16 May 2024

• 10:5110:51, 16 May 2024 diff hist +477‎ N 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."

14 May 2024

• 08:1808:18, 14 May 2024 diff hist +144‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 08:1408:14, 14 May 2024 diff hist +498‎ N 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..." current

11 May 2024

• 21:0321:03, 11 May 2024 diff hist +254‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 20:5320:53, 11 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:SOIC SOP ‎ Philip moved page Glossary:SOIC/SOP to Glossary:SOIC SOP without leaving a redirect current
• 20:5220:52, 11 May 2024 diff hist +320‎ N 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." current
• 20:4220:42, 11 May 2024 diff hist +471‎ N 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." current
• 20:3020:30, 11 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:SOIC SOP ‎ Philip moved page SOIC/SOP to Glossary:SOIC/SOP without leaving a redirect
• 20:2820:28, 11 May 2024 diff hist +440‎ N Glossary: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)."

6 May 2024

• 14:3114:31, 6 May 2024 diff hist +83‎ Glossary:Upcycling ‎No edit summary current
• 14:2514:25, 6 May 2024 diff hist +3‎ Glossary:Recycling ‎No edit summary current

3 May 2024

• 16:2216:22, 3 May 2024 diff hist +163‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 16:1816:18, 3 May 2024 diff hist +1‎ Glossary:Repair Café ‎No edit summary
• 16:1816:18, 3 May 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:Restart Project ‎ Philip moved page Gossary:Restart Project to Glossary:Restart Project without leaving a redirect
• 16:1716:17, 3 May 2024 diff hist +404‎ N 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."
• 16:1616:16, 3 May 2024 diff hist +527‎ N Glossary: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..."
• 15:5215:52, 3 May 2024 diff hist +74‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 15:5015:50, 3 May 2024 diff hist +21‎ Glossary:Downcycling ‎No edit summary current
• 15:4815:48, 3 May 2024 diff hist +70‎ Glossary:Recycling ‎No edit summary
• 15:4215:42, 3 May 2024 diff hist +431‎ N 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."
• 15:2815:28, 3 May 2024 diff hist +155‎ Glossary:Upcycling ‎No edit summary
• 14:2514:25, 3 May 2024 diff hist +280‎ How to use a multimeter ‎ →‎Choosing a multimeter

29 April 2024

• 08:1308:13, 29 April 2024 diff hist +68‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 08:1108:11, 29 April 2024 diff hist +142‎ N Glossary:Ecodesign ‎ Created page with "Ecodesign is the integration of environmental aspects into the product development process, by balancing ecological and economic requirements." current

27 April 2024

• 10:0910:09, 27 April 2024 diff hist +8‎ Glossary:Two Factor Authentication ‎No edit summary current
• 10:0610:06, 27 April 2024 diff hist +56‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 10:0510:05, 27 April 2024 diff hist +1‎ Glossary:SIDAC ‎No edit summary current
• 10:0110:01, 27 April 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:DIAC ‎ Philip moved page Glossary:Diac to Glossary:DIAC without leaving a redirect current
• 09:5909:59, 27 April 2024 diff hist +137‎ Glossary:DIAC ‎No edit summary
• 09:5909:59, 27 April 2024 diff hist +599‎ N 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..."

24 April 2024

• 19:5219:52, 24 April 2024 diff hist +14‎ Glossary:Silicon Carbide ‎No edit summary current
• 19:4619:46, 24 April 2024 diff hist +62‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms

23 April 2024

• 20:5220:52, 23 April 2024 diff hist +37‎ Glossary:Passkey ‎No edit summary current
• 20:4920:49, 23 April 2024 diff hist 0‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 20:4720:47, 23 April 2024 diff hist +17‎ Glossary:Parts pairing ‎No edit summary current
• 20:4420:44, 23 April 2024 diff hist +72‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 20:4120:41, 23 April 2024 diff hist +126‎ Glossary:Two Factor Authentication ‎No edit summary
• 19:3819:38, 23 April 2024 diff hist +1,167‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 17:4117:41, 23 April 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:Recycling ‎ Philip moved page Glossary:Recycle to Glossary:Recycling without leaving a redirect
• 17:4017:40, 23 April 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Glossary:Upcycling ‎ Philip moved page Glossary:Upcycle to Glossary:Upcycling without leaving a redirect
• 17:2617:26, 23 April 2024 diff hist +332‎ N Glossary:RoHS ‎ Created page with "The Restriction of Hazardous Substances or RoHS directive (sometimes known as the "lead-free directive") restricts the use of 10 hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. These include lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, together with a further six organic chemicals. It took effect in the EU in 2006." current
• 17:1517:15, 23 April 2024 diff hist +352‎ N Glossary:WEEE ‎ Created page with "The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment or WEEE Directive obligates producers and distributors of electrical equipment placed on the market after 2005 to make provision for its end of life collection and recycling. It is applicable in the UK and the EU. It has been criticised for its disregard for reuse or repair as a means of reducing e-waste." current
• 17:0217:02, 23 April 2024 diff hist +308‎ N Glossary:Soak test ‎ Created page with "A soak test is an extended test of a device following manufacture or repair, with the aim of shaking out any manufacturing defects or shortcomings in the repair. Sometimes this will be performed at full power or in some other way designed to stress any weak components and precipitate any incipient failures." current
• 16:5516:55, 23 April 2024 diff hist +441‎ N Glossary:Bathtub curve ‎ Created page with "Reliability studies in many fields tend to show a common pattern for failures. Manufacturing defects are the principal cause of early life failures, but once these have all been shaken out the failure rate remains fairly low through the expected lifetime of a device. The failure rate then starts to climb as components begin to wear out. So plotting the failure rate against time gives a U-shaped curve, commonly known as the bathtub curve." current
• 15:2915:29, 23 April 2024 diff hist +172‎ N Glossary:Conflict Materials ‎ Created page with "Conflict materials are raw materials largely sourced from conflict regions, where their supply is likely to be used for the purchase of arms or the support of armed groups." current
• 15:2615:26, 23 April 2024 diff hist +247‎ N Glossary:Critical Raw Materials ‎ Created page with "CRM or Critical Raw Materials are those raw materials in critically short supply. This may be because there simply isn't much of them waiting to be mined, or because what there is is largely controlled by unfriendly or potentially hostile nations." current
• 15:2015:20, 23 April 2024 diff hist +168‎ N Glossary:Upcycling ‎ Created page with "Upcycling is the practice of taking disused or faulty items or their major components and reusing them in a different way, hence saving them from recycling or landfill."
• 15:1515:15, 23 April 2024 diff hist +298‎ N Glossary:Refurbishment ‎ Created page with "Reurbishment is the practice of taking used items and giving them a new lease of life by replacing worn or damaged parts, bringing them up to date with a fresh software installation and perhaps replacing a slow hard drive with a much faster SSD." current
• 15:0415:04, 23 April 2024 diff hist +241‎ N Glossary:Remanufacture ‎ Created page with "Remanufacture is the practice of creating good-as-new products using some proportion of pre-used parts. Common examples are ink and toner cartridges and laptop batteries, could equally include a laptop given a new case, keyboard and battery." current
• 14:5914:59, 23 April 2024 diff hist +379‎ N Glossary:Recycling ‎ Created page with "Recycling is the practice of recovering raw materials from waste items. This is generally inefficient and often impracticable or uneconomic for valuable materials used in small quantities. Furtthermore the resultant raw materials may not be of sufficient quality for demanding applications. Hence it is regarded as the second-worst option, ahead only of landfill or incineration."