Digital microscopes are a real 21st century advancement on microscope technology. They come with software for your computer that allows you to see real-time images on your monitor of what you're observing with the microscope. Take a step into the modern age by learning use a digital microscope.
Instructions
1. Install the digital microscope's software into your computer according to the directions on the package.
2. Plug one end of a USB cable into the appropriate port on the back of the digital microscope. Attach the other end of the cable into any available USB port on your computer.
3. Prepare a slide with a specimen for observation, and then place the slide on your microscope.
4. Adjust your microscope's focus knobs while looking through the microscope's eyepiece until you get a clear view of your specimen.
5. Open up the digital microscope program on your computer.
6. Use the digital microscope's computer program to bring up the image on your microscope onto your computer screen. If you have live organisms in your specimen, you will see them moving about in real time on your monitor.
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