New IR camera modding vid

So, I was doing some research before interviewing Andrew "bunnie" Huang for Hackster Café, and got overexcited about his description of IRIS (infra-red in-situ) imaging for inspecting silicon chips. It's basically the same as what I used to do with modding cheap digital cameras & webcams to take cool photos! And it made me YEARN to do it again, and to try it out with silicon, which is apparently transparent to IR (given certain constraints, which bunnie explains in the Hardwear.io talk above).

...So, I dug up a couple of cheap USB scopes; the first one had the lens and filter seated too deeply inside it, but the second was pretty easy to break into: the lens assembly unscrewed, and I was able to simply pry off the glass filter, then replace the lens and mount.

This accomplished, I needed to find a light source and a chip to look at.

During the stream, I tested a small butane torch (no-go) and the Flipper Zero's IR remote apps (good, but only for flashes). For the future, I might try and write my own Flipper app to simply toggle the IR light on/off. For now, though, I'm satisfied with the solution I discovered after the stream: a simple full-spectrum plant light.

As for the chip, I'm still looking for a good candidate. Hopefully, I'll have something cool to show tomorrow morning... but even if not, I've ordered a couple of bunnie's Dabao boards – which are designed to facilitate IRIS inspection – so I'll definitely be looking at those later this year!!