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Edit Post #289500 Post edited:
8 months ago
Edit Post #289500 Initial revision 8 months ago
Question Professional vs Hobbyist advice and potentially dangerous projects
This discussion was prompted by answers to this question. While the answers are good (basically, when designing for the medical field, either be or hire someone knowledgeable about the specific requirements of that field), it is only relevant if the question was asked by a professional (or wannab...
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Edit Post #289361 Initial revision 9 months ago
Answer A: Why are some PCB design software programs considered to be 'hobbyist' programs?
Like every Product, there is a price-functionality curve, and while it is true that some big ECAD software have capabilities beyond what Eagle or Kicad offer (see other answers), those capabilities are often either very niche or very high level, and thus not needed for most applications. Kicad and...
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
Edit Post #289286 Initial revision 9 months ago
Answer A: Cable voltage rating
> First question I have is why conductor/earth voltage rating for DC is specified lower at 0.9kV? Imagine two cables running side to side. To get from one cable to the other, an electron would have to cross the insulator twice, but if those two cable ran against a conductive surface (a metal pl...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #288985 That I agree with, the time of many-wires parrallel connectors is long gone, but as mentioned in the question, that type of wiring might still exist in niche application, that are high-speed enough to justify staying analog through the whole system. (without necessitating individual coax lines)
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9 months ago
Edit Post #288985 Initial revision 10 months ago
Question Is concentric twist a common practice?
I have seen multiple sources on the web discussing what they call concentric twist harnesses. It boils down to having a wiring harness built in layers, where each layer is twisted around the previous one in alternating directions, as shown there : Picture of a concentric twist harness Original tw...
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10 months ago