Hardware FYI

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Basics of Metal Casting Consumer Hardware Guide metals	1	1420	September 6, 2020
Grades of Steel/Aluminum Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1414	August 3, 2021
What are the base and peak loads of a generation system, which methods of power generation and storage are suitable for each? Electrical Engineering	0	353	July 4, 2024
What is the difference between analog vs. digital signals? Is there a preference of when to choose each signal type? Electrical Engineering apple	1	1374	February 16, 2022
Defining Your Sample Size Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1353	December 4, 2023
How do basic analog components like diodes and capacitors work? Electrical Engineering amazon	1	1341	May 9, 2022
Draw the schematics for a simple first-order low-pass filter Electrical Engineering	1	1336	May 18, 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	1320	July 31, 2021
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	1288	May 6, 2021
Can you describe a voltage divider and how it works? Electrical Engineering	1	1255	March 7, 2022
Statistics for Manufacturing Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1228	November 20, 2023
How do you choose the number of layers in a PCB? Electrical Engineering board-level	1	1226	July 11, 2023
What techniques are used to mitigate rotational vibration on a hard disk? Mechanical Design facebook	0	1701	August 8, 2020
What are the layers of a PCB, and what are they made of? Electrical Engineering board-level	1	1179	July 11, 2023
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	1170	June 17, 2024
Advice for Design Challenges and Teardowns? Community	2	952	March 25, 2022
MCU vs ASIC vs FPGA Electrical Engineering	1	1163	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	1099	April 20, 2024
What are considerations for designing an injection molded part, like on the back-paneling of a consumer product? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design square	1	1090	June 14, 2024
Welcome to Hardware FYI Community	1	1052	January 31, 2023
Additive Manufacturing Techniques Consumer Hardware Guide	1	1037	November 14, 2023
Privacy Policy Site Feedback	0	1428	July 26, 2020
FIR vs IIR filter Electrical Engineering tesla , qualcomm , astranis , hewlett-packard , signal-processing	1	962	July 11, 2023
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	1336	October 3, 2020
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	935	July 5, 2024
How would you measure air pressure of an airplane? General ME Questions synapse	0	1306	October 3, 2020
What are important criteria for selecting microcontrollers? Electrical Engineering general	1	919	May 24, 2022
Glued/Non-glued cantilever beam Cantilever Beams	1	917	September 9, 2024
Subtractive Manufacturing Techniques Consumer Hardware Guide	1	915	November 17, 2023
Describe the failure theories for brittle and ductile materials Materials Science	0	1290	August 10, 2021
Explain the types of tests you would conduct on an Oculus Rift Mechanical Design facebook , square	0	1259	September 2, 2020
What are the following GD&T symbols, and what tolerance & surface does it control? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design flexiv	0	1255	August 2, 2023
What are ways to regulate current & voltage, and why is this needed in certain circuits? Electrical Engineering	1	843	May 23, 2024
Tips for all Engineers Consumer Hardware Guide	0	1173	August 13, 2020
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	1149	August 6, 2020
How would you design an automated sticker peeler? Mechanical Design	0	1138	August 10, 2021
Industry Level Product Prototyping Lessons Consumer Hardware Guide	0	1125	August 6, 2020
What type of tests would you conduct on a solid state drive? Mechanical Design zoox , mechanical-testing	0	1109	January 4, 2021
When does a motor or solenoid maximize and minimize power? Electrical Engineering power-electronics	1	773	May 18, 2024
What are pull-up & pull-down resistors & important criteria for specification? Electrical Engineering passive-components	1	769	May 18, 2024
For a screwed connection, what condition will the bolt experience no shear load? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design carbon	0	1085	August 2, 2023
Draw the schematics of a RC Low-Pass and High Pass-Filter Electrical Engineering	0	1083	December 6, 2020
Merge two sorted linked lists Electrical Engineering apple , software , firmware , nvidia , qualcomm	1	750	July 11, 2023
FAQ/Guidelines Site Feedback	0	1047	July 26, 2020
What is the value of the output voltage in a passive low pass RC filter? Electrical Engineering flexiv , rc-circuits	1	728	April 20, 2024
Cookie Consent Policy Site Feedback	0	1017	September 7, 2020
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	1010	August 30, 2024
How would you use calibrated dowels in the design/machining/inspection process? Manufacturing & Consumer Product Design	0	1001	May 21, 2021
Test for MathJax	1	699	July 26, 2020
Truss Loading: Force Calculation & Displacement Mechanical Design zipline	0	983	December 11, 2023