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Good HDMI microscope for heads cleaning N' small electronic?

June 1st, 2022, 3:23

Hello,

I'm trying to find a proper HDMI microscope, which has a good zoom enough to see the heads magnets so it's possible to see the possible pollution or damage on them. The purpose would also do some really small electronics testing and fixing. Ideally, I can connect it to the monitor, too.

I'm hoping you can give me ideas on what to get and possibly where?

One of my inspirations is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbKNOYl-z8

TIA!

Re: Good HDMI microscope for heads cleaning N' small electro

June 1st, 2022, 3:42

The amscope sm-4ntp is the go to for a budget buy (trinocular). You then need to add a camera and adapters. Paul is round your side of the world and has his equipment list on his site https://pldaniels.com/tools

Re: Good HDMI microscope for heads cleaning N' small electro

June 2nd, 2022, 12:21

Lardman wrote:The amscope sm-4ntp is the go to for a budget buy (trinocular). You then need to add a camera and adapters. Paul is round your side of the world and has his equipment list on his site https://pldaniels.com/tools


This is exactly the model I have. Highly recomend. Camera setup will cost you around 200$-350$

Re: Good HDMI microscope for heads cleaning N' small electro

June 5th, 2022, 19:28

Thank you!

@DRUG
Do you know what camera would be good, which can be used to get really close to the head surface to see possible pollution on sliders/magnets?

Stereoscopic 45x zoom is enough to see all the small details, just like in that linked video?

Re: Good HDMI microscope for heads cleaning N' small electro

June 6th, 2022, 21:02

Yes it is.

It's a pain to edit the videos tho.

Erkin has a list of the hardware he uses to record his cases.
It's in every video on the description.
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