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# Bill of Materials

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### Tools

- 1 #1 pozidrive screwdriver
- 1 2.5mm Ball-end Allen key
- 1 extra M3x10 cap screw - For mounting trapped nuts
- 1 Pi Camera lens tool - This should come with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2. If it is missing, you can 3D print a workaround lens remover.
- 1 precision wire cutters - Can use a utility knife if these are unavailable.
- 1 RepRap-style printer
- 1 utility knife - Not a scalpel!

### Materials

- 4 cm^2 of 0.5mm polypropylene
- 50 g of Black PLA filament
- 205 g of PLA filament - Of any colour you want. Two contrasting colours may look best.

### Consumables

- 3 drops of light oil - Don't skip this or you will damage the screws

### Optical Components

- 1 condenser lens

### Electronic Components

- 2 2 pin Du Pont connector female housing
- 1 200mm Pi Camera ribbon cable - This is longer than the standard ribbon cable the Pi Camera is sold with!
- 3 28BYJ-48 micro geared stepper motors
- 1 illumination PCB - A 5mm LED can be used instead, if you follow the LED workaround.
- 1 Pre-crimped Female-Female jumper cable (30 cm), Black
- 1 Pre-crimped Female-Female jumper cable (30 cm), Red
- 1 Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2
- 1 Raspberry Pi Power Supply
- 1 Raspberry Pi v4
- 1 Sangaboard v0.5 - If you cannot get a Sangaboard, you can put together workaround motor electronics instead.

### Mechanical Components

- 3 M3 brass nut
- 14 M3 nut
- 8 M3 stainless steel washers
- 11 M3x10 cap head screws
- 4 M3x25mm stainless steel hex bolt
- 6 M4x6mm button head screws
- 18 No 2 6.5mm self tapping screws
- 3 Viton O-ring (30mmx2mm) - "Viton band"

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