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USB endoscope/Pencam / Inspection Camera

by Ciprian Rosu, posted November 15, 2008 at 5:16 pm

usb endoscope 290x217I’m sure that many times most of you wanted a close-up with some of the “non visible” parts of your body.
Now you can do that with the DIGITAL PenCam (PEN CAMERA), a tubular imaging system consisting of an optical lens, an image sensor, an illumination mechanism, and an image transfer control circuit connected to a computer.
Not only you can watch the images on a computer, you can broadcast live on the internet.

Costs are US$99 (about £67 in real money) and if you’re tired analyzing parts of your body, you can try to do some lab research: it can also magnify stamps, coins, antiques, insects, electric circuits, machines, fabrics, food, decorations, etc. and can also help visually impaired patients magnify small text for reading.

Features:
- LED Lamp and micro camera technology
- Auto Focus Function (micro tune only)
- Compact; 12.2mm outer diameter and 14″ in length
- 300,000 pixels
- USB 2.0
- Record Pictures
- Live thru the screen

Usages:
- Check your teeth. mouth, tongue, ears.
- Check your antique
- check your finger print…
- explore the bug’s world…

Specifications:
- Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels (VGA)
- Adjustable focus: from 10mm to infinity (manually)
- Bulit-in white-light illumination
- Frame rate: up to 30 frames per second
- Dimension: 145mm (length) * 12mm (Diameter) approx.
- Weight: 12g approx.
- Take photos and / or videos direct to your Computer / PC harddisk
- Built-in LED illuminators
- 640 x 480 (VGA) sensor resolution CCD
- Capture software can save images as .jpg
- Maginfy the small print! (good for seeing impaired)

System Requirements:
- IBM PC compatible computer
- Intel Pentium III processor or above
- 256M RAM or above
- At least one USB port (For best effect, USB 2.0 port is recommended).
- WinXP or Vista with CD-ROM and a 60G or higher hard-drive

Package Contents:
- Pencam x 1
- Protection Cap (A in the LAST picture)
- Ear tip with focusing ring (B in the LAST picture)
- Ear pick with focusing ring (Ear Spatula) (C in the LAST picture)
- Reflector with focusing ring x 1  (D & E in the LAST picture)
- Focus Ring (F & G in the LAST picture)
- Small Reading Cap  (for closed environment, e.g. Nose) (H in the LAST picture)
- Large Reading Cap (for closed environment, e.g. Nose) (I in the LAST picture)
- Tube (J in the LAST picture)
- Tripod x 1
- CD Driver CD x 1

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