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Electronics => Beginners => Topic started by: Picuino on February 14, 2023, 06:22:23 pm
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I have recently embarked on translating the contents of my website. Right now I am translating a sheet with basic electrical and electronic components.
Are the names correct?
Thanks in advance.
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S2 = Double Throw Switch
Ground should be Chassis Ground (to be precise)
Earth should be Earth Ground
The word "Diode" after LED is redundant.
Voltimeter = Voltmeter
Apmimeter = Ammeter
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You missed the redundant "Resistor" in LDR. It stands for Light Dependent Resistor.
Edit: And Amperimeter should be Ampèremeter. The guys lastname was Ampère.
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The word Diode after LED and the word Resistor after LDR may be redundant, but I've always heard it said that way.
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'Loudspeaker' is usually just one word.
Some more you could consider adding include variable capacitor, variable inductor, FET, thyristor, SCR, Zener diode, Schottky diode, varicap diode, photodiode and aerial/antenna.
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I still don't like S2... It should be "SPDT switch" (Single Pole Double Throw)
"Electrical wires" I'd change to "Unconnected Electrical wires"
The LED might be better labeled "Light Emitting Diode (LED)"
"Relay switch" should be "Relay contact"
Battery letter should be "B1" instead of "V1"
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'Loudspeaker' is usually just one word.
Some more you could consider adding include variable capacitor, variable inductor, FET, thyristor, SCR, Zener diode, Schottky diode, varicap diode, photodiode and aerial/antenna.
Thank you. This is for 13/15 year olds, it already has enough components to add more. These are typical workshop components or the ones we handle with Arduino.
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I still don't like S2... It should be "SPDT switch" (Single Pole Double Throw)
I think "double throw switch" is fine. SPDT is an abbreviation, and abbreviations can be avoided when clarity is desirable.
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I still don't like S2... It should be "SPDT switch" (Single Pole Double Throw)
"Electrical wires" I'd change to "Unconnected Electrical wires"
The LED might be better labeled "Light Emitting Diode (LED)"
"Relay switch" should be "Relay contact"
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I still don't like S2... It should be "SPDT switch" (Single Pole Double Throw)
I think "double throw switch" is fine. SPDT is an abbreviation, and abbreviations can be avoided when clarity is desirable.
True, plus spelling SPDT is kind of long, and since it's for kids, it probably doesn't matter... Although he's almost done some of the common abbreviations by accident:
Normally
Open
push button
Normally
Closed
push button
So incorporating SPDT would only take one extra line and subliminally teach industry standard abbreviations.
Single
Pole
Double
Throw switch
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Headlines:
Generators; voltage sources (apparently you don't consider current here).
Electrical receivers: electrical loads or just loads.
Control components: electromechanic components.
Devices:
Bulb lamp: incandescent lamp.
Inductor/coil: inductor.
Switch: switch SPST
Double throw switch: switch SPDT
Normally open pushbutton: pushbutton NO
Normally closed pushbutton: pushbutton NC
Placing potentiometer in the sensors section is unusual, but that's more a matter of taste.
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Component types have a certain background. We teach that in an electrical circuit there are 4 types of components (generators, conductors, loads and control elements).
These four types of components must appear on the sheet.
Bulb lamp: incandescent lamp. Ok
Inductor/coil: inductor. Ok
Switch: switch SPST. Too much difficult
Double throw switch: switch SPDT. Difficult and not very expressive
Normally open pushbutton: pushbutton NO. I prefer not to use acronyms on the simplest components.
Normally closed pushbutton: pushbutton NC.
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I'm fine with that, it's a question of context as well.
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Ideally I'd suggest adding an extra two pins to your op amp symbol, which you can use to show what power rails are used, this becomes important for telling the diffeence between split supplies vs things to run from batteries vs situations where you have a battery but are using yet another voltage level as one of the op amp rails.
Also LDR's aren't so common any more, photofiodes and phototransistors do a lot of the same things but work well for faster varying signals. So I'd add symbols for those.
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Component types have a certain background. We teach that in an electrical circuit there are 4 types of components (generators, conductors, loads and control elements).
These four types of components must appear on the sheet.
But that is, plain and simply, factually wrong. Capacitors and inductors are not loads as such. (Resistors can be, but often aren’t.)
Those 4 groups may make sense in the sense of electricians’ work, but then they’re not usually dealing with individual caps and inductors. If you’re going to introduce electronic components, then do it correctly.
Bulb lamp: incandescent lamp. Ok
Inductor/coil: inductor. Ok
Switch: switch SPST. Too much difficult
Double throw switch: switch SPDT. Difficult and not very expressive
Normally open pushbutton: pushbutton NO. I prefer not to use acronyms on the simplest components.
Normally closed pushbutton: pushbutton NC.
Some suggestions to the suggestions, from a native English speaker:
Headlines:Headings:
Generators; voltage sources (apparently you don't consider current here).
Electrical receivers: electrical loads or just loads.
Control components: electromechanic electromechanical components.
Devices:
Bulb lamp: incandescent lamp.
Inductor/coil: inductor.
Switch: switch SPST SPST switch
Double throw switch: switch SPDT SPDT switch
Normally open pushbutton: pushbutton NO NO pushbutton (better: momentary switch, NO)
Normally closed pushbutton: pushbutton NC NC pushbutton (better: momentary switch, NC)
Placing potentiometer in the sensors section is unusual, but that's more a matter of taste.
You can spell out “normally open” and “normally closed” if you want.
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Ideally I'd suggest adding an extra two pins to your op amp symbol, which you can use to show what power rails are used, this becomes important for telling the diffeence between split supplies vs things to run from batteries vs situations where you have a battery but are using yet another voltage level as one of the op amp rails.
Good idea.
Also LDR's aren't so common any more, photofiodes and phototransistors do a lot of the same things but work well for faster varying signals. So I'd add symbols for those.
Unfortunately the equipment we have is a bit old and is based on LDRs. Anyway, for an entry level, the difference is small.