Electrical
Elementary
- Electrons
- Voltage, Current
- Transformers, Power Factor
- Logic Gates, Operational Amplifiers
- Direct Current, Alternating Current
- Resistance, Capacitance, Inductance, Impedance
- Transistors, Integrated Circuits
Circuit
- Open Circuit, Closed Circuit
- Open Loop Control, Closed Loop Control
Signal
- Digital, Analog
- Serial, Parallel
- Full-Duplex, Half-Duplex
- Superposition, Constructive/Destructive Interference
- Diffraction
Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
Stack:
- Silkscreen
- Conductive Surface Finish
- Soldermask
- Conductive Layer
- Prepreg (Stick)
- Core (Rigid)
Specifications:
- Material
- Conductive Layers (Internal, External, Thickness)
- Vias, Holes, Slots
- Castellations
Protection:
- Enclosure
- Encapsulation
- Conformal Coating
Integrated Circuit (IC)
Connectors
- Housing (M/F), Contact, Receptable (F), Plug (M)
- Pin, Blade
- Rectangular, Circular
- Terminal Position Assurance (TPA)
- Flame Resistance (UL 94)
- Glow Wire Compliance
- Row Count
- Contact Points
- Vibration Resistance
- Locking Detent
Mounting
Parts:
- Through Hole
- Surface Mount
- Chassis Mount
- Panel Mount
- Inline
Connectors:
- Wire-to-Board
- Wire-to-Wire
- Board-to-Board
- Backplane
Circuit Protection
- Signaling, Clamping, Impeding
- Overvoltage Protection (OVP)
- Overcurrent Protection (OCP)
- Reverse Polarity Protection
- Thermal Protection
Safety
- RoHS Compliant
- Halogen Free
- Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV)
- Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt (GFCI)
- Emergency Stop
- Anti-Arcing
- Circuit Breaker
Reliability
- Wide Operating Temperature
- AEC-Q200
PART FUNCTIONS
- Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors
- Current Sense Resistor
- Current Sense IC
Overvoltage Protection
- TVS Diodes
- Metal Oxide Varistors
Discrete Element Uses
- Pull Up Resistor
- Pull Down Resistor
- Decoupling Capacitor (Power)
- Bypass Capacitor (Signal)
Embedded
- Cores, Caches
- Address Bus, Data Bus
- Architecture, Bit Count, RISC vs CISC
- MCU vs MPU
Ground
- Signal Ground, Chassis Ground, Earth Ground
- Ground Loop
SENSORS
- Hall Effect
- Magnetoresistive Effect (GMR)
Standards
- HDD Physical/Logical Sector Size (4k, 512e, 512n) *
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