May refer to conductive traces of an integrated circuit, exposed as metal contacts, or pins, which are large by comparison and make physical connection to other components feasible. May also refer to metal pins connected to specific traces of a printed circuit board for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting external components or peripherals in a reusable way.
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Which chemicals can be used to clean electronics?
I have access to these
isopropyl alcohol
ethyl alcohol
vodka
rum
acetone
And would like to know which ones should be used to clean electronics, and (out of curiosity) why some are worse choices than others?
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Meaning of hash symbol in pin name
I'm reading the datasheet of a PSRAM (available here). In the top-right hand corner all the pins are listed. Some of the pin names end with a hash, e.g. LB#, OE#.
What does the # notation mean for pins?
Randomblue
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Question: MT8888 How are ‘Register’s setup; Read Status Register and Write to Control Register?
I’m using PIC18F2520 and MT8888C. The “Data Sheet” I’m using is Zarlink Sem. “Integrated DTMF Transceiver, with Intel Micro Interface”.
I’m looking at page Figure 16, “Test Circuits”, the first test I tried was “INITIALIZATION PROCEDURE”. The tests…
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4pin camera with audio and video pin
I have found this camera from an old ATM machine.
I want to use it but I don't have any knowledge about the video pin. Where I can connect to get video output?
Harsh dv
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What does "S" pin stand for in power input/output?
It is probably a pretty basic question but:
What does "S" stand for?
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What are the STB and DIO pins on an IC
What are DIO and STB pins in below IC?
If DIO means digital input or output, then how to set it to Input or Output mode? Is it using STB?
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Help me to identify this pin
I found this type of pin in some 3 pin female connector. I want to buy it but I don't know what is name of this pin :)
Any idea?
(I put dimensions approximatively)
Here are dimensions of plastic connector:
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Poles, meaning when referring to pins on a switch?
What are the poles on a 9 pin switch; does this mean a row of pins, if so which direction? And also what do the poles represent, and is there so much different between a 6 pin and 9 pin switch other than the extra 3?
Here is the switch:
Thanks,…
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