When I was younger, I spent a lot of time collecting things around the house and using a microscope to examine them. While I had a lot of fun examining things, the one thing that was lacking was the ...

Building prototype boards with SMD components by hand is no easy task, and with modern tiny components the results are impossible to inspect with the naked eye. A USB microscope can come in handy ...

A few years ago, [Wayne] managed to blow out the main board of his Flashforge Finder attempting to change the fan. But the death of one tool ended up being the birth of another, as he ended up using ...

It’s not always easy to read the part number on IC you find on boards, and some time ago, I watched a video where Lady Ada used a USB microscope to demonstrate how to solder some components, and ...

Lasik eye surgery is pretty common these days, but there are of course easier and cheaper ways to solder SMD components. [techpawpanda] wanted a video camera to see what was going on when he placed ...

Even the smallest details are clearly visible. Most USB microscopes are normal USB cameras, so they can be used with most camera programs and are supported by all modern operating systems. The V160 ...

This is written and tested for an OEM digital Microscope with 500x zoom (probably other microscopes can use the same architecture). a Lenovo desktop laptop that worked without problems. Another ...