Salvaging a PC Camera

My desktop was bundled with this type of PC camera way back 2006 when we bought it from a store.It worked well until it stopped working in 2011. Re-installation of it's own driver on our pc does not resolved the issue.So we had to replaced it with a new one.I just don't throw electronics easily ,so I kept it.Until yesterday,while i was cleaning stuff,i found it again,look into it thinking surely there was camera built inside of it's small plastic case.And out of my curiosity i had to open it and see for myself what is inside in it's plastic case.That's how it all started.

I started with it's USB Male plug,last December 2014,and used it on my DIY air freshner(as seen on image)

A small Philips screw was needed to open and disassemble it.As seen on image there were only quite a few parts found soldered on it's board that can be harvest and use on other DIY projects.

As the image explains what are the parts can be harvest in future DIY projects.

The metal base and body is flexible that can be bend in any angles which can be used as "Helping Hand Tool"

needed parts:

*Metal rod

*Alligator clips (3 pcs)

*7 inches TW#14 stranded copper wire (any color)i used scrapped wire

*Soldering Iron (30W)

*Soldering Lead

*Glue Gun

***The image show all the easy step on how it was built and put altogether.

The metal base weight was quite enough to hold light weight electronics like wires and small PCB.

The result was really satisfying for me,after few minutes of soldering an almost no cost Helping Hand Tool was built out of a busted PC camera.Eventually i screw it's base on my humble wooden soldering base built on a piece of plywood with wooden clothes clips glued on top of it,which helped me a lot in soldering .So that was it...Another DIY project i shared here,hoping you enjoyed it.