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Digital Microscope

ntewinkel

I finally bought a little microscope to help out with the smd parts.

 

I got it mostly to identify small parts, but it appears to be quick enough that I might actually be able to solder with it. In my quick bit of testing I didn't feel any lag.

 

I went for something a few steps up from the least expensive, to get the bigger screen, higher resolution, better stand, better lighting, and remote control (to avoid shaky pictures!). At $140 CAD this feels like a pretty nice unit for the money actually. That was on Amazon Canada, so it arrived quickly too.

I had been thinking about a stereo microscope, but that's a few magnitudes more pricey and hard to justify at this moment.

 

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I had a little SR-505 motion sensor nearby that I tried it out on.

The resistors in the picture are just over 2mm long. I think... my ruler is not that accurate at that scale image

 

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These were my first pictures, so I'm still having to repeatedly adjust light intensity and angles to try to get the clearest pictures image

 

Best,

-Nico

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  • in reply to dougw

      wrote:

     

    What is the resolution?

     

    It claims to have resolution of 12M (4032x3024), but I haven't put that to the test yet.

    I've seen some reviews on other similar products that say the software just blobs up the individual pixels to get that bigger image, so I won't believe that number until I actually see it image

     

      wrote:

     

    I don't use it as much as I thought I would...

     

    That's one reason I didn't want to spend too much - it's been on my list for a while mostly for niche applications, but I'm not sure how often I would be using it in real life.

    And who knows, it might spark something else random and new image  In the meantime I'll be happy to have it just to identify tiny pieces (which happens a fair bit)

  • in reply to ntewinkel

    Some of these manufacturers definitely interpolate lower resolution sensors to provide higher resolution claims. It takes careful reading between the lines of the specs to figure out what the real resolution is. Both for the sensor and the display.