USB Microscope – 5MP Interpolated 220x Magnification / 8 LEDs

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As electronics get smaller and smaller, you’ll need a hand examining PCBs and this little USB microscope is the perfect tool. Its smaller and lighter than a large optical microscope but packs quite a bit of power in its little body. There’s a 2 megapixel sensor inside and an optical magnifier that can adjust from 20x (for basic PCB inspection) to 220x (for detailed inspection). Eight white LEDs are angled right onto whatever you’re examining so you get enough lighting to see, and are smoothly adjustable via a dial on the side.

New! We’ve upgraded this microscope to 5.0 Megapixel (from 2.0M) and this one comes with two removable plastic caps to get close ups for a wider focusing range.

If you plug this into any computer, it just shows up as a standard USB camera (we used this for our weekly Ask an Engineer show) and the Windows/Mac software lets you take snapshots using the button on the side of the microscope or direct from the software (so you don’t move the camera).

We tried a bunch of different USB microscopes and found this one to be the best combination of optical clarity, usability, and price. It’s perfect for electronics hacking, rework, SMT (de)soldering, inspection, and soon you’ll find yourself pulling it out to look and photograph all sort of cool small stuff around your lab and home.

We took some snaps of this ‘scope while looking at a tiny 0201-populated GPS board at 20x magnification and then at a raw die at 200x

Package comes with a USB microscope with 4.5ft/140cm long cord and adjustable stand.

Technical Details

For Mac users (and probably other OS’s too!), we’ve tried

https://plugable.com/drivers/microscope/

software with success

Technical specs

Image Sensor: 2.0 megapixel w/high-speed DSP for 5MP interpolation (We compared the output with a non-interpolated 2MP microscope and it does look clearer with the interpolation!)
20x/220x axis micro-lens
Adjustable focal length, from 10mm-50mm
Snapshots via software or pressing the button
Image capture: 2560×2048 (5M Pixel), 2304×1738 (4M Pixel), 1600×1200 (2MPixel), 1280×1024 (1.3MPixel), 1280×960, 1024×768, 800×600, 640×480, 352×288, 320×240, 160×120.
Video rate of 30f/s at a brightness of 600 lux
Flicker control for 50Hz/60Hz
Video format: AVI
Photo format: JPG or BMP
8 white LED light, 40000mLux
20x/200x magnification
USB port powered
TWAIN compatible
Size: 112mm long x 33mm diameter

Color may vary

Software & Driver download

– There’s a manual in the ZIP but its for the older version of this camera, the specifications listed there will be for the older camera which you can disregard. Software is not compatible with MacOS X Mavericks – we suggest

mixscope

if you need really good Mac Microscope software, not free but definitely worth purchasing!