Questions tagged [diagram]
Plan, sketch, drawing, graph or outline designed to demonstrate or explain how something works.
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3-way switch with self-resetting toggle switches
I'm have this 3-way switch in my house, and there's an annoying "problem" that I'm sure anyone who's had 3-way switches knows about... I think it's best summarized by this definition of ...
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What is a color bars vector diagram?
I'm reading the datasheet of the "AT7456E". This component is an OSD (so-called "on screen display") used on the flight controller of my drone project.
In the datasheet there was ...
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How to draw a schematic diagram for rectangular loops of wires
In my electrical system, there are multiple rectangular loops of wires. Each of these loops is made up of four individual wire segments that are interconnected using right angle connectors to form a ...
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Have I designed and routed my USB-C port correctly because when I connect my 3D printer I measure voltage on vcc
I have designed my usb-c connection as in the attached pictures, however whenever I connect my Ender-3 to it I measure between 1-2V on different parts of the circuit including the data pins on the ...
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Unknown triangle symbol in single line diagram
I have some troubles finding what the triangle symbol on the following diagram could mean.
It is not a diode because in other parts of the diagram, it is used where an input is expected.
The box is ...
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Looking for a block diagram from this schematic
I'm looking for the block diagram from this schematic. My concern is the multi-feedback. I don't really know how I could model it.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
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Don't understand a power supply diagram of a microcontroller
I'm not sure so I prefer to ask your opinion on this diagram:
Correct me if I'm wrong but I have the impression that DVDD12 is my voltage source of 1.2v and that the V1p2 label present on the right ...
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What is achieved by wiring the volume and tone potentiometers differently in these two diagarams for a Telecaster with a 4-way 2-pole lever switch?
I have a wiring diagram by Stewart-MacDonald (StewMac) for utilizing a 4-way 2-pole lever switch (for selecting between single-coil pickups) that wires the volume and tone potentiometers differently ...
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Is this a correct simplification of a circuit like this?
I am trying to find the Norton equivalent current of the circuit in the top left but if i simplify the circuit like this i get the wrong answer. I drew the steps i took in simplyfying the resistance, ...
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Contactless door bell circuit diagram
I am trying to make a contactless doorbell through a tutorial on YouTube.
I have a question about the circuit diagram. Won't the current polarity of the IR Tx and Rx cause the transistor to be in the ...
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What would this breadboard look like as a schematic?
Here is my button pull-up resistor circuit on a breadboard. Note both the additional link between the button and ground, and the multimeter measurement point is different.
I was wondering what the ...
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TTL to RS485 using MAX485 - Capacitor voltage requests
I need to implement a TTL to RS485 converter into an home made project and searching by Google I found this module with related schematics:
Could you help me by indicating the correct voltage for the ...
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I am designing a device using a MCP73871 and I am unsure on how to connect the status pins to the ESP32 MCU
I need a bit of help for my device schematic, more specifically for the status pins of the MCP73871. I am a beginner so I am trying to understand how to do it properly. The pins are PG, STAT1/LBO and ...
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How do I connect an LED to a MOSFET board?
For the green LED, I'm using a 20 kΩ resistor. I have these diagrams that suggests the green LED should be connected to VOUT- and VOUT+:
And then this diagram suggests it should be connected to TRIG/...
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Reading bus connections on a block diagram of an MCU
I'm trying to read and route the clock bus of GPIOB of this MCU from its block diagram.
Normally another type of MCU block diagram is given as follows:
So above is easy for me to say GPIOB is ...
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Could anyone help me to analyze this diagram precisely, like a full explaination?
Here, I have finished a project and the concept is that(You can also go to the link below to watch the project video),
we have a LED light(yellow L1) that blinks really fast when we run the circuit. ...
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How does this circuit work? How can I analyse this circuit? 10 by 10 reaction game circuit
I built a project with the help of a breadboard diagram. Now I want to understand what this circuit does. How does this circuit work? I am looking for an analysis of this circuit diagram.
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Black dot on circuit diagram
See black dot on "OUT". Is it a junction or does it mean something else? This is the only black dot on the diagram, despite it having multiple splits and junctions elsewhere in the circuit.
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How do I create a digital timing diagram based on D flip-flop signals?
We are constructing a D flip-flop using 2 latches and a control-signal coming from a clock.
The flip flop looks like this (x1 and x2 are connected to two switches, L1 and L2 are standard latches ...
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Which component-related website has this transformer? EPC-13 1.5mH; MFR: YUJING and AXIS [closed]
I have not had luck searching for it, which is a problem because i need to find it in either digital or physical stores and buy it (along with everything else in the diagram) for my project.
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What does an "srrq" and "UVLO" block do in a block diagram on the datasheet?
I have this datasheet here for a FAN7392 .
In the block diagram section it has 2 parts and I have no idea what they do. I tried researching it online, but i'm not even really sure what I should search ...
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What does "CC" mean when it is labelling a capacitor?
I'm looking at a circuit diagram that doesn't list the capacitance for a couple of capacitors.
There's "C1", "C2" and "CC".
I can't imagine "CC" meaning ...
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Error with creating a equation in ADS with the variable already defined on the schematic as Var
I am trying to create a equation to plot the eye diagram from the voltage node Vout
As I define the equation, it tells me that the "Tbit" is not defined!?
I wonder why because I have already ...
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What does the circle with the “X” and the cross mean?
I am taking a look at a DSP block for a the Xilinx ZCU111 FPGA and I am getting held up on a simple question. I come from physics so I am not too used to looking at block diagrams yet, but what do the ...
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How can i reverse the direction of this dc motor easily?
How can I easily reverse the spinning direction of the left motor? Thanks
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Is there a circuit symbol for an accelerometer?
I use an analog accelerometer in a circuit, but I can't find a corresponding circuit symbol. Is there such a thing, or, where could I search for it besides wikipedia.
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What would this be called and where can I learn more?
So I have a fair amount of experience programming and was thinking hey why not try and write a new controller for my motorcycle (I know, a bold idea) and if not that, at least redo the old wiring. The ...
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Why is the actual position of things in a circuit diagram not considered? What is the type of diagram that cares about the ordering?
After looking at several circuit diagrams and their actual implementation, I found that the position of the parts is not considered in the diagram. Is there any reason for this?
If all parts are ...
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Reading timing diagram correctly?
I have the following timing diagram of a SPI communication.
Am I calculating total time T for receiving 24 bits correctly?
Diagram:
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What does the symbol with the arrow pointing to it mean?
I am looking at the moon rover’s schematics and came across this symbol.
I can’t find what it means online.
Does anyone know?
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Trying to understand this electrical diagram schematic on an AC motor that I have, particularly symbol between yellow and black wires
I'm new to electrical wiring and I'm trying to learn a bit and came across this AC motor which I have that isn't hooked up. I have attached the motor wiring diagram:
This is also the wiring ...
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PSFB - Asymetric current at the secondary
At the 3rd step of the PSFB cycle, the current at the secondary is not shared equally by the two windings that it would be if it were a full bridge. Does anyone can explain why it is not the case ? ...
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Why does a car body ECU module need to share the ground with the circuit it monitors
I am finding difficulty reading a basic wiring diagram from Bentley for my 1996 E36 BMW. I do not understand why the ECU needs to be connected to the ground. I understand that the trunk lights receive ...
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How to trace and find the clock of a certain USART for this board?
I'm having trouble to trace and find which clocks clock USART2 and USART3 ect for a uC board. I looked at clock tree and block diagram of the board but cannot find a hint.
I checked both the reference ...
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Standard / Interpretation of dip switch on diagram
I've managed to get myself thoroughly confused now.
Given the following diagram for a dip switch, which way is up / on?
Do you read the above as:
1 = On
2,3,4 = Off
or as:
1 = Off
2,3,4 = On
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Will this battery bank electrical diagram work as intended?
This diagram is the plan for my van to have a secondary bank of 12 V batteries in the back to run an inverter to power some equipment.
Originally my only extra requirement was to make sure the ...
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What are these electric components?
This is a snapshot from a single-line diagram of emergency switchboard drawn in 1984 for an oil & gas project.
What are these two components next to the motor symbol? What could ...
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How is this ammeter connected in this diagram?
What are the k, i and circle symbols in the red area on this single line diagram?
I feel like the ammeter symbol was deported to ...
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What is this electric diagram symbol?
What is this electric symbol found on an MCC-related electric single line diagram? It looks like a voltmeter with some sort of resistor but it would make more sense if it was an actuator I think.
On ...
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What is this electrical symbol?
I'm trying to identify this symbol coming from a 1985 electrical single line diagram (from a marine engineering project).
It looks like a closed disconnector switch or a styled fuse maybe?
Here is ...
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Audio potentiometer output shorted to ground
I'm working on a schematic where it seems the second pin of a trimmer potentiometer (the output pin) is shorted with the ground pin. This is then fed into an audio output. Is this normal or am I ...
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Am I reading this time till trip vs. current diagram correctly
Am I reading this diagram correctly? Top x-axis translates to "rated current for fuse".
Bottom x-axis translates to "constant current through fuse in A". y-axis translates to "...
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What's a good resource for learning how to make quality wiring diagrams? [closed]
I'm almost done with my electrical engineering degree, so I understand circuits, but I want to learn how to make good quality wiring diagrams. Not pure "schematics" like you'd do in a ...
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How to read and understand the connections/traces in a schematic?
I am in the process of rebuilding a dell laptop XX327 battery pack. I have removed the outer plastic from the 18650 3S2P battery pack. I plan on replacing all six cells, reprogramming the smart ...
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Help identifying circuitry diagram
Now first and foremost, I know absolutely nothing about circuitry - joined an computer science chatroom and they couldn't help, I have cross referenced the symbols to the internet to try and ...
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Is it possible to solve for the resistance of R3 in this question, without knowing the total current of the circuit beforehand?
P.S. I'm not asking for the actual answer, I just need to know how to, so clues or reminders regarding the fundamentals would be fine by me
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AT28C256 Page Mode Write Waveforms in datasheet
I read the datasheet for the AT28C256 EEPROM and in the page mode write section there is the following diagram.
Where \$ \overline{OE} \$ line is always in the HIGH state during operations whereas in ...
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Can someone help me interpret these diagrams?
I am extremely new to electrical engineering, and I am using it for a personal project. I tried looking into circuit diagrams for a part(a pushbutton), and I don't recognize any of the symbols. Most ...
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Vehicle wiring diagram - interpreting symbols compared to actual physical devices
I am going thru my bike's schematic/wiring diagram and going wire by wire I think I'm starting to understand how it works from turning the key onward. But some things are still confusing so perhaps ...
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Practical understanding of "tapping" into vehicle 12V battery / fusebox for power
Disclaimer: I did "tap in" and hooked things to my battery (on my car) many moons ago and did it without really thinking what am I doing, and I was probably doing it in a very hack/ghetto ...