Clockwork

This came from a cheap dollar store 7 segment LCD display wristwatch I won at an arcade at least 10 years ago. It had an external crystal oscillator, so that should not be located in this chip. From what I remember this watch had two buttons, could display the date as well as have timers.

 

This was encased in a black goop (similar to calculator chips) which I was able to heat up and remove the chip from. Lighting was done by shining a single LED down the other eyepiece of my microscope in order see more details.

 

Colour correction was performed in Photoshop because the LED washes out most of the colours.

 

This chip is around 1mm^2.

 

Camera: SONY A6000

Number of Images: 12

Panorama Y Axis: 4 Images

Panorama X Axis: 3 Images

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/25"

Overlap: 50%

Microscope Objective: 10X

Microscope Eyepiece: DSLR Mount

Grid Used: 4x4 (Panning Movement Aid)

Capture Motion: Serpentine

Stitching Software: Microsoft ICE

Stitching Projection Mode: Planar Motion with Skew

Additional Software: Photoshop for colour correction

Image Type: PNG

Image Quality: 100%

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