Aigo Ge5, Microscopio Digital, Manual English

Contents Precautions........................................................................................................................................2 Product introduction..........................................................................................................................3 Product features ................................................................................................................................3 Performance and Parameters.............................................................................................................4 Application Scope .............................................................................................................................5 Industrial Tests ..........................................................................................................................5 School and Household Education .............................................................................................5 Digital Amateurs .......................................................................................................................6 Recommended configuration ............................................................................................................7 Appearance and Sizes .......................................................................................................................8 Installation.......................................................................................................................................12 Install Drivers..........................................................................................................................12 Install Software .......................................................................................................................14 Connection ......................................................................................................................................15 Operation.........................................................................................................................................16 Interface of Capture ................................................................................................................17 Image Adjustment ...........................................................................................................18 Image Capture .................................................................................................................22 Image Measurement................................................................................................................23 Setup ...............................................................................................................................24 Measurement...................................................................................................................25 Measurement Examples ..................................................................................................27 A List of Shortcut Keys...................................................................................................................29 FAQ.................................................................................................................................................30 Comparison between GE-5 Digital Microscope and Traditional Microscope ................................32 A List of Product Components in Package .....................................................错误！未定义书签。

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Precautions 1. Strictly prohibit disassembly Don’t disassemble the device except the knock-down part mentioned in this specification. Otherwise it may reduce the performance of the instrument, lead to electric shock, injury or equipment damaged. 2. Digital Viewer GE-5 need Moisture-proof and anti-foreign body. In order to prevent Failure of Digital Viewer GE-5, don’t plant it in the moist surfaces. If any liquid pours on the Digital Viewer GE-5, disconnect with computer immediately, use dry cloth to remove water. If another object enters the Digital Viewer GE-5, please stop use and contact dealers. 3. Environmental conditions Digital Viewer GE-5 is a precise optical device. To avoid improper use or storage that can lead the performance of the instrument decline, you should pay attention to the following points: Never place it in direct sunlight or other bright places. Never place it in high-temperature, high humidity places Never use it in the environment full of impurities and dust Never use or store it in those environments with strong electromagnetic interference. 4. Carrying process Digital Viewer GE-5 is a precise optical device, so you’d better be careful in the carrying process. Avoid strong impact or vibration, which will result in decrease of optical performance or damage of the equipment。 5. Focusing Knobs Please do not rotate focusing Knobs in opposite directions at the same time. When the digital head reach the limit positions, please do not continue the focusing knob rotation, otherwise it may lead to the damage of equipment.

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Product introduction GE-5 Digital Microscope is a new digital microscope research by Beijing huaqi information digital technology Co., Ltd. It has applied for some national patents, for example: dynamic area viewing AOI- Active View technology （ patent application number: 200610113623.5\ 200610113625.4）. The product can be directly connected with computer through the USB 2.0 interface. It can make observation, photography, video recording, measurement, storage and output printing of high-resolution images in any areas, and as a result, high-definition images could be shared by many persons without visual fatigue. GE5 has various innovative functions, so it is the optimal upgraded selection for traditional industry microscope, stereomicroscope, biological microscope and image measuring apparatus, and has extensive application field.

Product features z High speed USB2.0 interface for dynamic image observation in real time, no need external power supply; z Adopt 1.30 mega pixels 1/2〞industry CMOS image sensor, the output images have high signal-to-noise ratio; z Multiple optical magnification, 30X, 60X, 180X, plus 4X digital magnification, with a maximum of 720X; z Full glass plane optical lens, 6cm work distance, very large depth of field, and no deformation and aberration; z The structure is compact and flexible, very suitable for desktop operating, laboratory worktable operating, and factory pipelining; z The original patent technology AOI-Active View and the high-resolution image preview of more than 25 f/s can realize synchronized operation under the lens; z Adopt the laser location technology, which can locate the target points quickly and accurately under microscopic environment; z Multiple light sources can be adjusted through software. It contains upper light source, back light source and side light source; z Illumination intensity can be controlled via classification to accommodate various environment applications; 3

z Enhanced AWB arithmetic, and the color is real and flamboyant; z One-key measurement function could meet more professional demands and serve the measurements of length, diameter, angle, area etc.

Performance and Parameters Model

GE5

Name

Aigo GE-5 Digital Microscope

Image Sensor

1.3 mega pixels 1/2” Colorful CMOS

Pixel Size

5.2μm×5.2μm

Spectrum Response

400nm～1000nm

Sensitivity

1Lux

Scanning Type

Progressive Scanning

Exposal Type

Electronic Rolling Shutter (ERS)

Resolution

1280×1024

Transmission Rate

16f/s@1280×1024 30f/s@640×480 30f/s@320×240

White Balance

Automatic/Manual Operations Supported

Exposal Control

Automatic/Manual Operations Supported

Image Output

USB2.0, 480Mb/s

Power Supply

USB2.0 power supply, 480mA

Dynamic Range

62dB

Programmable Control

Sizes, quality, luminance, gain, exposal time, contrast, saturation, resolution and Gamma of image

Illumination Control

Laser point orientation, and the upper and lower LED illumination classification control

Working Temperature

0°C~50°C

Magnifications

60X, 180X, 540X

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Application Scope Industrial Tests In the electronic and precision machinery field, it often needs to inspect and machining the components. But traditional microscopes are confined with shallow a depth of field and the object must be observed from directly upward. It can neither get all the information from the entire surface of object nor permits observation at any angle. GE5 digital microscope has large depth of field and permits observation at all angles. It can also inspect the thick object conveniently because of its super long working distance (6cm).

PCB Welding Test 60X

Electronic Components 60X

School and Household Education With its high-quality and high-resolution imaging capabilities, GE5, a microscope that could serve more than one viewer at the same time, is highly cost-effective, convenient and usable. Hence, this apparatus adapts well to the fields like school teaching and family education and it could help enrich teaching methods and improve the efficiency. 5

Mouthparts of Bee 180X

Transverse Section of Earthworm 180X

Digital Amateurs Everything in the nature is attractive for us. In our spare time, we could observe the small creatures around us and explore mysteries of the nature with GE5, the best assistant of amateurs in observing the microcosmic world.

Head of Gecko 60X 6

Hornet 60X

Recommended configuration z

CPU: PⅢ 800 or better

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RAM: 256 MB or more

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Graphic Processing Unit: 64M or more

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Interface: USB2.0

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Monitor: A resolution of 1024*768 or better

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Operation System: Windows 2000 or Windows XP

Note: The recommended configuration is just a reference, a computer with lower configuration may also operate GE-5 digital microscope.

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Appearance and Sizes Appearance

Sizes (Side)

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Sizes (Facade)

Sizes (Top)

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GE5 with a Side Light

GE5 High Magnification state

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GE5 Lengthened state

GE5 Portable state

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Installation Place the disk in CD-ROM and the installation interface would pop up automatically.

Install Drivers 1.

Connect the GE5 digital microscope to the computer and click “Install Drivers”, you would find the following interface popping up. After reading the agreement, please click “I Agree” to start the installation. Make sure that GE5 has to be connected with the computer when the drivers are installed, or the installation may end in failure.

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2.

The installation program is in operation, please waiting.

3.

The system reminds that the program hasn’t passed the Windows Logo Test (which would not influence the regular operation of software), and please click “Continue”.

4.

After the installation is completed, please click “Close”.

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Install Software 1.

Click “Install Software” to enter the interface of installation, and after reading the agreement, click “I Agree” to start the installation.

2.

Choose the items to be installed and click “Next”.

3.

Choose an installation route and click “Install” to start the installation process.

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4.

Click “Close” after the installation is finished.

5.

After the installation is completed, a shortcut

would appear in the desk, whose

double clicks could lead to the operation of this software.

Connection Lay Digital Viewer GE-5 on the table and insert the USB plugs into the USB2.0 interfaces of PC. In order to ensure the stability of the connection with the USB2.0 interfaces, please insert the plugs into those interfaces in the back panel of the mainframe.

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Operation Connect the USB plugs of Digital Viewer GE-5 with the USB2.0 interfaces of PC and run the software, the following interface would pop up. Click “Language” to select Chinese or English, and then click “start” to enter the interface of capture. Click “Demo” to play the promotion videos; click “Image” to demonstrate the real images made with GE5, and click right to exit; and the Help documentation would pop up when “Help” is clicked.

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Interface of Capture The interface of capture contains the menu, the toolbar, the video window and the status bar. With this interface, the user could preview the videos of objects observed and adjust image parameters through various windows of features to obtain the satisfying effect. Before the use, the user should firstly adjust the focusing knob to obtain clear images, and then adjust color, exposal and other parameters for observation. In addition, the user could also capture single image or video and measure it in the interface of measurement.

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Image Adjustment

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Laser positioning Owing to the high magnification of this instrument, sometimes it is not so easy to find the observation points of the object on the screen, and the user could find them by means of laser positioning. Place the object on the stage and adjust the focus to get a clear image. Click “Laser” among the video light sources frame on the right, and the user would find a clear red point on the object, which means the position displayed on the screen. Then, the user could remove the object to place the red point at the position of observation; as a result, the image in the observation position would be displayed on the screen. 2.

Video sizes

Click the item “Setting-〉 Size” of Menu or the button “

” of Toolbar (the shortcut key

“S”), an adjustment box of video sizes would appear in the right side of the interface, with which the video sizes could be adjusted. Totally, there are three resolutions available, namely, 320*240, 640*480 and 1280*1024. 3.

Illumination source

”of Toolbar (the shortcut key of “L”) and a video light source Click the button “ adjustment box would appear in the right of the interface. With this box, the user could adjust the illumination source of Digital Viewer GE-5, select the inside and outside tracks of the upper light source, the lower light source and that of positioning laser as well as select the corresponding frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) according to the type of indoor lights to eliminate image ripples. 18

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Image overturn Images could be overturned horizontally or vertically when the box of horizontal overturn or that of vertical overturn is ticked. 5.

Exposal The exposal volume could be adjusted when the exposal value bar above “Automatic White Balance” is dragged back and forth; and the exposal volume could also be adjusted precisely when the mouse trolley is moved or the keys “←” or “→” in the keyboard is clicked. 6.

Automatic white balance

” in the

Click the item “Adjust -〉Advanced White Balance” in the Menu or the button “

Toolbar (or the shortcut key “W”), lay a piece of white paper on the stage, adjust the focus to obtain a clear image of white paper, then click the button of “Advanced White Balance”, a flashing rectangle would appear in the video window of images; and about 3S to 10S later, the flashing would stop and the automatic white balance process is completed. 7.

Setup of video parameters

Click the item “Adjust-〉Lightness/Contrast” in the Menu or the button “

” in the

Toolbar (or the shortcut key “B”), a video setup adjustment box would appear in the right of the interface, with which the parameters of brightness, contract, saturation, sharpness and gamma value could be adjusted. All the above parameters would be recovered to their default values as clicking the button “Default”. 8.

Conceal all the existing adjustment boxes of parameter setup Sometimes various parameter adjustment boxes at the right of the interface should be

” and the aforesaid adjustment concealed to better observe the images. Click the button “ boxes would be concealed immediately. Click the button again to cancel the concealment. 9.

Zoom display

Click the item “Setting-〉Zoom” in the Menu or the button “

” in the Toolbar (or the

shortcut key “F”) to shift the zoom display to the entire video window or the original sizes. 10. Display speed Click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut key “H”) to shift the speed of video play. And the speed of video play could be as high as 16F/S at high-speed. 19

11. Lock up the current image Click “ ” (or the shortcut key “E”) to lock up the current image, which would make it impossible to adjust the image. Click the image again to cancel the lockup. 12. AOI function AOI provides the user with a function of high-speed, regional and consecutive video display in real time. Users can select a region, to display it at high speed which reaches more than 25 frames per second, so the video looks continuous and smooth. And this function adapt well to the sectors like processing and assembly. Firstly, the user should click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut key “A”) and enter the mode of AOI; then the user should click the mouse in left at the parts of images which it is interested in; thus the region (within the red box) would be shifted to be the mode of high-speed display with smooth and undisrupted images, and the rest of the image would be shifted to be static display. See the following image:

The user could change the regions of high-ratio display at any time. When the user click the mouse in left at any new part of the image which it is interested in, this new area would be displayed at more than 25fps and the original region would be changed back to the status of static display. Since some parts of the image are changed to be static display under the mode of AOI, image displacement may take shape in case of any move of lens or object. Just click the mouse in right at the static parts in the image, and such displacement could be rectified. See the following image:

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Displaced Image

Image Whose Displacement has been eliminated 13. Dynamic Depth of Field Those thick objects of multiple layers could be observed by means of dynamic depth of field. Click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut key “J”) and the software would start recording the video and timing in the status bar at the right lower corner, then the user could adjust the focusing knob to change the focalizing point of the image among various depths. Five seconds 21

later, the recording could be concluded and the video recorded would be automatically replayed. At last, click the button “

” (or the shortcut key of “P”) to exit from the recycling process.

Image Capture

Click the item “Setting-〉 Capture” in the Menu or the button “

” in the Toolbar, the

setup box of capture would appear in the right side of the interface.

Image Capture 1.

Three means of capture are available: Capture an image and save it in the disk After the image adjustment is concluded, set up proper file names and save routes within the

” (or capture box, select the image storage format (Bmp or Jpeg) and then click the button “ the shortcut key “C”) to capture it. The image would be automatically saved. Click “Open path” to enter the files where the images are saved. 2.

Capture an image and enter the measurement interface

Click the button “ measurement interface. 3.

” (or the shortcut key “M”) to capture an image and enter the

Timing capture 22

Set up “Capture Intervals” and “Capture Times Restricted” within the box of timing capture, ” to make timely captures. Thus, the software would and then click the button “ automatically capture one image after each “Capture Interval” until the amounts of images captured reach the “Capture Times Restricted”. If no restriction is made on the capture times, the capture would last. The images thus captured would be automatically saved and the software would not enter the interface of measurement.

Video Capture Click the button “ ” in the Toolbar and the recording setup box would appear at the right of the interface; then set up proper file names and save routes, and click “Select compressor” to select the encoding format of the videos. ” (or the shortcut key “R”) to start recording, and the status bar at the Click the button “ right lower corner would display the recording time; click again to conclude the recording process.

Image Measurement After the image is captured, the software would enter the measurement interface, which contains Menu, Toolbar, Image Window and Status Bar. In this interface, the user could measure and save the image just captured.

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Setup 1.

Open file

Click the item “File-〉Open” in Menu or the button “

” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key

“O”). The file types include: Bmp---Bitmap files; Mea---Measurable and editable files; 2. Save file

Click the item “File-〉Save” in Menu or the image “

” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key

“S”). 3. Return to the video window

Click the item “Window-〉Video preview” in Menu or the button “

” in Toolbar (or the

shortcut key “V”) to return to the video preview window. 4. Print Click the item “File-〉Print” in Menu to print the current file. 5.

Local magnification

Click the button “ ” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key “Z”) and a mini window would appear in the right of the interface to display the magnified local image near the current cursor of mouse.

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6.

Setup of ruler

” in Toolbar, and the setup box

Click the item “Setting-〉Ruler” in Menu or the button “

of ruler would appear in the right of the interface. Within the ruler setup box, the user could set up “Ruler”, “Measurement Units”, “Measurement Precision” and “Whether to Conceal Descriptors”. Select “Ruler60X” for 1X optical lens and “Ruler180X” for 3X optical lens. If the box in front of “Hide Desc” is ticked, the parameter descriptions would be concealed. 7.

Setup of brush colors

Click the item “Setting-〉Color” in Menu or the button “

” in Toolbar, the setup box of

brush colors would appear in the right of the interface, and in the Color Setup Box, such items like “Color”, “Selection Status” and “Width” could be set up. Normal: Color of normal images Pass: Color of images selected Width: Width of brush 8.

Font setup

Click the item “Setting-〉Font” or the button “

” in Toolbar and the font setup box

would appear in the right of the interface. And in the font setup bar, the items like “Font”, “Font Sizes”, “Color” and “Selection Status” could be set up. 9.

Conceal all the current boxes of parameter setup and adjustment Sometimes various parameter adjustment boxes in the right of the interface should be

” and such parameter adjustment concealed to better observe the images. Click the button “ boxes in the right of the interface would be immediately concealed. Click the button again to cancel the concealment.

Measurement This software could draw, measure and label such figures like “beeline”, “circle”, “ellipse”, “rectangle”, “angle” and “polygon” in the image.

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Draw figures Click the corresponding images and draw figures in the image.

1. 2.

(the shortcut key “L”): Beeline Circle: : Define a circle through its diameter. (the shortcut key “C”): Define a circle through its center and any one point on it.

3.

: Define a circle through three points on it. Ellipse:

: Define an ellipse through any two vertexes of the external tangent rectangle of the ellipse. : Define an ellipse through its center and a vertex of the external tangent rectangle of the ellipse. 4.

(the shortcut key “R”): Rectangle

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(the shortcut key “A”): Angle

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(the shortcut key “P”): Polygon with as many as 32 sides. 26

Characters

Click the item “Operation-〉Text” in Menu or the button “

” (or the shortcut key “T”)

and select an area in the image by clicking to enter characters.

Object selection

Click the button “

” in Toolbar, select an object in the image with the left key of mouse

and change the color of the object selected to “Selection Status”. Figure moving Select a figure and drag it with the left key of mouse or move it with the “Direction Key” in the keyboard. Delete single object Select an object by means of the above “Object selection”, and it could be deleted by means of clicking the button “

” or the shortcut key “DELETE”.

Delete all Click “

” to delete all the objects.

Conceal descriptors Tick the box in front of “Hide Desc” within the ruler setup box and the parameter descriptors of figures would be concealed, thus only figures without their parameters would be displayed.

Measurement Examples Capture an image of circuit board for measurement. Firstly, set up proper rulers; click the button “

” (marked 1 in the image) in Toolbar and the ruler setup box (marked 2) would

appear in the right of the interface; and in the ruler setup box, the proper measurement units and precisions (micron, 0.00000) could be set up. After the ruler is set up, the length should be measured at first. Measure the length by means of beeline, click the button “

” (marked 3) in Toolbar and draw the object to be

measured---the length from one line to another in the circuit board---in the image; then the parameters of the beeline would appear beside the object, and the length is 2282.47388 microns. 27

” (marked 4) After that, the radius of the hole should be measured. Click the button “ in Toolbar and define a circle with three points. Define three points with the left key of mouse on the circumference of the hole to be measured in the image, and the software would draw a circle with the three points and provide its parameters beside it. We can see its radius is 474.14682 microns. At the same time when the circle is drawn, we can see that the color of the beeline drawn in the past step is changed from “Pass Status” (red) to “Normal” (blue). Since the circle is an image that is being drawn or selected, its color is “Pass Status”; and the beeline is not an image that is being drawn or selected, so its color is changed to be blue.

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A List of Shortcut Keys Interfaces

Video Preview

Image Measurement

Shortcut Keys

Functions

A

AOI Function

C

Image Capture (not measurement interface)

H

High-speed/Low-speed Shift

M

Image Capture (enter measurement interface)

R

Recording

W

Automatic White Balance

L

Lighting

B

Video Feature Parameters

S

Video Sizes

F

Zoom Display

J

Dynamic depth of field composite recording

P

Dynamic depth of field composite withdraw

E

Lock up the Current Image

＋

Increase Exposal

－

Reduce Exposal

O

Open Files

S

Save Files

V

Return of Video Preview

Z

Local Magnification

L

Beeline Measurement

C

Circle Measurement

E

Ellipse Measurement

A

Angle Measurement

R

Rectangle Measurement

P

Polygon Measurement

T

Marked with Characters

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FAQ How is GE5 connected with PC? GE5 is connected with PC through USB2.0 interface. What the user has to do is to insert USB cable of GE5 into the USB2.0 interface of PC (those in the back panel of mainframe are preferred), and no power supply wire is necessary. How to do when it is reminded that “open interface fail” after GE5 is run? GE5 has not been connected with PC, which makes it impossible for the program to find the equipment. Please get them connected before running the software again. How to do in case that no response is made after GE5 is run? Maybe the program remains in the memory owing to the abnormal conclusion of the program. In such a case, the user could conclude the operation of GE5_Viewer.exe in the windows task manager or reboot PC and run GE5 again. If there is still no response, please contact the technicians of this company. How to do in case that no image is displayed after GE5 is run? Direct X has not been installed or an outdated version is installed. Please install an updated Direct X, and the version 9.0 or above is suggested. How to do in case that the image is very coarse and the resolution could not be set up to be 1280*1024 after GE5 is run? The reason is that the PC of the user doesn’t support USB2.0 as it does USB1.1. The user should adopt a PC supporting USB2.0 to run GE5. How to do in case that the image is unclear? The reason is that focusing has not been done. The user could adjust the knob on the bracket of GE5 Digital Microscope to make focusing and get clear images. How to do in case that nothing except white colors could be seen in the images? The problem is caused by the too high value of exposal. The exposal value should be adjusted to the proper level, and the function of automatic white balance is suggested to adjust the exposal value automatically. How to cope with incorrect colors of images? The reason is that no white balance adjustment has ever been done. White balance should be adjusted before the observation of objects is started, and automatic white balance is suggested.

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How to address ripples in the images? The ripples are caused by alternating current lighting, such as indoors lighting sources with the power supply of alternating current. The solutions are as follows: 1 Apply the instrument in an environment free of alternating current lighting. 2 Set up the current environment (such as select 50Hz in an indoor environment) within the lighting box of software, and then run the program of automatic white balance. How to cope with too large files generated by GE5 recording? The reason is that no appropriate compression code has been selected. Since different encoding formats would lead to different sizes of recorded files, the user should select appropriate encoding formats before recording.

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Comparison

between

GE-5

Digital

Microscope and Traditional Microscope GE-5 Digital Microscope

Traditional Microscope

of

Even if an object has a great depth, GE5, with its superior depth of field, could still make images in which every part of the objects observed could be clearly identified.

Small depth of field leads to the images where only local targets are clear. Focusing should be done frequently during observation.

Means of Observation

Observation could be done conveniently and rapidly after the lens are targeted at the objects, and it is unnecessary to place the objects on the stage; large-sized objects could also be observed in a convenient manner.

It is necessary to disassemble or cut apart the objects and place them on the stage before observation.

Storage

The images could be directly saved in PC for future use at any time.

Difficult to save images.

More than One Viewer

The images could be displayed on screen for more than one viewer at the same time, hence a higher efficiency.

Only one person can view the live image, which means that a great deal of time is required for information sharing.

Function of Measureme nt

Could accurately measure the basic length, angles circle diameter and area and save the data.

Without the function of measurement

Illumination

With the integrated illumination, the instrument could work for observation as soon as its lens is targeted at the objects; and the illumination intensity could be controlled with a special software.

Could only be manually adjusted

Depth Field

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