Sunday, September 06, 2026
Small Square Findings and wreckage, Take 3
I believe the USB microscope was resetting and misbehaving because everything was plugged into a USB 2.0 hub. I don;t think it could handle two high-res cameras with lights and an Arduino. Something gave. So I have replaced it with a USB 3.0 hub (any donations for my rapidly shrinking personal hardware fund to https://ko-fi.com/viksworkshop ...) and it seems to stay up for 5 mins without flashing the red light at me.
However, as is the way of things at the moment, I broke the flexure probe when fitting the microscope back on and not paying attention:
And so I have to make another one. I'll have to make a new tip as well because I really smacked the point into the slide hard and blunted it:
So that's another hold-up. 'Tis the season, apparently.
