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A word of warning before watching this very cool video on soldering: it may make you greatly desire what appears to be a very, very expensive microscope. You’ve been warned. …read more Continue reading Soldering, Up Close and Personal
It used to be that only the most well-equipped home electronics lab had a microscope. However, with SMD parts getting smaller and smaller, some kind of microscope is almost a …read more Continue reading Hands On: AD409-Max Microscope
If you’re used to working through a microscope, you’ve probably noticed that the angle of the light greatly affects how your workpiece looks. Most of us prefer the relatively flat …read more Continue reading Adjustable Lights Help Peer Inside Chips with IR
For optical microscopes, light is everything. If you don’t have a good amount of light passing through or bouncing off your sample, you’ve got nothing for your eyeballs or a …read more Continue reading Cheap DIY Microscope Lamp Makes Tiny Macro Shots Look Great
[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they …read more Continue reading Cheap Microscope Can Take Amazing Images With Some Simple Upgrades
Plankton are tiny organisms that drift around in the ocean. They aren’t just whale food — they are responsible for fixing up to 50% of the world’s carbon dioxide. That, …read more Continue reading Who Needs Sea Monkeys? Get PlanktoScope
Aside from idle curiosity, very few of us need to see inside chips and components to diagnose a circuit. But reverse engineering is another story; being able to see what …read more Continue reading DIY Repair Brings an X-Ray Microscope Back Into Focus
Digital microscopes used to be something that only labs or universities might have, but as image sensor technology has progressed, the prices have fallen to the point that any classroom …read more Continue reading Printed Upgrades Improve Cheap Digital Microscope
Some things go together, like chocolate and peanut butter. Others are more odd pairings, like bananas and bacon. We aren’t sure which category to put [IMSAI Guy]’s latest find in. …read more Continue reading Digital Microscope With An On-Screen Multimeter
It’s fair to say that one of the biggest advances for the electronic constructor over the last decade or so has been the advent of inexpensive small-order PCB manufacture. That …read more Continue reading Never Drill In The Wrong Place, With This Camera!