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Where does all the weird Chinese component terminology come from?

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Alex Eisenhut:
A lot of things have odd names if you look too closely. Why is a vacuum tube grid called a grid?

This is a grid



But a vacuum tube grid looks like this



So, why isn't it called a fence?

HwAoRrDk:
I think in that case grid is an abbreviation of "gridiron". With the definition of gridiron being "a frame of parallel bars or beams, typically in two sets forming a grid".

Whales:

--- Quote from: gnuarm on November 05, 2022, 03:27:18 am ---So, I'm a bit lost from the original post.  What exactly does "brick nogging" mean?  Is it just any SMD connector? 

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I'm not sure of the definition I saw earlier in this topic (of being a PNP SMD part).  I thought "brick nogging" referred to breakaway parts like this:



Notice the little brick-shaped sections that can be cut away?

My other favourite translation on LCSC is "Lying", eg "50mA 12V SPST Lying Round Button Plugin Tactile Switches ROHS".  No it's not a phonetic English spelling of a Chinese name being used as a brand name.  No it doesn't mean the part specs are false.  It means it's a right angle part, like a right-angle PCB-mount slide switch.

Whales:
Hmm, a search of LCSC for "brick nogging" seems to defeat both my theory and the previous PnP theory.

- Both SMD and through-hole parts have it in their description.
- Both PnP-able and non-PnPable parts have it.
- Even tactile switches are labelled with brick nogging

Maybe any part that has one line of pins (eg flat flex connector) or multiple parallel lines of pins (eg 2-row headers, tactile buttons) is "brick nogging"?  Exclusions include parts with lines of pins in non-parallel directions (such as LQFP).  A bit odd.

amyk:

--- Quote from: Whales on November 06, 2022, 12:23:57 am ---My other favourite translation on LCSC is "Lying", eg "50mA 12V SPST Lying Round Button Plugin Tactile Switches ROHS".  No it's not a phonetic English spelling of a Chinese name being used as a brand name.  No it doesn't mean the part specs are false.  It means it's a right angle part, like a right-angle PCB-mount slide switch.

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That was probably something like "lying down".

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