# openQCM (2014) · Gallery

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_openQCM (2014) · sheet 05 · Gallery_

The first open-source quartz crystal microbalance, from 2014: the cell, the crystal, the shield. Click a plate to see it full screen.

## The instrument

Printed, small, open.

Plate 1: [Two openQCM in a flow line, blue and orange cases](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/openQCM_v1_hero.jpg)
Plate 2: [openQCM with its tubes and USB cable](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-Full-System.jpg)
Plate 3: [3D render of the whole system](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCm-whole-view-3D.jpg)
Plate 4: [Small enough to sit next to a paper clip](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-clip.jpg)
Plate 5: [Printed in colours](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-colors.jpg)

## The crystal

Mounted without tools.

Plate 6: [Open: the crystal held by its two clips](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-Full-open.jpg)
Plate 7: [Opening the cell](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-open.jpg)
Plate 8: [A crystal in the tweezers](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Quartz_Crystal_Microbalance-openQCM-pliers-quartz.jpg)
Plate 9: [The crystal and its clip holder](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Quartz_Crystal_Microbalance-openQCM-hand-quartz1.jpg)
Plate 10: [The sensor module taken apart](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Quartz_Crystal_Microbalance-openQCM-seeall.jpg)

## The system

Parts and networks.

Plate 11: [Every component, designed for easy assembly](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance-openQCM-all-parts-System.png)
Plate 12: [The Arduino Micro shield](https://openqcm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PCB_Transparent_openQCM.png)

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