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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Thru Hole to SMD transition: How to and What to get

2014-08-02 by Peter Johansson

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:36 AM, joeprice@... [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Any suggestions on a good USB microscope setup model number ect.

You are going to have two serious problems with a USB microscope: latency and depth perception.

Latency is terrible with most (if not all) USB microscopes.  This is not a problem for inspection, but it makes assembly difficult to impossible.

The lack of depth perception is why you always want a binocular scope for soldering, and if not a scope then jewelers glasses or a large lens.

-p.

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