By just plugging directly into your computer you can view objects magnified up to 200 times can be used either hand held or with the adjustable stand an adjustable light control wheel 6 led lights a 2 megapixel digital camera and usb 20 interface ensure the microscope captures high quality images and videos to your pc or laptop requires no batteries receiving its power directly from the computers usb power image processing software runs on windows 98 me 2000 xp vista