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Finally, help identifying IC's. USB Microscope 1

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OperaHouse

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Jun 15, 2003
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Every year parts get smaller and my eyes get worse. Black etched on black is hard to read. It took a LED flashlight at an angle, a magnifying glass and some luck to identify chips. A friend bought a USB microscope for looking at parts for his race car and paid $300. Looked like a solution so I bought this for $16 US shipment, just a week later it is $20. Not the best quality mechanically but it does the job. This is a picture of a .16 inch chip in the first minutes of use with no practice and no photoshop.
 
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I find a geologist's loupe is handy for the squinty print.
Yes I spelled "loupe" correctly.

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Microscope eyepieces tend to be 20x as well, so I've got one of those.

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Operahouse,
I just bought one $22.16 with the shipping from Hong Cong , This will solve a lot of problems with my arm not being long enough anymore.
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An amazing device when you consider the ability to document with a photograph a bad solder connection or brush wear in a poorly lighted location with something that will fit in your pocket. The stand is too lightweight, optional stands are available. I removed the rubber bottom pad and glued in a couple large washers.
 
I came across these (a different manufacturer) a few years ago. We now have several dozen in use around the plant for real time observation, inspection, and measurement.
There are also units that pop into a microscope eyepiece and once calibrated thay are fairly darn accurate (no auto edge detection but rather manual placement of feature points).

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That's brilliant, I've spent many hours squinting thru several layers of magnifying lens.
 
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