Just for fun... here is an Arduino 2009 taken using the FLIR SC6000 thermal infrared camera (wavelength 7-14 um). I am powering the Arduino with +10V DC, so the regulator shows a lot of heat, and a bit from the 1N4007 diode. The AT328P cpu is just a faint smudge. There are two LEDs on, "PWR" and "L" and you can see two tiny dots for each; that is the LED and the current-limiting resistor next to it. The two 47 uF electrolytic caps at lower left are not really hot, that is a reflection from something else in the room off the metal case top. I did not have USB connected, so the FTDI chip is not active. Total power draw: 25 mA 10 V = 250 mW.
Where the power goes (thermal infrared view of Arduino 2009)
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Posted 03/11/2010 00:58:35
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I could have done with that camera earlier when I was fixing a laptop...
Unfortunately as I didn't have one I had to test things with my finger, and I burnt it :-(
Posted 03/11/2010 18:31:39 -
It would be handy to have one of those! -although, apart from the price they paid to hire in the contractor and his FLIR SC6000, the camera head uses a mechanical cryocooler, and comes with a support system on a luggage cart... not quite a point-and-shoot thing :-).
Posted 03/11/2010 18:51:31 -
I could handle it... My Nikon collection and multiple flash set up is hardly a lightweight portable setup either!
Posted 04/11/2010 02:01:33