I'm experimenting with small actuators and curious if I can use the 240 fps capabilities of an old iPhone (model A1662) with a trinocular microscope (Amscope SM745NTP-B 7X-45X) for a low-latency closed-loop feedback system.
This is my first microscope, and my understanding is that I'll need to:
1. mount the iPhone to the 23mm photo port somehow (presumably my resin 3d printer will get involved)
2. either get optics to reduce the image down to the iPhone's camera OR be okay with losing most of the field of view
Aside from saving money by using an extra phone, my hunch is that it'll be lower latency to do image analysis on the iPhone rather than any $300 combination of AliExpress/Amazon USB+HDMI+computer kit?
That said, I'm a microscope / optics newbie, and I haven't seen any prior art about throwing cell phones onto trinocular microscope photo-ports, so perhaps this is a terrible idea?
My backup plan is a Raspberry Pi HQ Camera, which I've seen folks mount to trinocular scope ports.
What do y'all think --- iPhone <-> trinocular photo port possible?
How would I go about calculating/measuring the optics I'd need to buy or build?