Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Alan King <alan@n...> wrote:
> mikezcnc wrote:
> > Has anybody used a camera for PCB drilling, soldering and 
inspection?
> > I heard about that microsoft gizzmo but fro what I read it did 
not 
> > provide enough viewing area. Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Mike
> 
>    Just get the cheap Ezonics USB webcam that was free after 
rebates all 
> the time.  May have to get it on Ebay now, not sure if it's still 
made. 
>   Break the stop for focusing and you can easily inspect PCBs etc. 
> Thought about it for drilling, but it's really hardly worth the 
effort. 
>   Design your boards well, bring the vias out a bit from the chips, 
and 
> you really shouldn't have much of anything that's beyond a even a 
crude 
> CNC's capabilities.  I do small stuff yet still haven't seen any 
real 
> useful NEED for super accuracy for the drilling.
> 
> Alan


I use a large high magnification magnyfing glass.  It has a circular 
floursecent light in it and a second, higher magnyfing lense for 
tighter work. 

the Intel QX3 microscope 
http://store.yahoo.com/compuvisor/digbluqx3usb.html
Seems like a great deal if the problem is seeing things that small.

My SONY digital camera is really bad at macros's and I have not 
figured out if it can be used as a web cam.

Dave