Andonstar AN249 vs Linkmicro LM249 vs TOMLOV DM602 - Digital Microscope Comparison Episode 2
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Digital Microscope Comparison Round 2
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This is the second installment in the Digital Microscope Comparison Series.
After the first video, Linkmicro ( @linkmicro_official5139 )reached out to send one of their microscopes to me for a review. I let them know I would be tearing down the microscope and giving it the same level of scrutiny as the first video, and they still agreed to send it. I purchased the other two microscopes from Amazon for this comparison.
Linkmicro sent their LM249MS Digital microscope, a microscope with a built-in 10-inch monitor and three interchangeable lenses for different types of microscope work. I purchased the Andonstar AD249S-M and the TOMLOV DM602 for comparison, since they all looked very similar to me. I wanted to know if they are all essentially the same inside, or if they are differences.
Watch the video to see what I found out!
Timestamps to help you navigate the video:
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0:00 - Introduction to video
0:40 - Linkmicro LM249 unboxing and assembly
3:08 - TOMLOV DM602 unboxing
3:45 - Andonstar AN249 unboxing
4:35 - Initial power-on
4:44 - Comparison: Power Consumption
5:32 - Comparison: Menus and settings
6:20 - Comparison: Included accessories
8:31 - Comparison: A Lens
10:18 - Comparison: D Lens
11:40 - Comparison: L Lens
13:18 - Lens comparison and magnification results
13:30 - Sonic chip with D Lens
14:02 - Slide holder with Pine stem, D Lens
14:19 - D Lens vibration testing
15:11 - Linkmicro Teardown
16:13 - Mainboard inspection
17:11 - Novatek NT96663 CPU
18:20 - TOMLOV Teardown
18:53 - Andonstar Teardown
19:33 - Internal components comparison table
19:43 - TOMLOV mainboard installed on Andonstar Monitor
19:54 - Image Sensor: Teardown
20:33 - Image Sensor: Under the microscope
21:16 - Image Sensor: Comparison
21:28 - Image Sensor: Datasheets
22:32 - Photo comparison in Inkscape
23:22 - Quality and Sharpness comparison
22:34 - Internal components comparison table, V2
24:02 - Company History: Andonstar
25:17 - Company History: TOMLOV
27:18 - Company History: Linkmicro
27:42 - Final Thoughts
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*Andonstar AD246S-M - 7 Inch
*Andonstar AD249S-M - 10 Inch
*LinkMicro LM246MS - 7 Inch
*LinkMicro LM249MS - 10 Inch
*TOMLOV DM601 - 7 Inch
*TOMLOV DM602 - 10 Inch
I also found two other brands on Amazon that appear to be the same microscopes as the three I looked at. I haven't confirmed this, but I would be very surprised if they were different.
*Elikliv EDM601 - 7 Inch
*Elikliv EDM602 - 10 Inch
*JOYALENS JL246MS - 7 Inch
*JOYALENS JL249MS - 10 Inch
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I know nothing of this but it's cool to look into things up close and maybe fun to know how to fix phones and do micro soldering with a bit of fires 🔥
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G1200 vs Andonstar AD207 which one is better?? Need urgent experienced opinion
Wait how did I win sorry for the late response is this till available or did I lucked out and missed my chance
@@EvilmonkeyzDesignzdid you actually choose me to win this
I still have it for you! Please send me a message at the email linked in the about me section if you haven't already 😁
One thing to note is that the 7" version of these microscopes can output HDMI and the built-in screen simultaneously. The 10" ones can not do that, the built-in screen turns off when HDMI is connected. I bought an AD246SM and quite happy with it.
The way you held the Pinecil at the end by its hot end: 😙👌
What a wonderfully detailed comparison review - so well done! Thank you!
Your comparison videos have been very thorough. It really helps seeing actual images side by side to cut through all the misleading resolution claims and hype. Thanks!
It's really nice to see a real side by side by side 😅 comparison. They look quite similar at a glance, so it's good to see good attention to detail between them.
Grateful for quality content. These are perfect soldering microscopes like you said!
Thank you for this review. I bought the Tomlov but mine is will be mainly for knife sharpening. Plus I’m nearing 60 and eases strain on general use when needing magnification.
Love this quality & details of review, comparisons & test!!
Whow! Impressive comparative review! Those are really useful to see things like bonding (damaged?) or default on IC's surface (ESD?). I would definitely use it for personal project to solder small components like 0.5mm pitch IC's!
Fantastic comparison! Thank you for such helpful information.
thanks bro, i was looking at these and thought they were all the same and you did us all a solid by confirming it!
Great review! Love watching your videos on tiktok I will now watch the morning in-depth videos on here.
These entry level scopes for SMD work are remarkably inexpensive. Thanks for the thorough research. Makes buying one a much more informed decision.
Best thing you did before sponsoring video is, asking for tearing apart as its the only way to see differences when they all look same from outside 👍
thank you for this video, much appreciated! 🤩
It would be a great helper with my projects and repairs, especially microsoldering tiny SMDs
More than just a comparison review, a frigging autopsy and very much appreciated! Very helpful!
happy to hear you got something out of the video!
Nice overview, I could definitely use something like this for PCB repairs, it’s not always easy to use magnifying glass and later watch the soul of components leaving their bodies because of tiny little solder short
Nice comparison Will use it for reparing electronics as its my hobby
Loving your microscope videos lately
I thinking buying one of those, thanks for the review, very informative...
Big fan here! I have a very cheap usb microscope for hobby smt inspection & soldering, and spending so much on a screen one always makes me think about buying a binocular one. But then the cost stops me, and the loop starts over and over again😅💸
Thank you for the content!! Something about circuitry and chips is so fascinating, do you work with them in your career or just tinker? I'd love to start playing around with my own microelectronics, I see a lot of people making digital instruments and synthesizers, but I don't know anything about music, where would you recommend starting haha.
Wow!!! This review was so Damn GOOD!!! 🎉 The big review channels should take notes Because this is how it’s done! 👍
I started trying to design my own open source Microscope using a Raspberry Pi and a HQ Cam (not got round to finishing it as got distracted!). Wonder how it would compare cost wise and technical capabilities..😅
Have you tried reading the spi flash and copying over the firmware from the linkmicro to the other ones? maybe the wifi can be enabled on the others. That said, it would be interesting if there are other software features, which could be enabled/disabled.
Cool thing! My dad fixes the electonics all the time and he definitely would like it!
I would like to be able to use this microscope to detect faults at the track and component level to identify potential problems such as short circuits, connection failures, or physical damage. Without a doubt, the microscope would be for personal use because I really like prototypes and making PCB designs, I have been following your channel on Instagram for some time now and everything you do is very interesting.
Great video. I got one of the mini me's scope. Not the greatest for much. 😂
Fantastic review.
Your videos sparked my interest in VLSI❤
Nice reviews. I’m planning to buy microscope as a new hobby and your recommendations will be useful. Wish you best of luck and success with KZhead.
Magnifiers are nice for analyzing checking and for smd troubleshooting and Repair.....
Always love a tear down
Nice review. I’m currently doing all my repairs over a magnifier glass with a ring light on it. 😩
Hi, I would use it for smd soldering as I will order soon a couple of boards for a big project (and I don't have any kind of microscope 😭) I'm currently study electronic engineering so it will really help!
How do You think. It's worth to buy, or better to choose microscope only hdmi? There are price diffenrence no screen but better sensor like imx335.
Excellent video!!
If I won I would use it to get by till amscopes become affordable. I bought a Xbox one X hdmi retimer chip from Texas Instruments, I got a solder iron, some flux & a heat gun, last thing i need is a scope/camera to plug into my tv. Also got an old MacBook logic board that needs repairing. I liked that you also did a tear down to confirm they were identical clones & not just a review without proof of what’s inside. Good to see some people go the extra mile for the viewers & provide more info not just a “sponsored shill”.
thanks for making this video
i found this very interesting and detailed. if i manage to win the microscope i would use it for repairing pcbs and power supply main boards. i’ve always wanted to try to do chip replacements and micro soldering but i never had the money to buy a microscope.
Amazing 🤩
Thanks for that very complete and professional review. You don't simply did an unboxing as so many people do ! I do have a question, what is the wifi module used for ? Can we display the image via wifi on an Ipad for example ?
Thanks, I appreciate that! It's funny you mention the wifi, because there actaully isn't any mention of the wifi in the manuals. It's clearly built into the microscopes, and can be enabled in the software, but the manuals and websites don't specify a specific app to use with it. It's possible that it might just work with some of the apps available, but it's no guarantee.
that usb c adapter might actually be a micro sd reader. it looks like there’s a small gap in the usb a side that could fit a card, and i’ve seen other card readers of this design.
Nice video, thanks
Find a Texas Instruments chip early in the 1970s, and you'll find a Star Trek Enterprise doodle. I have seen it while in the Marine Corps Electronics Maintenance Company with an 800X mag.
I'll definitely keep my eye out for it. I know of the TI chip with NASA's space shuttle, and I've seen that another TI part exists with a Lunar Lander on it, but the part number for that is unknown. I have found a doodle of the Star Trek Enterprise, but it was on a Rockwell International chip. I'll have to post that video.
Ha, thank you for doing this. It's encouraging to know there are honest people doing honest stuff. In the free world it can be hard to imagine a place where things are made with no oversight, so pretty much anything goes. Nice to know that even though they lie and misrepresent what they are selling, there's people helping protect consumers by exposing their lies.
I recently found your channel, And have been wanting to upgrade my setup that I do repairs with. Do you have a recommendation for 600.00 or under ? I currently have a Andonstar but not this model. But I can tell the zoom is horrible when I am trying to work on things. I use an arm for my scope, modified. Also if it could run HDMI out while showing on its screen that would be a big plus. Hope you catch this question.
Thank you for a great comparison. I am looking at purchasing a used Linkmicro LM249. The remote is missing from the kit. Would the kit still be usable without the remote? What functions are done by the remote? Can any of the remote functions be done by the buttons below the screen? And are there any functions that can be done only by using that remote? Thanks.
Потрясающая работа. И у вас терпение ангела в сравнении одинаковых поделок китайского рынка.
Would any of these microscopes be good for coins? Many thanks. Great video!!
I will use it for my hobby in electrical circuit again or for science 🧬 🤤
Hi, haye you tried dino-lite microscopes? I believe that the magnifications they state are correct.
Nice video.🎉
Love ya IG didn't know you where youtube too 👊
Very interesting video, thank you. I have been looking into the various models and brands lately when I came across your video. I read that the Tomlov DM201 Max claims to use a Sony IMX CMOS sensor so it would be interesting to find if that is actually true and if it actually improves the image quality or not. I have not come across any others that make that same claim.
I still have the DM201 that I reviewed in the first comparison video. I thought I wasn't going to be able to open up the microscope without destroying it, so I wasn't able to confirm what image sensor was inside. I'll have to give it another try and see if I can confirm. I'd be willing to bet its only a 4MP sensor as well, not the 16MP sensor that the DM201 claims.
@@EvilmonkeyzDesignz Seems YT ate my comment. The base and other special editions of the 201 use the older 4MP sensor I believe. Only the "max" version uses the Sony one. If you search the big rain forest for tomlov dm201 max it will have 25 MP in the description. Not likely true 25 though, but maybe with interpolation.
감사합니다. 유튜버님의 이 영상으로 제품선택에 많은 도움이 되었습니다. 자신의 용도에 맞게 암거치대를 고르면 될듯합니다. 전 PCB REPAIR에 사용 예정이에요. 좋은 하루되세요.
One of your previous videos you said that you used your phone to edit instead of using a computer. Can you tell me the other software used?
I love soldering SMD and hate checking for bridges, my eyes don't work well enough anymore, I'm on a lookout for a microscope but can't convince my wife to spend so much as she says I'll use it maybe once a year 😂
Btw, have any idea what use the wifi chip is for?
I love to learn and work on electronics and components. I just don't know what tonatudy for this specific job ,since there are so many IT and technician certs,and degree .any help
Nice ty
I will like in depth videos of how you made your setup for micrography of chips
he really said imma unbox the microscope AND THEIR SITE lmao (i love it)
G1200 vs Andonstar AD207 which one is better?? Need urgent experienced opinion
I only have an optical microscope from Novex with underlight, where I can only take shaky videos with my cell phone in my hand. :( Such a digital microscope would be a perfect upgrade for my electronics laboratory! ♥
12:55 Gee he mixed up cm with mm, eg, stated 21mm was actually 210mm(21cm). And that's not to mention the depths to the stand were also cm.
Your videos saved my life
This goes really far… i have nothing with microscopes but a few days ago i searched on Google (out of curiosity) microscopes and now i do have a "digital microscope" video recommendation… i’ve already got rid of all my social media accounts (except KZhead if its counted social media), but with this rate i will get rid of all my smart devices and (commercial) email adresses! Shame on you KZhead!
Nice video sir
Very interesting, cool I follow ❤🤘🙂🤙
You should do a modern cpu
Love your content I just found an old illuminati coin while cleaning my office lol
Oh. The adventure of choosing between the 100 brands of the same cloned cheap Chinese electronics product in 20 flavors. Priceless.
If there is cargo to Turkey, I agree 😅
Hi, great comparision, what's you fauvorite microscope?, Andonstar or Tomlov?, What has better quality construction?
It's a tie for me between these three microscopes, since they are all identical. It really seems like they used all the same exact pieces they just have a different name or firmware on them. I can't say that will always be the case between the brands in the future, but for these three microscopes, you'll basically get the same thing no matter which one you get. :)
7.62mm
Are we better off buying a digital camera and macro lens then purchasing one of these?
Please produce more videos please.
Отличная работа!
Bresser also probably got into the copying business. The Bresser WLAN 1080P 2L seems to be a copy of the Tomlov DM201SE...
as I saw in your other video, you estimate the actual magnification to be 50x for the DM201. This fits the product description at Bresser (2x - 44x)
I've been looking at a bench microscope as my eyesight is not as good as what it was and things are just getting smaller.
k please help me can you give me a recommendation for a telescope that is cheaper than $100 that I could get on the timu site or the Amazon site that can help me be able to solder these very tiny boards for drones I build these tiny loops and I can't solder these boards because I can't see them and I'd like to be able to record them on my video for my KZhead channel as I am sorry so could you please help me tell me which one to pick out so I'll have a very good telescope to solder and make videos with thanks a lot i was looking at the telesopes on temu and there are so many i want to plug into my 72 " flat screen too
i feel like theres always more clone companies than it seems
Let me win. :)
This is nice microscope 😢
hola bro
I prety like theese kind of channels, what are not exists for the sake of views, but for actually show your interest to others. Theese channels keep the old spirit of youtube, why we actually liked this site dekades ago. If I manage to win the magnificent 🔬 I would use it for creating my own thematic scoped youtube channel. Is going to be about how to precisionly cut out clothing labels. 😂 The oldes engineering joke in my city is connected to the main engineering college in our city called: Schönherz: -How many girls are in Schönherz? - 1024... two on the tenth floor.
Is it even possible to view a modern cpu like this?
with these microscopes, you won't be able to see any of the tiny details.
Sending to wonosobo for.....sales storage.....all...pcb device.....smd..... components electronics....smt
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I think the cover photos in your videos should be simplified a little bit because I take a quick look at the cover photos and I think they are not interesting. I think you are worth what you deserve.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! I'll see what I can come up with :)
Well, it looks like you found a topic that the yt algorithm likes
As much as I enjoy tearing down these microscopes and finding out about what's inside, I need a break from them😅. They are a lot of work to put together and I've got a lot of other stuff that I want to look at. More teardowns of other electronics and chips under the microscope are coming up next!
@EvilmonkeyzDesignz Great, I love teardowns. I’ve been meaning to make some more myself, but my first year of college has left me without much free time.
@@BGTech1 There's never enough hours in the day 😅
Is this AI generated voice over in the video. Do you really speak like you do in the video ?
I love to follow you on Instagram 🎉🎉