Hi Dwayne, Sorry to come late to the party, been short of time. I have one of those microscopes and just now thought to try it on an Android device. Had no luck switching the input source away from the internal cameras. LEDs on the microscope light up but I bet that's just hardwired to power anyway. Plugged into a Linux box (Ubuntu 12.04 x86) it "just worked". Fired up VLC, chose "file->open capture device" and hit GO and there it is. Best regards, Bob On Wed, Jan 2, 2013, at 01:17 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > Good day to all. >=20 > I recently purchased a couple of little USB pen-style microscopes=20 > after seeing one in operation in a YouTube video. These are nice=20 > little units and I want to use them for SMT PCB inspection. >=20 > For anyone interested, here are the two eBay links for the units that=20 > I purchased. They look to be identical to each other - but one costs=20 > about $6 less than the other (I found it AFTER the first unit was > purchased). >=20 > US $23.68 > US $29.99 >=20 > Bboth units sell with free shipping to North America. >=20 > I'd like to find an easy and inexpensive method to connect these=20 > units to standard computer LCD monitors. Obviously, I could park=20 > whatever computers I had handy somewhere near the place where they=20 > are being used, but there just has to be a better solution. >=20 > Unfortunately, I don't see a Linux driver on the driver disk that=20 > came with the units. It doesn't mean that such a driver doesn't=20 > exist - just that I haven't found it yet. >=20 > Anyway, I was wondering if something like the Raspberry Pi might be a=20 > possible solution. I understand that the Pi can drive a monitor=20 > directly and I assume that it offers USB host. >=20 > Has anyone already played with these microscopes and come up with a > solution? --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .