A Brief Evaluation of the Inexpensive MiView MV200UM USB Microscope
THE MICROSCOPE
2014, Volume 62:1, pp. 27–32
DOI
https://doi.org/10.59082/FNFU8441
AUTHORS
Martin Kocanda
ABSTRACT
Affordable microscopes are currently produced as teaching tools and as low-end laboratory instruments for inspection of manufactured parts. The trend of integrating digital imaging electronics with low-cost optics is also prevalent because of the economies of scale and the availability of software tools to capture and enhance high-resolution images. This article reviews the MiView200UM USB microscope as a laboratory tool used to examine paper currency and coinage and discusses the hardware features, software interface and several shortcomings of low-cost imaging.