Shoutout to the cheap USB microscope I got last year

Honestly, I used to hate working on tiny ribbon cable connectors. I'd just use my old loupe and hope for the best, and I'd mess up the alignment maybe one out of every five tries. Ngl, after I got that $40 microscope from Amazon, it changed everything. I can actually see what I'm doing now, and I haven't ruined a single flex cable in six months. Anyone else have a cheap tool that made a huge difference for a specific job?

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james_kim2d ago

Oh man, I should've grabbed one years ago for those tiny ribbon cables.

the_sam2d ago

Totally feel you on that. I grabbed one for checking solder joints on old game consoles. The difference is NUTS. I used to just cross my fingers and reflow everything, now I can spot a cold joint from a mile away. It basically turned a guessing game into an actual fix. Best forty bucks I ever spent on my workbench.