coolest looking components

• coolest looking components
  Posted by sarepairman2 on 22 Feb, 2016 18:38
• ferrite beads.
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  Posted by alsetalokin4017 on 22 Feb, 2016 18:55
• Mercury rectifier.
  
  
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  Posted by T3sl4co1l on 22 Feb, 2016 19:16
• Those old British film capacitors with the dipped color codes/bands.
  
  Lots of vacuum tubes (see above).  RK707 is a neat one:
  
  
  Tim
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  Posted by veedub565 on 22 Feb, 2016 19:45
• Nixie Tubes
  
  
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  Posted by German_EE on 22 Feb, 2016 21:13
• RF power tubes:
  
  http://www.w8ji.com/images/Amplifier/Stability/TankZ1.jpg
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  Posted by Stanley Linus on 22 Feb, 2016 21:44
• Tubes.
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  Posted by sarepairman2 on 22 Feb, 2016 21:54
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  Posted by Alexei.Polkhanov on 22 Feb, 2016 22:01
• Old Soviet RAM ICs.
  
  

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  Posted by crispy_tofu on 22 Feb, 2016 23:25
• Quote from: veedub565 on 22 Feb, 2016 19:45

  Nixie Tubes
  
  
  

  
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  Posted by tggzzz on 22 Feb, 2016 23:28
• Late 70s Burr Brown thick film hybrids were sufficiently pretty they made a calendar out of them. Pirelli for geeks
  
  https://entertaininghacks.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/images-of-late-70s-burr-brown-thick-film-hybrid-ics/
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  Posted by cdev on 23 Feb, 2016 00:22
• Old core memory, which reminds me of - weaving or macrame.. people collect it now..
  
  http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/coremem/
  
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/8007180700
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  Posted by AlxDroidDev on 23 Feb, 2016 00:39
• Those "Radiation tolerant" ICs are usually quite good (and odd) looking:
  
  
  
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  Posted by brillopad on 23 Feb, 2016 00:51
• Quote from: veedub565 on 22 Feb, 2016 19:45

  Nixie Tubes
  
  
  

  
  STC used to make those in Devon in the UK (Torbay) - I built the test gear for them in @ 1967.
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  Posted by Cerebus on 23 Feb, 2016 01:20
• Liquorice Allsort polyester capacitors. I used to have loads of these, made by Mullard (later Philips).
  

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  Posted by Halcyon on 23 Feb, 2016 05:29
• I can't believe no one has posted the most obvious...
  
  
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  Posted by rich on 23 Feb, 2016 05:48
• Quote from: Halcyon on 23 Feb, 2016 05:29

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

  
  Depends on the judging criteria - Cool component, yes. Coolest looking component, no.
  
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  Posted by Armxnian on 23 Feb, 2016 07:09
• Silicon wafer
  
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  Posted by Rerouter on 23 Feb, 2016 07:40
• Microscopic led's, both visual, and convert surrounding heat into light, cooling down the surroundings
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  Posted by ivaylo on 23 Feb, 2016 07:42
• 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:
  
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  Posted by nali on 23 Feb, 2016 07:58
• Capacitors. Big ones.
  
   http://1010.co.uk/images/condenser-clifden.jpg 
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  Posted by JoeN on 23 Feb, 2016 08:07
• This is technically a vacuum tube, for a cyclotron.  Does it count?   
  
  

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  Posted by JoeN on 23 Feb, 2016 08:15
• Quote from: T3sl4co1l on 22 Feb, 2016 19:16

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

  
  

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  Posted by JoeN on 23 Feb, 2016 08:16
• These aren't particular outstanding components, I just like the way the guy did the images.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Posted by tggzzz on 23 Feb, 2016 10:06
• Forgot to add one picture, which seems de rigueur here More calendar pics at https://entertaininghacks.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/images-of-late-70s-burr-brown-thick-film-hybrid-ics/

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  Posted by Alexei.Polkhanov on 23 Feb, 2016 18:32
• Porn