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Whether your company has automated PCB fabrication or assembly facilities or you use a third party, inspection is essential to product quality. While you can get some rather expensive visual inspection equipment, sometimes all you need is a basic digital microscope. Saelig’s SAE106S gives you a view between the IC pins where you can look for soldering defects such as insufficient solder paste. You can also use the microscope to inspect mechanical devices, molds, or 3D-printed parts.
The SAE106S is a complete system that includes optics (10X to 220X zoom), lighting, and a 4.3-in LCD display. Two arm-mounted rings of eight LEDs illuminate the target and you can control the intensity and position as needed. Once you capture an image with 1080P resolution on the screen, you can save images or videos to a USB flash drive or microSD card (using an adapter) and transfer them to a computer for analysis or storage. The screen’s USB port also lets you connect it directly to a PC. The SAE106S price is $199.
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