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How many "grounds" are there and what is the difference?
I stumbled upon many terms for ground, naturally as newbie I got very confused.
ground earth
chassis ground
earth ground
common ground
signal ground
Are there any more?
I assume some are for AC and ...
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What are these "X"s / crosses on this schematic's wiring? Traces attached to the metal housing (ground)?
Below is a section of the schematic for the RF modulator of a Nintendo NES-001 system. I am curious what these Xs are that I've boxed in red below. Looking at my own NES-001 and matching locations, I ...
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Difference Between - (Minus Sign) and Chassis Ground in Schematics
I was working on building some projects from the book Electronic Projects for Musicians and I noticed that in most of the schematics there are two symbols for what seems to be ground. One is a - (...