21 June 2024

• 21:2521:25, 21 June 2024 diff hist +225‎ N Glossary:PSTN ‎ Created page with "PSTN or Public Switched Telephone Network is the global switched telephone network. Unlike the Internet in which data is transmitted as independant packets, connections between subscribers are made and taken down as required." current
• 21:0721:07, 21 June 2024 diff hist +375‎ N Glossary:SOGEA ‎ Created page with "SOGEA or Single Order Generic Ethernet Access is essentially the same as a FTTC Internet connection except that no old-fashioned anlogue telephone service is delivered over the copper segment from the street cabinet to the customer premises. This makes it cheaper. Voice calls can still be made, but they are carried digitally over the broadband connection." current
• 20:5320:53, 21 June 2024 diff hist +271‎ N Glossary:FTTC ‎ Created page with "FTTC or Fibre To The Cabinet (Part-Fibre) is a broadband Internet connection delivered through optical fibre only to a street cabinet, and copper wires for the remainder to the customer premises, as opposed to the faster FTTP which is fibre all the way." current
• 20:5220:52, 21 June 2024 diff hist +260‎ N Glossary:FTTP ‎ Created page with "FTTP or Fibre To The Premises (Full Fibre) is a broadband Internet connection delivered through optical fibre to the customer premises, as opposed to the slower FTTC which is fibre only to a street cabinet, and copper wires for the remainder." current

20 June 2024

• 19:5619:56, 20 June 2024 diff hist +289‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 19:4319:43, 20 June 2024 diff hist +526‎ N Glossary:Unicode ‎ Created page with "Unicode is a comprehensive character encoding standard that enables the consistent representation and handling of text from most of the world's writing systems. Unlike ASCII, which uses 7 bits and defines 128 characters, Unicode uses from 1 to 4 bytes to support over 143,000 characters, covering a wide array of scripts, symbols, and emojis. This standard ensures that text is displayed correctly across different platforms and languages..." current
• 19:3919:39, 20 June 2024 diff hist +316‎ N Glossary:ASCII ‎ Created page with "ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is a standard used for representing text in computers and other devices. It uses a set of 128 characters, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and control characters, each assigned a unique 7-bit binary number." current
• 19:3419:34, 20 June 2024 diff hist +347‎ N Glossary:UART/USART ‎ Created page with "A UART or Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter is a device, often a built-in peripheral in a microcontroller for converting data between parallel and asynchronous serial formats. A USART also supports synchronous serial data." current
• 19:2319:23, 20 June 2024 diff hist +423‎ N Glossary:UPS ‎ Created page with "A UPS or Uninterruptible Power Supply is a back-up power supply that automatically cuts in on failure of the mains, allowing computers, telecommunications and possibly life-support equipment to continue operating. Normally relying on rechargeable batteries, it may only be able to provide power for long enough for orderly shutdown of computers, or in a critical application, for the start-up of a back-up diesel generator." current
• 19:1519:15, 20 June 2024 diff hist +116‎ Glossary:Earth ‎No edit summary current
• 16:5216:52, 20 June 2024 diff hist +159‎ N Glossary:DUT ‎ Created page with "A DUT (Device Under Test) is a term used in testing and measurement to refer to the specific electronic component, assembly, or system that is being evaluated." current
• 08:5508:55, 20 June 2024 diff hist +217‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 08:5408:54, 20 June 2024 diff hist +19‎ Glossary:Balun ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4808:48, 20 June 2024 diff hist +97‎ Glossary:Earth ‎No edit summary
• 08:4408:44, 20 June 2024 diff hist +201‎ N Glossary:Earth ‎ Created page with "Earth is the 3rd planet from the Sun. In an electronical context, earth or ground, being common to all humankind, is taken to mean the zero of all voltages."
• 08:3708:37, 20 June 2024 diff hist +637‎ N Glossary:CT ‎ Created page with "A centre tap (CT) is a connection made at the mid point of a transformer winding. The two halves can then produce or be fed by two AC voltages equal in magnitude but opposite in phase. In a power supply this allows full wave rectification with 2 diodes instead of 4. In a Class B amplifier the two halves may be driven in opposite phase by two power transistors..." current
• 08:3208:32, 20 June 2024 diff hist +522‎ N Glossary:Balun ‎ Created page with "A balun (short for "balanced to unbalanced") is an electrical device that converts between a balanced signal (one with two conductors carrying equal and opposite signals) and an unbalanced signal (one with a single conductor and a ground). Baluns are commonly used in radio and audio applications to connect balanced transmission lines, such as twisted pair cables, to unbalanced systems, like coaxial cables. They help in matching impedance, reducing..."

14 June 2024

• 11:3011:30, 14 June 2024 diff hist +165‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 11:2911:29, 14 June 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Glossary:FUBAR ‎No edit summary current
• 11:2511:25, 14 June 2024 diff hist +309‎ N 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.)"
• 11:2511:25, 14 June 2024 diff hist +247‎ N 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." current Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 11:0911:09, 14 June 2024 diff hist +34‎ m Glossary:RTFM ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 11:0711:07, 14 June 2024 diff hist +271‎ N 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."

13 June 2024

• 08:4308:43, 13 June 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Glossary:DED ‎No edit summary current
• 08:4108:41, 13 June 2024 diff hist +848‎ N 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..."

12 June 2024

• 21:2921:29, 12 June 2024 diff hist +198‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 21:0721:07, 12 June 2024 diff hist +229‎ N 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." current
• 21:0221:02, 12 June 2024 diff hist +238‎ N 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." current
• 20:5720:57, 12 June 2024 diff hist +190‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 20:5420:54, 12 June 2024 diff hist +59‎ Glossary:Oscilloscope ‎No edit summary current
• 20:5020:50, 12 June 2024 diff hist −6‎ Glossary:Capacitor ‎No edit summary current
• 20:4620:46, 12 June 2024 diff hist +151‎ Glossary:Inductor ‎No edit summary current

8 June 2024

• 15:0815:08, 8 June 2024 diff hist +1‎ m How to change watch batteries ‎ →‎Safety current
• 15:0715:07, 8 June 2024 diff hist +17‎ How to change watch batteries ‎ →‎Safety

27 May 2024

• 14:4214:42, 27 May 2024 diff hist +100‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 14:3814:38, 27 May 2024 diff hist +363‎ N 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." current
• 14:2714:27, 27 May 2024 diff hist +426‎ N 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." current

23 May 2024

• 20:3820:38, 23 May 2024 diff hist +100‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 20:3820:38, 23 May 2024 diff hist +28‎ Glossary:Pinout ‎No edit summary current
• 20:3520:35, 23 May 2024 diff hist +17‎ Glossary:Pinout ‎No edit summary
• 20:3520:35, 23 May 2024 diff hist +21‎ Glossary:Pin ‎No edit summary current
• 20:3120:31, 23 May 2024 diff hist +215‎ N 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."
• 20:2220:22, 23 May 2024 diff hist +466‎ N 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." current
• 17:1617:16, 23 May 2024 diff hist +171‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 17:0617:06, 23 May 2024 diff hist +377‎ N 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." current
• 16:5516:55, 23 May 2024 diff hist +1‎ Glossary:I2C ‎No edit summary current
• 16:5416:54, 23 May 2024 diff hist +762‎ N 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..."
• 16:2816:28, 23 May 2024 diff hist +340‎ N 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." current
• 16:0716:07, 23 May 2024 diff hist +106‎ Glossary ‎ →‎Glossary of Terms
• 16:0316:03, 23 May 2024 diff hist +466‎ N 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." current