OpenScan Hardware

This document describes our approach to documenting microscopes built on optical breadboards for the purpose of sharing as open hardware.

As a concrete example, a basic two-photon scanning microscope is (to be) described using the approach. It is hoped that variations, extensions, and other designs (confocal, …) will be added by us and others—the intent is to provide something where people can contribute and also reuse as a baseline for documenting microscope builds they develop.