Hardware FYI

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Landing Interviews at Top Tech Companies (Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, etc.) Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1552	November 18, 2023
How would you measure repeatability of an arm that needs to swing exactly 180 degrees (with a sensor mounted on the end?) Reliability & Mechanical Test	1	1550	April 26, 2023
Basics of Metal Casting Consumer Hardware Guide metals	1	1500	September 6, 2020
Grades of Steel/Aluminum Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1467	August 3, 2021
What is the difference between analog vs. digital signals? Is there a preference of when to choose each signal type? Electrical Engineering apple	1	1445	February 16, 2022
Defining Your Sample Size Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1425	December 4, 2023
How do basic analog components like diodes and capacitors work? Electrical Engineering amazon	1	1394	May 9, 2022
In the context of injection molding, can you explain the difference between a slide and a lifter? Specifically, how do they operate, and in what situations would you use each mechanism? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design apple , manufacturing , plastics	1	1368	June 17, 2024
If you're on a spaceship and want to throw out garbage outside such that it will propel you outwards, which direction do you throw the garbage? Free Body Diagrams firefly	1	1367	July 31, 2021
How do you choose the number of layers in a PCB? Electrical Engineering board-level	1	1365	July 11, 2023
Garden hose has stopped flow. There is constant static pressure and no water hammer. Why does hose have tear in axial direction at the end of the hose? Mechanical Design spinlaunch	1	1356	May 6, 2021
Can you describe a voltage divider and how it works? Electrical Engineering	1	1310	March 7, 2022
Statistics for Manufacturing Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1301	November 20, 2023
What are the layers of a PCB, and what are they made of? Electrical Engineering board-level	1	1298	July 11, 2023
MCU vs ASIC vs FPGA Electrical Engineering	1	1297	July 11, 2023
Draw an I-V curve for a diode. How you interpret the graph in terms of the diode's behavior? Electrical Engineering diodes	1	1275	April 20, 2024
Advice for Design Challenges and Teardowns? Community	2	1007	March 25, 2022
What techniques are used to mitigate rotational vibration on a hard disk? Mechanical Design facebook	0	1743	August 8, 2020
What are considerations for designing an injection molded part, like on the back-paneling of a consumer product? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design square	1	1147	June 14, 2024
Welcome to Hardware FYI Community	1	1143	January 31, 2023
Additive Manufacturing Techniques Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1075	November 14, 2023
Privacy Policy Site Feedback	0	1479	July 26, 2020
FIR vs IIR filter Electrical Engineering tesla , qualcomm , astranis , hewlett-packard , signal-processing	1	1046	July 11, 2023
Glued/Non-glued cantilever beam Cantilever Beams	1	1043	September 9, 2024
What are important criteria for selecting microcontrollers? Electrical Engineering general	1	1023	May 24, 2022
A machine includes a bronze cart sliding horizontally on steel rails. The design is changed to add a 15° angle to the rails and cart without changing any other features. How does the sliding friction of the two designs compare? Free Body Diagrams carbon	1	1019	July 5, 2024
If you only use you hot tub during the weekend, is it more efficient to leave it on all the time or turn it on only for the weekend? Heat Transfer synapse , heat-transfer	0	1387	October 3, 2020
How would you measure air pressure of an airplane? General ME Questions synapse	0	1361	October 3, 2020
Subtractive Manufacturing Techniques Consumer Hardware Guide	1	953	November 17, 2023
Describe the failure theories for brittle and ductile materials Materials Science	0	1344	August 10, 2021
What are the following GD&T symbols, and what tolerance & surface does it control? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design flexiv	0	1324	August 2, 2023
Explain the types of tests you would conduct on an Oculus Rift Mechanical Design facebook , square	0	1323	September 2, 2020
What are ways to regulate current & voltage, and why is this needed in certain circuits? Electrical Engineering	1	903	May 23, 2024
Tips for all Engineers Consumer Hardware Guide	0	1225	August 13, 2020
What are pull-up & pull-down resistors & important criteria for specification? Electrical Engineering passive-components	1	858	May 18, 2024
When does a motor or solenoid maximize and minimize power? Electrical Engineering power-electronics	1	852	May 18, 2024
Draw a commuter bike-label every single part on it. Explain what it’s job is and why it is designed that way Mechanical Design general , spinlaunch	0	1203	August 6, 2020
How would you design an automated sticker peeler? Mechanical Design	0	1181	August 10, 2021
Industry Level Product Prototyping Lessons Consumer Hardware Guide	0	1158	August 6, 2020
What type of tests would you conduct on a solid state drive? Mechanical Design zoox , mechanical-testing	0	1146	January 4, 2021
A steel cantilevered I-beam is welded to a wall has some load applied at the end. Where would it fail? Cantilever Beams stoke	0	1145	August 30, 2024
For a screwed connection, what condition will the bolt experience no shear load? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design carbon	0	1136	August 2, 2023
What is the value of the output voltage in a passive low pass RC filter? Electrical Engineering flexiv , rc-circuits	1	797	April 20, 2024
Draw the schematics of a RC Low-Pass and High Pass-Filter Electrical Engineering	0	1117	December 6, 2020
Merge two sorted linked lists Electrical Engineering apple , software , firmware , nvidia , qualcomm	1	786	July 11, 2023
FAQ/Guidelines Site Feedback	0	1093	July 26, 2020
Cookie Consent Policy Site Feedback	0	1047	September 7, 2020
How would you use calibrated dowels in the design/machining/inspection process? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	0	1043	May 21, 2021
Truss Loading: Force Calculation & Displacement Mechanical Design zipline	0	1034	December 11, 2023
Useful Learning Resources Electrical Engineering	0	1034	August 13, 2020