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A plug-and-play USB microscope that streams magnified images to a computer screen and captures stills and video. It has a manual focus range of 0mm to 40mm, built-in 8-LED illumination with adjustable brightness, 5X digital zoom and a 640x480 sensor at 30 fps. It suits students, teachers, hobbyists and anyone inspecting coins, insects, fabric or circuit boards. Against pricier handheld and Wi-Fi microscopes it trades resolution and untethered use for simplicity and a fixed USB connection.
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Owners treat it as a cheap, useful first microscope for kids, soldering inspection and coin or insect close-ups. Many note the image is soft and grainy at high magnification and that the stand and focus wheel feel basic.
This digital USB microscope camera magnifies up to 1000X and shows the image on your computer screen. It can be used to look at things like an insect's wing, fabric patterns or the details of a circuit board.
It is plug-and-play and powered through a USB port. It captures still images and live video, and a snapshot can be taken from the software or with the hardware button. Eight built-in white LEDs light the subject, and their brightness is adjusted manually.
The microscope has a compact, portable design. It comes with a software CD that includes the driver and a micro-measurement tool.