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Gareth Magennis
Guest
Hi,
I've been investigating upgrading the camera included with a (cheap)
microscope. It is a VGA USB device, thus around 0.3Mp. Its really just
about useless for microscopy, al the details are just blocky and non
existant, though the visual image from the microscope is surprisingly good.
The best USB webcam I can find is 1.3Mp, though obviously there are far
bigger sensors in even a cheap digital camera. Thing is I just cant find
any to buy.
Ideally I would like a 5Mp sensor on a PCB, with USB out, I could bodge into
the existing housing.
I've just done this by disassembling a 1.3Mp webcam and gluing the PCB into
the modified housing. I don't have the microscope here, but the housing
does work as a hand held microscope, having built in lenses, but the image
is still rather poor for this kind of application.
Question is, what's with the 1.3Mp limit? Is it not possible to get more
than this on USB? Why can't you get a 5Mp or greater webcam using a sensor
from a digital camera?
I've been Googling without much success on this matter, time to ask someone
who knows.
Cheers,
Gareth.
I've been investigating upgrading the camera included with a (cheap)
microscope. It is a VGA USB device, thus around 0.3Mp. Its really just
about useless for microscopy, al the details are just blocky and non
existant, though the visual image from the microscope is surprisingly good.
The best USB webcam I can find is 1.3Mp, though obviously there are far
bigger sensors in even a cheap digital camera. Thing is I just cant find
any to buy.
Ideally I would like a 5Mp sensor on a PCB, with USB out, I could bodge into
the existing housing.
I've just done this by disassembling a 1.3Mp webcam and gluing the PCB into
the modified housing. I don't have the microscope here, but the housing
does work as a hand held microscope, having built in lenses, but the image
is still rather poor for this kind of application.
Question is, what's with the 1.3Mp limit? Is it not possible to get more
than this on USB? Why can't you get a 5Mp or greater webcam using a sensor
from a digital camera?
I've been Googling without much success on this matter, time to ask someone
who knows.
Cheers,
Gareth.