Author Topic: coolest looking components (Read 25417 times)

sarepairman2 · « **on:** February 22, 2016, 06:38:11 pm »

ferrite beads.

alsetalokin4017 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2016, 06:55:55 pm »

Mercury rectifier.

T3sl4co1l · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2016, 07:16:08 pm »

Those old British film capacitors with the dipped color codes/bands.

Lots of vacuum tubes (see above). RK707 is a neat one:

Tim

veedub565 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2016, 07:45:24 pm »

Nixie Tubes

German_EE · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2016, 09:13:31 pm »

Stanley Linus · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2016, 09:44:59 pm »

Tubes.

sarepairman2 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2016, 09:54:40 pm »

Alexei.Polkhanov · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2016, 10:01:40 pm »

Old Soviet RAM ICs.

crispy_tofu · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2016, 11:25:08 pm »

Nixie Tubes

+1

tggzzz · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2016, 11:28:27 pm »

Late 70s Burr Brown thick film hybrids were sufficiently pretty they made a calendar out of them. Pirelli for geeks

cdev · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2016, 12:22:45 am »

AlxDroidDev · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2016, 12:39:40 am »

Those "Radiation tolerant" ICs are usually quite good (and odd) looking:

and

brillopad · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2016, 12:51:54 am »

Nixie Tubes

STC used to make those in Devon in the UK (Torbay) - I built the test gear for them in @ 1967.

Cerebus · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2016, 01:20:31 am »

Liquorice Allsort polyester capacitors. I used to have loads of these, made by Mullard (later Philips).

Halcyon · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2016, 05:29:28 am »

I can't believe no one has posted the most obvious...

rich · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2016, 05:48:18 am »

I can't believe no one has posted the most obvious...

Depends on the judging criteria - Cool component, yes. Coolest looking component, no.

Armxnian · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2016, 07:09:21 am »

Silicon wafer

Rerouter · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2016, 07:40:11 am »

Microscopic led's, both visual, and convert surrounding heat into light, cooling down the surroundings

ivaylo · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2016, 07:42:49 am »

This is easy... They are all beautiful, this is why we are here. You dont have to go fancy:

Or anything high voltage or high frequency:

nali · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2016, 07:58:53 am »

JoeN · « **Reply #20 on:** February 23, 2016, 08:07:08 am »

This is technically a vacuum tube, for a cyclotron. Does it count?

JoeN · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2016, 08:15:08 am »

Those old British film capacitors with the dipped color codes/bands.

JoeN · « **Reply #22 on:** February 23, 2016, 08:16:44 am »

These aren't particular outstanding components, I just like the way the guy did the images.

tggzzz · « **Reply #23 on:** February 23, 2016, 10:06:20 am »

Forgot to add one picture, which seems de rigueur here

Alexei.Polkhanov · « **Reply #24 on:** February 23, 2016, 06:32:50 pm »