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  • 11:25, 14 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:FUBAR (Created page with "Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition is an expression used to describe a situation which isabout as bad as it could be. If anything it's rather worse than a SNAFU. (There are other interpretations of the acronymn conveying the same or a similar meaning but not all suitable for polite company.)")
  • 11:25, 14 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:SNAFU (Created page with "Situation Normal, All Fouled Up is a sarcastic expression, believed to have originated in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, describing a bad yet not unfamilar situation. A FUBAR is, if anything, somewhat worse.") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 11:07, 14 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:RTFM (Created page with "Read The Fine/Frigging/Flippin'/eFfing Manual, a comment sometimes aimed at oneself, when it becomes apparent or when the person addressed perhaps should perhaps have realised that the answer to a problem is plainly covered in the manual, handbook or other documentation.")
  • 08:41, 13 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:DED (Created page with "A DED or Dark Emitting Diode is a theoretical device which absorbs photons in poportion to the current passing through it. A [https://www.edn.com/zener-enhanced-dark-emitting-diodes-zededs-deliver-10x-more-dark-per-watt/ preliminary announcement] was published on 1st Apr 2015 promising devices with a 10-fold increased performance by coupling a PN junction with an embedded quantum vacuum cavity, thus creating a highly efficient photonic extinction regi...")
  • 21:07, 12 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Trimpot (Created page with "A trimpot is type of potentiometer intended for occasional adjustment only, usually requiring a screwdriver. Sometimes it will be set on manufacture or calibration then locked with some kind of sealant.")
  • 21:02, 12 June 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Wall cube (Created page with "A wall cube (also known as a wall wart) is that type of power supply which is built into a mains plug, for plugging directly into a wall socket. Chargers for phones and small gadgets most often come in this form.")
  • 14:52, 8 June 2024 Philip talk contribs set 11026 as the approved revision for "Slow laptop"
  • 14:38, 27 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:PGA (Created page with "PGA or Pin Grid Array is a type of integrated circuit package with an array of pins on the underside, and fitting in a zero insertion force connector. It's commonly used for processor chips on a motherboard, allowing a choice of processor to be fitted according to customer requirements.")
  • 14:27, 27 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:BGA (Created page with "BGA or Ball Grid Array is a type of surface mount integrated circuit package having connections in an array on the entire underside. Tiny balls of solder attach it to an identcal pattern of connections on the circuit board. This allows for a very large number of connections, not limited to the edges of the package. It's commonly used for processor and memory chips.")
  • 20:31, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Pin (Created page with "The connections to an IC are universally known as "pins", whether or not they physically resemble a pin, as they do (arguably) in older through-hole devices.")
  • 20:22, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:SPI (Created page with "SPI is a method of relatively high speed serial communication between ICs or subsystems in a device. It is used by SDCards and memory ICs more generally, as well as by displays and numerous other devices. It uses a clock line (SCLK) which simultaneously marches data in both directions using the two data lines MOSI (Master Out Slave In) and MISO (Master In Slave Out), making a minimum of 3 connections.")
  • 17:06, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Peripheral (Created page with "In computing terms, a "peripheral" is any device which allows applications running on the central processor to interact with the real world. This can include monitors, keyboards, mice, speakers, printers, scanners, cameras and network interfaces, but equally in an industrial setting, might include all manner of sensors, actuators and motors.")
  • 16:54, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:I2C (Created page with "I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit, also written I²C or IIC) is a simple protocol allowing a master device to exchange low to medium speed data with a number of slave devices, all connected to a common bus. Requiring just two wires for a serial clock (SCL) and serial data (SDA) it's simple and cheap to implement. Although rarely seen, it is ubiquitous, being used in a computer to communicate presence, typ...")
  • 16:28, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:I2S (Created page with "I2S (Inter-IC Sound, also written I²S or IIS) is a simple protocol for the transmission of uncompressed serial digital audio. It is intended for communication between modules within a single device, and hence no inter-device connecting cables are defined.")
  • 16:03, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:GNSS (Created page with "GNSS or Global Navigation Satellite System is an umbrella term for the several satellite-based Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems. The core systems are GPS (United States), GLONASS (Russian Federation), Galileo (EU) and BeiDou (China). They all rely on the fact that you can determine your latitude, longitude, altitude and the time by comparing the relative delays of highly accurate timing signals from at least 4 satellites within direct line of sight.")
  • 15:26, 23 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:IrDA (Created page with "IrDA is a suite of communication protocols for data transfer over a short range line-of-sight infrared link. It was commonly used for syncing a feature phone with a laptop but has largely been displaced by Bluetooth in all but a few use cases.")
  • 10:51, 16 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Pig butchering scam (Created page with "A "pig butchering" scam is a type of fraud in which a fraudster builds trust with the victim over a period of time, then persuades them to contribute increasing sums, typically to a fake cryptocurrency investment. Once a substantial sum has been collected or when the victim tries to withdraw their "investment", the fraudster becomes uncontactable. South-east Asian "fraud factories" have become a prolific source of such scams, manned by forced labour from human trafficking.")
  • 08:14, 14 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:BMS (Created page with "A BMS or Battery Management System is a circuit designed to control the charging and discharging of a battery, most usually consisting of multiple lithium cells in a battery pack for a laptop, power tool or electric vehicle. Without it, due to the inevitable variation between cells, some cells might be over-charged with potentially dangerous consequences before others have received their full charge, and some might be over-discharged causing permanent damage while others...")
  • 20:53, 11 May 2024 Philip talk contribs moved page Glossary:SOIC/SOP to Glossary:SOIC SOP without leaving a redirect
  • 20:52, 11 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Voltage Regulator (Created page with "A voltage regulator is a circuit, often implemented as an integrated circuit, which delivers a constant well-defined output voltage from a poorly defined or variable input voltage (such as from a battery), despite variations (within certain limits) of the current drawn.")
  • 20:42, 11 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:SOT (Created page with "SOT (Small Outline Transistor) is a type of surface mount package used for semiconductor devices requiring only a few connections. SOT-23 is a 3-pin package only 2.9mm long, very commonly used for transistors, voltage regulators and diodes. Other variants have up to 8 pins or have a tab instead of pins on one side, to help conduct heat away.")
  • 20:30, 11 May 2024 Philip talk contribs moved page SOIC/SOP to Glossary:SOIC/SOP without leaving a redirect
  • 20:28, 11 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page SOIC/SOP (Created page with "SOIC (Small Outline Integrated Circuit) and SOP (Small Outline Package) refer to packages for surface mount integrated circuits, significatly smaller than traditional through-hole packages. There are several variants, including mini-SOIC, SSOP (Shrink SOP - still smaller than SOP), TSOP (Thin SOP - thinner than SOP) and TSSOP (both thinner and smaller).")
  • 16:18, 3 May 2024 Philip talk contribs moved page Gossary:Restart Project to Glossary:Restart Project without leaving a redirect
  • 16:17, 3 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Repair Café (Created page with "Repair Café is a grass roots movement promoting repair through community events at which volunteers help members of the public repair their electrical, electronic, mechanical and clothing items. It originated in the Netherlands but has since gone global. It has much in common with The Restart Project but is a separate organisation with slightly different emphasis and aims.")
  • 16:16, 3 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Gossary:Restart Project (Created page with "The Restart Project is a people-powered social enterprise that aims to fix our "thro-away" attitude to electronics. It was started in London, offering "restart parties" at which skilled amateur fixers could help members of the public repair their broken electrical and electronic gadgets. It has since gone global and assumed a leading role in campaigning for Right to Repair and related issues. Whilst it shares many aims with Glossary:Repair...")
  • 15:42, 3 May 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Downcycling (Created page with "Downcycling is recycling where the recovered material is of lower quality than that obtained from primary sources and hence not suitable for more demanding applications. For example, recycled plastic may contain contamination from its previous use and hence cannot be used for food packaging, and steel from scap cars can be used to make steel girders but not high quality engineering steels. Most recycling is in fact downcycling.")
  • 08:11, 29 April 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:Ecodesign (Created page with "Ecodesign is the integration of environmental aspects into the product development process, by balancing ecological and economic requirements.")
  • 10:01, 27 April 2024 Philip talk contribs moved page Glossary:Diac to Glossary:DIAC without leaving a redirect
  • 09:59, 27 April 2024 Philip talk contribs created page Glossary:SIDAC (Created page with "A SIDAC or Silicon Diode for AC is a 2-terminal electronic component comprising 5 semiconductor layers which abruptly switches from a non-conducting to a conducting state when a certain voltage is applied, typically in the region of 150 - 300V depending on the type. It then remains conducting until the current falls below a small holding current. It is similar in operation to a DIAC except for the higher threshold voltage. It has a few niche applications...")
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