README.md

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<h2> TO DO </h2>  
- fix current syringe pump
    - 3DP middle moving part so that leadscrew is tight
- fix computer vision
    - light source from top? works better
    - light source and camera from top?
    - calibrate camera
- debug Jake's board for network machine control
    - you need one more stepper motor board
    - test to see if you can talk indepedently to each axis through the rheoprinter console
    - demonstrate square-wave pattern and real-time tuning of width using Nelder-Mead
    - do that for different material fomrulations. do it and you will get a paper
    
<h2> DONE </h2> 
- fix current microscope stage 
    - start with the mini linear axes | miniature flexible shaft couplings form SDP SI
        - http://shop.sdp-si.com/catalog/product/?id=S50MSCMA12H04H04
    - adding linear rails - constraints
        - https://goo.gl/PRt7J5 
    - not side rails but lay them flat to maximize load tolerance
    - add constraint pins to linear rails
    - update CAD model
    - order
- make a new microscope stage using your drawing inspired by the confocal's stage
    - CAD model
    - order

<h2> System Components </h2>
- Uscope Stage:
    - X linear actuator x2:
        - [Miniature Linear Guide + Carriage x2](https://goo.gl/PRt7J5)
    - Y linear actuator x2:
        - [Miniature Linear Guide + Carriage x2](https://goo.gl/PRt7J5)
    - Z linear actuator:
        - [15 mm wide guide rail x2](https://www.mcmaster.com/#6709K33)
        - [Ball Bearing Carriage for 15 mm wide rail x2](https://www.mcmaster.com/#6709K12)