/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/macro---the-art-of-seeing-clearlyI&#39;m sure many of us here are getting long enough in the tooth that we need to move PCBs and other parts away from you in order to focus on them.Conversely or should I say perversely the world is intent in puting millions of components on boards that en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/macro---the-art-of-seeing-clearlySat, 03 Aug 2013 22:37:56 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9b3303ea-8999-436b-a8cb-496da5167e97DAB1<p>Hi John,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have good luck using one of the cheap neck scope cameras.&nbsp; I got mine for about $99 USD and they come with a number of different heads so that you can push them into tight places.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I experimented with it over a PCB and found them very useful for reading IC codes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15889&AppID=298&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/members-area/personalblogs/b/john-alexander-s-blog/posts/macro---the-art-of-seeing-clearlySat, 03 Aug 2013 21:51:05 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:9b3303ea-8999-436b-a8cb-496da5167e97mcb11<p>John is quite right.</p><p>This picture was taken to show the need to bend the header pins prior to insertion, as they are too wide for the header socket.</p><p><span>[View:/resized-image/__size/1125x768/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-9b3303ea-8999-436b-a8cb-496da5167e97/contentimage_5F00_175753.jpg:1125:768]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was taken to show where to cut the trace to the smd LED since the silkscreening was slightly out.</p><p>There were several attempts made before final success.</p><p>I should have taken the photo before trying to cut it.!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span>[View:/resized-image/__size/1047x718/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-9b3303ea-8999-436b-a8cb-496da5167e97/contentimage_5F00_175754.jpg:1047:718]</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Mark</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=15889&AppID=298&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">