Interesting Book

[Anonymous]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Open+Circuits&i=stripbooks&crid=2HPGVNOA9O5CN&sprefix=open+circuits%2Cstripbooks%2C105&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

FWIW, as a mechanical engineer with an interest (but limited expertise) in electronics I found this book to be very absorbing. I could imagine it would be much the same to experienced electronics people too.

The quality of the illustrations is superb and there are many showing the inner, mechanical construction of components. (That for a Nixie tube is wild!)

Not a bad price in the UK for a quality book …. and the internet’s wide.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Well this is the title of the book. No synopsis on the website so a pretty useless link.

Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components
by Windell Oskay and Eric Schlaepfer | 3 Nov 2022

So what the H*** is it about?

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

It’s a collection of images of sectioned (mostly sawn through) electronic components and assemblies.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Some examples here, here’s a 15 turn trimmer capacitor:

Moderator Edit:  As penance I won’t correct my silly mistake, but as ModEng points out, it’s a resistor, or potentiometer.   My old brain ain’t what it used to be…

 

Dave

[modeng2000Participant @modeng2000]

Resistor, Dave.

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