# Using an Arducam B0196 USB board level camera as a basic optics module

This section describes how to assemble an optics module consisting of an Arducam B0196 webcam and the lens from the camera. To create a microscope the wide angle lens is reversed and separated from the camera. This makes quite a good microscope objective with a field of view about 400μm across and a resolution of around 2μm.

>i USB cameras are not supported in the standard Openflexure software.

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* [Prepare the Arducam B0196](./b0196_preparation.md){step}
* [Assemble and mount the Arducam B0196 optics module](./basic_optics_b0196.md){step}
