QXScope - QX Series Mac Microscope Software QXScope supports the Intel Play QX3, Digital Blue QX3, Digital Blue QX5, and Smithsonian QX5 USB Computer Microscopes. QXScope enables Mac users of these microscopes to take snapshots and create time-lapse movies of the world around them. QXScope 1.0.5 Now Available What more features than QXScope offers? Between the QXScope and miXscope software. Attention QX5 Microscope Users: The QX5 may not work properly with some Macs. The current workaround is to connect the QX5 to your Mac via a self-powered USB hub.

Power off your Digital Blue QX5 Microscope device. Disconnect the device from your computer. Reconnect the device and power it on. Double click the driver download to extract it. If a language option is given, select your language. Follow the directions on the installation program screen. Reboot your computer. The QX5 Digital Blue microscope offers hours of educational fun by allowing you. The USB cable links the computer and microscope together, and the software.

Please verify QXScope works properly with your QX5 and Mac before purchasing a software license for QXScope. (471KB) or (492KB) or more about purchasing a license $11.95 (USD) for a household license. $19.95 (USD) for an educational license. In version 1.0.5 Requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later - Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) compatible QXScope is an universal binary application - supports both the Intel and PowerPC Macs NOTE: QXScope 1.0.5 is a free upgrade for registered users of QXScope. At 10x, 60x, and 200x magnification. Screenshot (click on image to enlarge) Copyright 2007-2010 - Eric Hangstefer, EdH Software, LLC - All Rights Reserved All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Fun with a QX5 digital microscope. A personal review. By David Walker, UK Notes on its use both as a toy, and with modification, its potential as a cheap imaging route for the microscopy enthusiast.

Summary: As a toy: A great way of introducing the youngster to the world at the microscopic scale and digital imaging. The higher resolution sensor can give smoother results than the QX3.

The LED's provide a cooler better colour balanced illumination. Works well for top lit subjects at all mags or bottom lit at 10x and 60x. Press ke2330 pasport 64. The time lapse is a particularly exciting feature. The bottom light isn't strong enough at 200x for best results but a modification can significantly improve them.

For the youngster expressing a particular interest in prepared slides and higher mags, a student compound optical microscope which sell in a similar price range would offer superior results. The 'sample measurement tool' mentioned on the maker's website is apparently a hardware feature not part of earlier units, including the author's example. Well supported with third party student and teacher resources (written for the QX3). In the author's view, if introducing youngsters to the macro and microscopic world, a digital microscope should be a complement to, but not a replacement for, simple and easy to use optical microscopes and hand lenses.

For the enthusiast: The QX5 offers a cheap, quick and easy way of achieving VGA images at 10x and 60x. At higher mags a compound microscope with digital eyepiece or webcam potentially offers superior results. Modifying the bottom lighting is worthwhile to improve transmitted light results especially at 60x and 200x. Exported videos are 640x480 but stills are downsampled to 512x384 if acquired / exported using the QX5 software. Third party software can acquire 640x480 stills via WIA support although the images benefit from being downsampled and post capture processed. Ever since the Intel Play™ QX3 microscope was first released in Autumn 1999, it has become firmly established as a fun, affordable and educational toy to explore the world of microscopy. This is reflected in the extensive resources for teachers and students that have been developed for it and the enthusiasts of all ages sharing their experiences and images, (see below for a selection).