Nicely done! I have quite a few old motherboards and I always love to see how different people photograph them. I really like what you've done with the shapes and colors :)
I am not sure what the closest device is, but the next one is a power diode (rectifier), and beyond that is a choke (single-coil torridial inductor). A diode prevents current from flowing in one direction, while allowing it to pass in the other. There are many types of diodes, including LED's, or Light Emitting Diodes. The choke tries to maintain a constant current, but only in a temporary way. Sometimes, they are used to filter out voltage spikes, sometimes, they are used to cause voltage spikes, such as in a flyback circuit. The dark blue device in the middle appears to be a power capacitor (wet electrolytic tantalum capacitor would be my guess). Capacitors attempt to maintain constant voltage. They are sometimes used to absorb voltage spikes and sometimes used to create current spikes. Direct current can easily flow through a choke, but can't flow through a capacitor at all. Alternating current can easily flow through a capacitor (with exceptions depending on the type), but is resisted by a choke. In very general terms, you can think of chokes and capacitors as behaving in opposite ways (again with many exceptions).
Probably more than you ever wanted to know about electronic devices.
I love the way you do the colours in theses :))
ReplyDeleteThank you so much dear Francesco Scaglioni ! Greetings! ;-)
ReplyDeleteNicely done! I have quite a few old motherboards and I always love to see how different people photograph them. I really like what you've done with the shapes and colors :)
ReplyDeleteThey look like miniature cityscapes. Thank you very much dear friend! Greetings! :-) Laura Ockel
ReplyDeleteThank you so much dear Heather D ! Greetings! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what the closest device is, but the next one is a power diode (rectifier), and beyond that is a choke (single-coil torridial inductor). A diode prevents current from flowing in one direction, while allowing it to pass in the other. There are many types of diodes, including LED's, or Light Emitting Diodes. The choke tries to maintain a constant current, but only in a temporary way. Sometimes, they are used to filter out voltage spikes, sometimes, they are used to cause voltage spikes, such as in a flyback circuit. The dark blue device in the middle appears to be a power capacitor (wet electrolytic tantalum capacitor would be my guess). Capacitors attempt to maintain constant voltage. They are sometimes used to absorb voltage spikes and sometimes used to create current spikes. Direct current can easily flow through a choke, but can't flow through a capacitor at all. Alternating current can easily flow through a capacitor (with exceptions depending on the type), but is resisted by a choke. In very general terms, you can think of chokes and capacitors as behaving in opposite ways (again with many exceptions).
ReplyDeleteProbably more than you ever wanted to know about electronic devices.
Thank you very much dear Tom Cooper for your interesting comment! It seems if you know lots about this stuff! ;-)
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