![]() In a nice simplificaton of the design of the microscope, the imaging electronics is connected to the base via an external USB cable. It also has two USB 2.0 ports, allowing the unit to act as a hub.very convenient when using with a laptop. USB ports and switches for the various LEDs are at the rear of the unit. There are three built-in lenses mounted on a circular platform. The desired magnification is selected by rotating the objective (the lens, for the uninitiated) into place. Click on any of the images for a closer look. ![]() This portable microscope is much smaller than the QX5 we looked at back in 2005. Wan Chi Lau ( )įor all you readers who sent in guesses this month about the mystery item posted last July, the wait is over :-) This is cool-looking device is actually a USB Microscope from Brando. Hopefully we'll have some interesting videos soon. ![]() While macam does not have all of the funtionalities of miXscope, it does the basics and it runs on the Mac :-) We'll continue to play with this surprisingly high quality microscope. macam is a driver for USB webcams for OS X.Īmazingly enough the device was supported! It was much easier to get great shots using the macam than what came with the microscope for the PC. The next application we tried was the open source macam. Unfortunately, the Brando microscope is not yet supported. The application a lot of folks use is miXscope from EdH Software. We thought it would be hard to find an application which could drive the Brando USB microscope on a Mac. We knew we had to look elsewhere for something more useful, hopefully something that would allow this microscope to work on a Mac. The included software is a VERY basic viewer with almost no other capabilities. We looked at a few different things under the microscope: the bulb with the burnt out filament was from our brake light replacement project a few days ago a passiflora flower we snipped off our plant on the porch. We installed the XP driver and tried the application which came with the microscope. The Brando USB microscope came with a CD containing drivers for the Windows platform.
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