cross section photos of components -- Open Circuits Ch. 1

[ledtester]

The authors are making the first chapter of "Open Circuits" available for free:

https://nostarch.com/download/OpenCircuits_Chapter1.pdf

More info about the book is available here:

https://nostarch.com/open-circuits

Open Circuits is a photographic exploration of the beautiful design inside everyday electronics. Its stunning cross-section photography unlocks a hidden world full of elegance, subtle complexity, and wonder.

Our phones, computers, and appliances are made of hundreds of internal components, each precisely engineered to perform a certain function, but none intended to actually be seen. Through painstakingly executed, vividly detailed cross-section photography, Open Circuits reveals the surprising—and often accidental—beauty hiding inside the electronic components that drive our everyday devices.

From resistors to LEDs, USB cables to headphone jacks, stepper motors to nixie tubes, the book’s arresting imagery transforms more than 130 components into delightful works of art. As you visually dissect the components’ insides, you’ll learn about how they work and how they were made. Open Circuits has something for everyone to appreciate, whether you’re a seasoned electrical engineer, an amateur tinkerer, or simply a lover of art and photography.

[thm_w]

Great photos.

Lots of empty space in the polymer caps.

[unknownparticle]

I highly recommend this book, seeing the internals of a wide range of electronic and electrical components is fascinating.  The book was reviewed on Curious Marc's youtube channel, with the authors explaining and demonstrating their techniques for sectioning the components and taking the images.  It's a geeks heaven!

[tooki]

My copy of the dead-tree version just arrived. As a nerd and amateur photographer whose favorite style is macro photography, I barely have words for how fantastic this book is. The specimen preparation, photography, and explanations are all top notch. I’m also very impressed that, unlike many an “art book” look at technical innards, they ensured technical accuracy (in addition to being actual electronics people themselves) by having the content reviewed by a gifted expert, Ken Shirriff.

I hope they make sequels to show all the component types that didn’t make it into this book!

[eti]

My copy of the dead-tree version just arrived. As a nerd and amateur photographer whose favorite style is macro photography, I barely have words for how fantastic this book is. The specimen preparation, photography, and explanations are all top notch. I’m also very impressed that, unlike many an “art book” look at technical innards, they ensured technical accuracy (in addition to being actual electronics people themselves) by having the content reviewed by a gifted expert, Ken Shirriff.

I hope they make sequels to show all the component types that didn’t make it into this book!

I showed a few pages to my Mother. She said “wow! And it’s really simply and cleverly laid out, like old books of the 70s and 80s”

Yes! It’s amazing+++++ and utterly beautiful, a work of true love and passion for the subject. In fact, I now wanna go and make one of my own!!