Hardware FYI

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
How do you change the cross-section of a beam to minimize deflection? Cantilever Beams apple , tesla , facebook , spacex	1	4908	March 6, 2022
What are the advantages & disadvantages between a buck converter and a LDO? Electrical Engineering apple , power-electronics	2	6989	May 24, 2022
How would you tolerance a touch screen assembly to the mounting chassis of a smart phone? Mechanical Design apple	5	4657	August 16, 2025
Given a point-load at the end of a wall-mounted cantilever beam, what is the shear stress at the wall? Cantilever Beams amazon	4	5084	April 5, 2021
What does open-drain & push-pull mean? Electrical Engineering gpio , analog-design	2	6549	January 31, 2023
What are the different types of stress & force a material can endure? Mechanical Design	1	7953	August 3, 2021
Additional Useful Resources Online Consumer Hardware Guide	0	1974	May 6, 2021
What are the key components in a consumer electronic laptop? Mechanical Design general , apple	2	3560	October 3, 2020
Is it faster to cook pasta if you add it in before or after a pot of water starts boiling? Heat Transfer heat-transfer , synapse	2	6010	April 22, 2022
Two cars are at the top of a hill. One car is just a simple wheel axle car (not power), one car has a spring suspension system. Which one will reach first? Free Body Diagrams spacex	3	5153	June 3, 2023
How do the strength-to-weight ratio of aluminum vs. steel compare? Materials Science materials , tesla	1	7063	August 7, 2020
What are seven ways to bond plastic and metal? Mechanical Design	2	5781	June 15, 2023
Your friend is coming over soon and you made them coffee. You want this coffee to be as hot as possible by the time they get to you. You can use creamer to affect the coffee, what should you do to make the coffee as hot as possible when they arrive? Heat Transfer synapse , heat-transfer	4	4364	October 30, 2024
A disk with the hole in the middle is heated. Does the hole get bigger, smaller, or stay the same size? Heat Transfer apple	2	5240	March 27, 2022
Describe how you approach material selection/design for a component where strength is critical, and how you would approach a different component where stiffness is critical? Mechanical Design apple , spacex	2	5107	May 28, 2022
Basics of Compression Molding Consumer Hardware Guide plastics	1	6067	September 6, 2020
What's the difference between a true stress-strain curve and a traditional stress-strain curve? Materials Science waymo , materials	1	6054	August 5, 2020
What's the working principle behind common analog sensors? (strain gauge, thermocouples, etc.) Aerospace Engineering	0	1523	December 23, 2023
Two cylindrical tanks are full of water, where one is oriented horizontally and another vertically. If a hole is drilled in the bottom of the tank, which one empties first? General ME Questions general	1	3336	September 24, 2023
Can you describe the two-shot injection molding process? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design apple	2	4808	May 3, 2022
How do you test for waterproofing on consumer electronic products (smart phone, tablet, etc)? Mechanical Design apple	3	4145	August 28, 2023
Take-Home Design Challenges Guide Consumer Hardware Guide	1	5597	December 8, 2023
What are design for manufacturability (DFM) considerations you would assess while designing an injection molded part? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design manufacturing	1	3032	August 8, 2020
When selecting a material what would you take into consideration more, tensile strength or yield strength? Materials Science	3	3746	November 29, 2021
Can you draw the block diagram for an inverting operational amplifier and derive the gain equation? Electrical Engineering apple	2	4293	April 4, 2022
How can you reduce moisture absorption in nylon? Materials Science tesla , materials	1	5249	September 28, 2020
A garden hose has stopped flow. There is constant static pressure and no water hammer. Why does the hose tear in the axial direction at the end of the hose? Mechanical Design spinlaunch , spacex	2	3734	April 24, 2022
What's the optimal size rock to throw if you want to throw it as far as possible? Free Body Diagrams apple	1	4559	February 10, 2021
A beam is made from two cylinders, where the inner cylinder is steel and the outer cylinder is aluminum. Which cylinder will yield first if beam is a simply supported cantilever beam? Cantilever Beams general	1	2549	April 2, 2024
Barrel Connector Concentricity Mechanical Design apple	2	2028	July 14, 2025
Can you apply MMC to a profile of surface call out in GD&T? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	1	2446	August 12, 2021
You have a concentrated load at the center of a beam with two point supports on either end. Describe the shear force and bending moment diagram Cantilever Beams general , zoox	2	3548	March 3, 2024
What are some important characteristics for material selection? Materials Science materials , apple	2	3524	October 27, 2024
For a simply supported beam, which beam would have less deflection: a single stacked or double stacked beam? Cantilever Beams	3	3016	January 30, 2023
What's the difference between thermoset plastics and thermoplastics? Materials Science tesla , apple , materials	1	4253	April 25, 2022
Engineering Builds: EVT, DVT, PVT Consumer Hardware Guide	1	4238	October 12, 2023
Basics of Plastic Extrusion Consumer Hardware Guide plastics	1	4208	September 3, 2020
What are some differences between aluminum and steel in terms of material properties? Materials Science materials	1	2312	August 6, 2020
Why is a manhole cover round? General ME Questions microsoft	1	4042	March 22, 2022
What are the equations of motion for a mass-spring damper system? Free Body Diagrams zoox , amazon	1	4028	October 4, 2020
What are the three common communication protocols? How do they (I2C, SPI, UART) work? Electrical Engineering apple , google , nvidia	1	4016	July 31, 2022
Basics of Injection Molding Consumer Hardware Guide plastics	1	3985	September 3, 2020
Describe a CPU heat sink geometry and why it has that geometry. What would you do to improve or decrease the heat transfer of a heat sink? Heat Transfer	1	3945	March 3, 2022
Testing 101: Reliability, Design Validation, Component-Level Testing, & Factory Testing Consumer Hardware Guide	2	3220	August 13, 2020
Basics of Blow Molding Consumer Hardware Guide plastics	1	3914	September 6, 2020
What are the three main properties of an ideal operational amplifier? Electrical Engineering op-amps	1	3899	May 18, 2024
What are the key parameters to consider when selecting a fan for forced airflow? Mechanical Design heat-transfer	2	3135	February 17, 2022
Given an adjustable crescent wrench, which cross-sections would you use for different parts of the wrench? Mechanical Design mechanical-design , apple	2	3127	July 31, 2021
If you have an enclosed room and I open the refrigerator, how will room temperature change? Heat Transfer thermodynamics , htc	1	3778	August 4, 2020
What are common grades of stainless steel used in manufacturing? Materials Science general , waymo	1	3747	July 27, 2020