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Any webcam which works with your computer will work as a microscope. It is recommended to choose a webcam that isn't only working on one platform with special drivers and with the software of the vendor. A good choice is a USB Video Class compliant (or UVC) camera. Often this isn't explicitly said on the specifications, but if it says ''driver free'', ''plug and play'' or ''Mac compatible'' it is an indicaton that the camera might be of the UVC type. If you can find one which is easy to disassemble (screws instead of melted or glued parts) you have an advantage. Wikipedia has an [[wikipedia:List of USB video class devices|incomplete list of UVC Webcams]]. | Any webcam which works with your computer will work as a microscope. It is recommended to choose a webcam that isn't only working on one platform with special drivers and with the software of the vendor. A good choice is a USB Video Class compliant (or UVC) camera. Often this isn't explicitly said on the specifications, but if it says ''driver free'', ''plug and play'' or ''Mac compatible'' it is an indicaton that the camera might be of the UVC type. If you can find one which is easy to disassemble (screws instead of melted or glued parts) you have an advantage. Wikipedia has an [[wikipedia:List of USB video class devices|incomplete list of UVC Webcams]]. | ||
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To find out how big the surface is we are looking at, we are capturing a piece of a screen/display and count the pixels. We tried an [[wikipedia:iPod Touch#Specifications|iPod Touch 4th generation]] which has a widescreen with the following specs: | To find out how big the surface is we are looking at, we are capturing a piece of a screen/display and count the pixels. We tried an [[wikipedia:iPod Touch#Specifications|iPod Touch 4th generation]] which has a widescreen with the following specs: | ||
* resolution is 960 x 640 pixels | * resolution is 960 x 640 pixels | ||