[sdiy] Cheap microscope for SMD

[cheater cheater]

Heheh, this reminds me of:

http://www.intel.com/support/intelplay/qx3/

Seriously though?

Probably many microscopes you can find on a garden sale. They'll be
good enough. We only need maybe 10x-20x.

D.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 21:59, Ullrich Peter <Peter.Ullrich at kapsch.net> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>Saw these at a trade show last week. Soooo cute.
>>
>>http://www.aveninc.com/?main_page=product_info&products_id=1114
>
> There are a few devices that look nearly the same, maybe the same electronics in different housings.
> But the prices are very different. The scope you showed us is very expensive!
>
> I bought mine via Ebay for 35 Euro inclusive shipping from HongKong.
> This is about 50 $. Normally the prices in Europe are about 60 to 200 Euro.
> But I found no difference in function and quality.
>
> I bought mine for SMD soldering, but it is not really as good as an optical stereo microscope as there is some latency
> due to the digitizing, USB transfer, and graphic output.
>
> In VGA resolution (640x480) it is nearly possible to solder under the scope (be sure to protect the lens and LEDs from the smoke!!!
> Use a strong fan to blow away the smoke...
>
> In 1.3MP resolution the quality is very nice - nice for still images (documentation, inspection) but too slow for soldering...
> 320x240 is fast but the resolution is too low for fine pitch IC pins...
>
> Ciao
> Peter
>
> http://come.to/synpro
>
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