~US$25), and 3D-printing and other fabrication technologies opens the possibility of “home made” solutions.
This project will develop a multi-channel fluorescence illumination system for the Nikon Ti series microscope, using Arduino (and Java programming), LEDs, metal work, and 3D-printing. This will be prototyped and tested in the BioFabLab, FabLab and UCX (Centro Innovacion UC). Designs will then be published in an open source hardware journal.
Requirements: good practical skills in electronics (e.g. soldering), basic optics, programming, knowledge or Arduino and control theory (e.g. PID) would be useful, exper