Homebrew PCBs

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:15:41 +0100, William Carr <Jkirk3279@...>  
wrote:

>
> No, the one I bought was remaindered for $20.   It works under
> Windows but not OS X so I don't really use it.   There's an OS X app
> for the QX microscope, as well as drivers for several other units.
> The really good 'scope is several hundred bucks though.


There are many guides on the web on how to modify a cheap webcam to work  
through an eyepiece. Combined with a stereo scope, which i have already  
and can highly recommend, that seems like a good solution. You can get  
composite video from many cameras, and you can get high resolution still  
photos too. That's what i'll do when i get the time. I think i'll just use  
a larger tube that slips over the eyepiece and it's mounting tube to  
install the camera, i'm wary of swapping eyepieces and getting dust into  
the innards of the microscope. The guides i've seen suggest mounting the  
camera to a spare eyepiece.

ST