Precision Digital Microscope ;-)

[ThePieMan]

Recently I purchased a 2x - 16x Smartphone Microscope for under €30.00

When coupled with smartphone camera optics and digital zoom, one can get to somewhere between 80x - 100x magnification, apparently.

For analysing spices it would be better to put it into stereoscope stage mode, that is set your slide on a white stage and shine the light from the side onto the grains rather than trying to shine the light through the grains.getting uniform light all round the sample would be best for eliminating shadows cast by individual grains.

Could be useful. Anyway, here it is. 

[Ken_Griffiths]

ThePieMan,

Never seen one of those before, very nice and convenient. I have used a USB microscope in the past, plugged into a Windows PC. They have built in LED light and can zoom up to 1000x (mine isn't that powerful). It comes with software to take photos. Here's an example:

www.miniinthebox.com/adjustable-8-led-1000x-usb-digital-microscope-endoscope-loupe-otoscope-magnifier-with-stand_p2664546.html?category_id=3919&prm=2.2.1.1

[ThePieMan]

Cheers Ken,

I was just having a bit of a laugh. Actually, there are a number of youtube videos on how to build such a thing...

[nitebeat]

Be an interesting project ..... any links you would recommend?

[ThePieMan]

Jun 26, 2019 12:24:07 GMT nitebeat said:

Be an interesting project ..... any links you would recommend?

Sure, try any of these here: bfy.tw/OJLK     

[ThePieMan]

All joking aside, the Gizmodo link is pretty cool.