Close Ups on Electronics

See what electronics really look like when you see it up close...

This is for the macro photography patch contest. I am forced to make this slideshow because adding pictures on comments is disabled, I don't know if it is a bug or a pro feature, so I'll go ahead and put pictures onto this slideshow.

Enjoy!

• The first three pictures are components on the mother board from a PC computer. (The smallest component you can see are no bigger than 2x1 mm.) I am astonished when the whole mother board looks speck free of dust, but up close, it is really that dirty...
• The fourth picture with a ruler for scale
• The fifth picture is the CPU. (I think!)
• The sixth picture is the conner of the CPU.
• The seventh picture is the top view of an RGB LED with a microchip, three LED's (you can't really see them), and wires that are made of gold?
• The eighth picture is the side view of an RGB LED.
• The ninth picture is the veroboard up close.
• The tenth picture is the transistor in TO 92 type package
• The eleventh picture is a 1/4 watt resistor

Comments

[chosenone3]

Whoaaa i didn't knew LED is like that inside :]
Good Job Plasmana as always.

[krazipanda]

so.... HOT

[ycc2106]

Wow, very nice. What did you use?

[Plasmana]

What camera I used you mean? I used Olympus D-390, modified to take pictures up close.

[theseventhsage]

Plasmana, i know that you are good with electronics, can you give me any suggestion on Instructables the movie...
https://www.instructables.com/community/Instructables-the-movie/

[Punkguyta]

Oh so that's why it's blurred out towards the edges. My fujifilm takes better macro's unmodded.

[Arbitror]

I have an Olympus Stylus 720 SW, also macro modded!

[Vyger]

Did you happen to see my instructablle on pictures of microchips?
https://www.instructables.com/id/Getting-In-Touch-With-Your-Inner-Chip/
You can use the front lens assembly of a pair of binoculars to get even closer.

[Xellers]

How would you modify a camera to take pictures like this?

[bug on fire]

are those little things in the first picture resistors or what are they i see alot of those on circuit boards

[Plasmana]

The black ones with numbers are resistors. The yellow/white ones are capacitors. I don't know about the other ones like the blue one with a gold ring.

[yankleshark]

The blue one with the 0 on it is a "zero ohm resistor." Used like pin jumpers, just the surface mount version. It creates a short between the two pads.

[Arbitror]

Why not just but a glob of solder jumping them?

[Arbitror]

But seriously, why solder in a special part, that is just as effective as a little line or glob of solder???

[yankleshark]

With reflow soldering processes you cannot get a blob of solder. The solder will flow to both pads, and separate in the middle. You can do it with a blob by hand however.

[awang8]

Huh? You can upload images to comments... (Let's hope this works otherwise I'll be like really embarassed...)

[awang8]

*Oops...*

[Plasmana]

Now you know why I did this. xD

[qwertyboy]

the 'CPU' is actually either the Northbridge or Southbridge processor. this is what controls the motherboard. (like audio, graphics, memory, etc.) great pictures! i hope that you get the patch!

[Plasmana]

Ahh, that is interesting, thank you for telling me that. Also, I don't care if I get a patch or not, I had fun doing this. :-) Besides, patches goes away after a month.