#Andonstar adsm201 review manual#

I can reach up and feed more solderwire as needed without looking away from the microscope. I put a solderwire feed onto the microscope head, so it holds solderwire in my FOV. The components won't move as long as you hit the fluxed area, and even if some of the salt bounces to the wrong spot or you get a couple extras on there, you can easily identify most components under the microscope and just sort it out later. I sometimes load the pcb under a mag lamp, but usually just naked eye. You just have to determine how big your reach is, so you don't end up with the components on the edge of your flux coated hand.

The way around this is to put a bunch of components down on the fluxed board at a time before you put it under the microscope. You can also make your own polarizers like another poster mentioned.Įven if you can't find eyepieces that work with glasses, this isn't necessarily a dealbreaker. Based on this and the fact that my colleague has an excellent track record of never having trouble with eBay sellers until this loon, I would strongly not suggest putting your money into the pockets of someone of this low caliber. I have screenshots of everything, but like I said, it deserves to go into its own thread. The detonator was just my colleague asking for a cancellation BEFORE anything was marked as shipped, and eventually it became evident the seller had not shipped anything yet (he was on vacation so he ignored the request, marked as shipped, never provided a tracking number, then backed off and said he actually had not shipped it, and said my colleague was a 'scammer'). after a long list of insults and the aforementioned creep act altogether). I should create a thread but a friend of mine had a very negative experience with the seller, where he seemed mentally ill or just plain vicious (he insulted my colleague, creeped into his eBay history, left misleading/false feedback -my friend asked for a cancellation early on, the seller essentially marked the items as shipped right after and sent a message that read like this : 'too bad you couldn't get the address right, no returns and shipped!', he opened a case and he backed off. I would never buy from that guy (the one selling the polarizers on ebay). I appreciate the feedback received here from those with direct experience which has built my confidence.

I have more or less decided to order an AndonStar to try. I hope to be able to use the 5' built in monitor for most things I do. I also expect there will be a need to get used to using them regarding hand/sight coordination, etc. From what I understand now the lag for these models is not enough to prevent them from being useful for soldering. I imagine that if the lag were to be less than about 200mS it should be OK. Unfortunately the video latency isn't specified for any of the lower cost digital microscopes that I have been looking at. I currently use a fairly good quality viewing hood for most of the simpler work and the binocular microscope when the going gets tough. I have often wished for a local microscope store where I could go and do some serious playing with the various models to determine personal suitability. Consequently a video screen for viewing seems like an attractive alternative in my case. This routine results in a cyclic inconvenience when installing SMD components. To use the microscope I need to remove my glasses but to pick up a part with my tweezers I need my glasses back on. However I find it somewhat awkward to use as I need reading glasses. Greetings, Many thanks for the replies! Fortunately I have a binocular optical microscope which provides excellent clarity of view for me without any lag. I wonder if there are lower resolution settings such as 640 x 480 that can be utilized during soldering to speed up the video processing delay? I wonder if anyone here has experience with using an ADSM 301 or 302 for PCB work that would shed light on how practical these microscopes are to use as a viewing tool for soldering? TMA

Although the spec of 30 frames per second would seem fast enough I wonder how much buffering takes place during the video processing. In contrast I have read comments that the lag is very noticeable and would negatively impact real time viewing for board work. I have watched some videos that leave me with the impression the lag isn't that noticeable. However I have not been able to establish confidence that the video latency (lag) is fast enough for soldering SMD components on a board in an expedient manner. I understand the resolution is sufficient for even smaller components and that these models work well for static inspection purposes.

#Andonstar adsm201 review manual#

Greetings, I am considering the purchase of an AndonStar ADSM301 or ADSM302 for manual soldering of 0805/0603 SMD components.