We have a Dinoscope AM413ZT with a little stand. It is a useful tool, but
not in the same league as the tools mentioned in this thread.
We use it to communicate questions and problems. A picture is worth a
thousand words. I can take my laptop and the camera to the problem, capture
an image add some notes, take some rough measurements and send the image to
an interested party in minutes.
http://www.bigc.com/
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gold, Scott
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 8:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Trinocular Scope With Display
Slightly off-topic - There are some relatively inexpensive USB microscopes
out there that go to 200x. Has anyone tried these? I'm working on a
project right now where I need to inspect things down in the .001" range and
funding is low.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/923a/ for $200
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/9955/ for $350
--Scott
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Trinocular Scope With Display
Joe,
That is quite an ambitious range! Why don't you start with seeing what you
can do for circuit packs and component inspection and leave component FA for
another day? To do the latter you better have deeeeep pockets, because you
will need more than what I am going to suggest!
We have:
1) Nikon Eclipse MA100 metallurgical microscope with a Digital Sight
Ds-Fi1 Camera. Images are brought up on any CRT or LCD screen of a computer
married to the scope system.
2) Hirox KH-7700 digital microscope with an endoscope, plus a MX-10C (high
power lens), a lower power lens (number obscured by support rod) and an MX
5030RZ II lens for angle viewing. These four lenses are all on different
stands and have an interchangeable 14 MB camera which gives awesome images
on the monitor.
None of the above is tri or even binocular. The former is mono plus the
display and the latter only has display.
Bev
RIM
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kane, Joseph E (US
SSA)
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:16 PM
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Subject: [TN] Trinocular Scope With Display
I may have an opportunity to put together a decent inspection station for
our lab. The choices out there have my head spinning, maybe some of you
have experience or recommendations to share. Not sure what we'll have to
spend, but this system will be used partly for customer presentations, so
I'm hoping we can do it up right.
This would be used for everything from FA on components, to solder
inspection on boards, to looking inside small chassis. Need capability for
image capture, and maybe a nice big screen so others in the room could see.
Optics - Trinocular, zoom, good depth of field/working distance,
magnification from about 5-7x up to about 40-50x. Some have a lever that
disables one of the binocular eyepieces whenever you want the camera to
work, and I think this is a pain. In the archives I saw a recommendation
for a Meiji EMZ-8TR - any others? What about a 0.5x objective lens to
increase working distance?
Stand - Articulating, single or double boom arm? Counterweight?
Swivel? Biggest pain I've had is adjusting the Z height easily.
Usually you have to release the slip ring, lower it, retighten, then release
the head, and drop it down on the slip ring, sometimes heavily.
Is there any easier way to adjust?
Screen - maybe around 40". LCD, so no burn-in.
Camera - CCD or CMOS? Resolution? Output? What about Sony? Some might
think we'd be better off with a good hi-res digital still camera.
C-mount? Either way, is it realistic to expect that the image would be
close to what we see through the eyepieces?
Lighting - Probably a ring light and moveable fiber optic arms.
Anything new being done with LED's? Polarization? Any hints for picking up
tin whiskers?
Image Capture - Any special kind of card in the PC? Software? Probably
output in bitmap, convert to JPG. Don't need PhotoShop, but some basic
image processing will be helpful.
Joe Kane
BAE Systems
Johnson City, NY
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