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Smart Computing Article - Unveiling The Mysterious Motherboard
, and other subsystems. Once added, adapter cards fasten to the back of the case with a screw. Without expansion slots, a computer would be limited to the circuitry permanently wired to the motherboard. Disk interface. Connectors for diskette and IDE hard disk drives. You attach a ribbon cable from
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Guidelines for Production Testing of Wired Assemblies
. These guidelines are not meant to replace the various ASME, ASTM, DOD:MIL, NASA, UL, NEC, ITA, ANSI, and DIN test standards. Type of Assembly. Minimal Testing. Additional Testing for Good Practice. Additional Testing for Critical Quality. IDC Ribbon Cable Assemblies. Opens and shorts testing
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Customization to Suppress EMI in DC Motors
the. original 5V. To ensure that noise equally affects both transmission lines, differential circuits commonly employ twisted-pair. wiring, especially as transmission distances become longer. For shorter transmissions, ribbon cable suffices. With twisted-pair wiring, higher noise immunity can be achieved
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Switch Mode Power Supplies and their Magnetics
. Many times they rely on the expertise offered to. the assembly process. Gapped planar cores are now more. them by design engineers at magnetic component. frequently used as they provide a very low profile, and are. manufacturers/. wound with flex circuits, foil, or ribbon wire where high. suppliers
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Choosing potentiometers for position sensing
as PET-PET, however, they can be screwed in (attachment through adhesive optional) and attachment of wires and connectors is less complex.Magnetic membrane potentiometers (PET-MAG or FR4-MAG) provide contact-free operation. A particular iron ribbon is pulled by a magnet and activates the collector foil
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Introduction to Piezoelectric Force Sensors
microelectronic amplifier to convert the high impedance charge output into a low impedance voltage signal for recording. ICP sensors, powered from a separate constant current source, operate over long ordinary coaxial or ribbon cable without signal degradation. The low impedance voltage signal is not affected
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Smart Computing Article - How To Install . . . A Hard Drive
needle-nosed or small flat pliers to get a better grip but be sure you don't pull on the ribbon or cable itself. You can rock the connectors slightly from side to side but be careful not to break the pins to which they connect. A SCSI drive may have another device's cable or a terminator resistor attached
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Introduction to Piezoelectric Pressure Sensors
PRESSURE SENSORS. ICP pressure sensors incorporate a built-in MOSFET microelectronic amplifier to convert the high-impedance charge output into a low-impedance voltage signal . An ICP sensor is powered from a constant-current source and can operate over long coaxial or ribbon cable without signal