Ben Krasnow

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Ruby laser (and other projects) follow-up

The 8KJ ruby laser in action! Also, see some other Applied Science projects and what is coming next.

NightHawkInLight on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nighthawkinlight

Ben on Embedded.fm: http://embedded.fm/episodes/119

Ruby Laser design process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdUQ4oNKiI

Cookie Perfection machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YEdHjGMeho

DIY SEM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdjYVF4a6iU

Support Applied Science on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Smooth zoom video from SEM

I manually interpolated the sequence from about 15 single frames from the SEM. Smooth zooming is not possible on the instrument natively.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

How to choose a cleaning solution

A general overview of cleaning solvents and techniques.

Solvent selection and effectiveness: http://www.productionmachining.com/articles/selecting-solvents-for-precision-cleaning

Dan Gelbart on coatings and surface cleaning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7onZGqrYyY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauri-butanol_value

http://cool.conservation-us.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v03/bp03-04.html

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Drill Bit in Electron Microscope

This video shows a microcontroller-based image capture system that makes it easier for me to record animations with my scanning electron microscope.

Support Applied Science videos: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience

The Teensy microcontroller: https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensylc.html

Arduino firmware: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4YXWiqYWB99bHd5ekVjeS1VZDQ/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-NWyz_JvmbNTKCjL7rjpQhg

Download Processing.org script for viewing image on PC
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4YXWiqYWB99TTlBdHI2TFRQS2M/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-_-TG-xuH5Bf-2bzi9p4pjA