The Nintendo 3DS and Power Cord
The Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming device includes 3D graphics, but without the requirement for glasses. The microphone and camera also be used.
Face Raiders allows you to take a photo of yourself and then shred it into tiny digital bits.
The main circuitboard of the Nintendo 3DS contains chips ranging from sensors to processors.
This illustration shows how a parallax barrier like the one that is present in Nintendo 3DS, creates the illusion that a three-dimensional object exists. The speakers are mounted on either side.
The Nintendo 3DS introduces augmented Reality gaming to the Nintendo experience with special cards.
The Nintendo 3DS and power cord.
The Nintendo 3DS includes a telescoping stylus, which fits snugly in its back.
The Nintendo 3DS comes with several cards that are designed to play augmented reality games.
The side view of the Nintendo 3DS - you can see the switches for the Wi-Fi and 3-D features.
On this side of the Nintendo 3DS you can see the SD card slot as well as the volume control.
The power port, cartridge slot, and stylus slots are on the back of the Nintendo 3DS.
The bottom of the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo uses standard 00 Phillips-head.
The Nintendo 3DS's left side includes the gamepad controller as well as a brand new circular pad controller.
The Nintendo 3DS's touch screen is a resistive touch screen.
Close up of the base of Nintendo 3DS - The placement of the main control buttons.
The camera that is front-facing on the Nintendo 3DS can take images that you can use in apps and games. We love Matt!
You may receive updates for the Nintendo 3DS from Nintendo, or by walking by other gamers using their consoles.
The Nintendo 3DS sound recorder lets you create your own sound effects using the microphone.
It is simple to replace the battery on the Nintendo 3DS. All you need is a size 00 Phillips head to remove the backplate.
The Nintendo 3DS without the back panel.
The battery of the Nintendo 3DS pops out easily.
A few screws hold the base of Nintendo 3DS together.
The act of opening the Nintendo 3DS voids your warranty. Better let us do it.
Here's the circuit board of the Nintendo 3DS.
Lifting the SD card slot, you will see the Toshiba flash memory chip.
Here's Nintendo 3DS's resistance touch screen free of its frame.
The back of the Nintendo 3DS touch screen isn't very thrilling.
The Nintendo 3DS case free of its insides.
These rubber pads rest against the contacts of the controls.
The back of the Nintendo 3DS 3-D Screen. The wiring and the back of the speakers can be seen. Evina
Here's the touch screen that is resistive of the Nintendo 3DS, with its protective cover removed.
The back panel of the 3DS with all other elements removed.
Close inspection of the wires that supply power to the Nintendo 3DS's 3D screen and sound system.
This is the mount for touch screen display and controls.
The Nintendo 3DS comes equipped with two gigabytes of SD Card from Toshiba.
This tiny chip is Nintendo 3DS's Infrared Transceiver.
This bizarre-looking piece of hardware is the interface for Nintendo 3DS's circle pad controller.
The Wi-Fi board is for the Nintendo 3DS. Evina The Wi-Fi antenna is symbolized by the wire that runs long.
The main focus is the ARM CPU for the Nintendo 3DS. This chip provides the horsepower.
This tiny highlighted chip in the Nintendo 3DS is a gyroscope sensor developed by Invensense.
Toshiba's chip provides the Nintendo 3DS its flash memory storage.
This chip from Texas Instruments is a graphic processing unit (GPU) that takes some of the load of creating graphics off the CPU.
This mysterious chip in Nintendo 3DS appears to be related to recording data.
This tiny chip is Nintendo 3DS's accelerometer.
Assorted Nintendo 3DS components.
This is the number of screws needed to prevent a Nintendo 3DS from falling apart. This button will give you an idea of the magnitude.
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This is how the Nintendo 3DS will look after we're done.
