Here's another data point, but I haven't really explored it very deeply. I plugged a really old, really low res (320x480?) Logitec webcam into a=20 Raspberry and was able to capture stills using a command line program=20 fswebcam. I imagine I could find the software to enable the "file->open capture=20 device" next time I fire it up (it's monitor does double duty as a TV,=20 which I'm watching now ;) Joe W On 1/9/2013 9:32 PM, Bob Blick wrote: > 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. >> >> I recently purchased a couple of little USB pen-style microscopes >> after seeing one in operation in a YouTube video. These are nice >> little units and I want to use them for SMT PCB inspection. >> >> For anyone interested, here are the two eBay links for the units that >> I purchased. They look to be identical to each other - but one costs >> about $6 less than the other (I found it AFTER the first unit was >> purchased). >> >> US $23.68 >> US $29.99 >> >> Bboth units sell with free shipping to North America. >> >> I'd like to find an easy and inexpensive method to connect these >> units to standard computer LCD monitors. Obviously, I could park >> whatever computers I had handy somewhere near the place where they >> are being used, but there just has to be a better solution. >> >> Unfortunately, I don't see a Linux driver on the driver disk that >> came with the units. It doesn't mean that such a driver doesn't >> exist - just that I haven't found it yet. >> >> Anyway, I was wondering if something like the Raspberry Pi might be a >> possible solution. I understand that the Pi can drive a monitor >> directly and I assume that it offers USB host. >> >> Has anyone already played with these microscopes and come up with a >> solution? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .