Questions tagged [symbol]
An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices
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What does this symbol mean for this given circuit?
I have circled the symbol in question (red). It looks like a variable resistor, but the rest of the circuit is attached to the tail of the arrow. I feel as though this circuit is trying to describe a ...
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What's the difference between these diode symbols?
What's the difference between these three different ways of symbolising a generic rectifier diode: solid, outline and outline with connection between anode and cathode?
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What does the arrow going through the battery symbol represent?
I am currently studying Practical Electronics for Inventors, Fourth Edition, by Scherz and Monk. Chapter 2.5 Resistance, Resistivity, and Conductivity presents the following image (without description)...
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What does the plus (+) mean in a voltage source symbol?
Does the plus in voltage source symbol represent the highest potential end or does it represent the positive end?
Is that answer true for IEEE and IEC and NEC?
It may seem trivial for those who know ...
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What electrical symbol where it looks like two resistors in parallel and connected on one end
I am trying to copy a circuit from a schematic but i stumbled upon a symbol that im not familiar of and the part label does not yield any relevant result from google
What is it and what does it do in ...
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What is this schematic symbol that is a circled capacitor?
I am trying to determine what this symbol is that looks like a circled capacitor and is labeled as "Z1" that I circled in blue below.
Here is the full schematic with this component being near the top ...
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what's that symbol in the attiny13a I/O schematic? [duplicate]
I was reading the ATtiny13A datasheet and I can't figure out what's that symbol in the general digital I/O schematic. I've circled it the figure below.
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What type of audio output does this symbol represent?
I have this picture. I want left, left ground, right and right ground output. Pin. But I can't understand it. Can somebody please help me. Thanks.
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What symbol to use for a electronic circuit breaker in a schematic?
What symbol should I use to electronic circuit breaker in a schematic?
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What does this schematic mean?
I know that this is a 4:1 MUX, but what does the little line across the w1 w2 selection line mean?
You know, the little black line that has a "2" next to it.
Has it something to do with "array" or ...
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What does this schematic symbol mean? Looks close to variable resistor
Looking at a schematic for a power regulator I found this symbol I am unfamiliar with. It looks like a variable resistor but only two connections are used. What does it mean?
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What does a symbol with an arrow pointing to the upper right mean?
Full Circuit Below
I looked through multiple sites that includes a lot of different symbols and I have no idea what this is.
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What does this diamond, arrow and tail symbol means in schematic diagram
What does these symbols in the electric schematic means? I believe the arrow head indicates the direction of flow of current from left device to right device. What is the tail of that arrow symbol ...
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What's this regulatory symbol?
I am trying to identify this symbol as a part of personal research. I could not find any leads with Google Image search.
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Op-Amp unusual symbol
I find this circuit in an old book.
Regardless what is the task of this circuit, i wonder why the op amp symbol is unusual(curved)?
This is the datasheet of LM301A: http://www.utm.edu/staff/leeb/...
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MOSFET Symbol Confusion [duplicate]
Hi i am a student & was hoping someone could please clarify on the below.
In a section of learning materials for a module I am taking the symbol for the MOSFET is shown and referenced (FIG 11) ...
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Is there a standardized symbol/refdes for PCB mounting points?
I've seen a variety of different parts substituted in for mounting locations, including 1-pin header, test pad, and fiducial symbols. I've also seen a variety of reference designators for mounting ...
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What is the name/purpose of this component?
I was wondering what is the role/purpose of the electric component in the red square.
This is the schematic of a 230V single phase induction motor.
What is also not clear to me are the connections on ...
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What is this symbol: semicircles facing each other?
What does this symbol represent?
It was found on the circuit diagram for a TDS973A a board for which this was the only information I was able to find online.
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Weird resistor with dots around it on the schematic
I was looking through the LTC4041 datasheet and saw this:
The 10mOhm resistor with the two nodes really close to it - is that a "special" resistor or something? Why have they drawn it like that?
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Different inverter (logic gate) symbols
The symbol for an inverter (logic gate) is usually the one shown below left. But I have sometimes seen the symbol shown below right. (See, for example, the last image in this answer.) What does ...
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Electrical schematic symbol help(looks like an or gate)
I'm wondering if that little dot represents anything?
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What is this schematic symbol? Transistor ? Variable Inductor
I was looking through an old schematic and found two symbols that I didn't recognize:
Is this a PNP transistor? looking up the model number doesn't give much information.
Is this some kind of ...
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What is this connector symbol?
I'm working on a PCB design homework in PADS and I've come across a symbol that I have never seen (circled in red below). It is of a filled in rectangle with a triangle below it. I'm thinking it ...
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Common symbol for PLL
Is there a common symbol for PLLs, either for schematics or functional diagrams?
I need a symbol which would be easily recognized as a PLL, without having to draw the phase comparator, loop filter, ...
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How should I interpret numbers 3 and 4 on the footprint schematic?
I am creating a foot print for this PoE magjack and was wondering how to correctly interpret the symbols for 3 and 4 on page 5. From the schematic, these pins get wired but I am confused as to why ...
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What is this symbol on the ground connection?
I've come across the following symbol, boxed in red, in a single line diagram for a switchboard. From looking at it, I'm interpreting it as some sort of ground connector, but I want to confirm.
I ...
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What is this dumbbell looking symbol on this schematic? (looks like jumper pad, but with a short)
Regarding to SJ1 and SJ2 in this schematic:
On the board it looks like two ordinary copper pads but with a thin connection between them. Is it meant to be a way to open the circuit by scraping off ...
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Proteus 8.6 pin names disappear after creating schematic symbol
I selected "Draw name" after placing the pin, but after I created the symbol (which I placed in a user created library) and placed the newly created symbol in the schematic, all of the pin names ...
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What does this circuit symbol mean? [duplicate]
I'm a student who is trying to build a wah pedal for a guitar. I came across this diagram for how to wire the circuit (from this site) :
Within the diagram, I am not sure what the following symbol ...
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∀ (for all) in voltmeter specification
I am working on a voltmeter and the tolerance for it is 0.25% ∀ 1 digit. I am not sure what exactly what this means. I am guessing if my value was 19.95 'for all' could mean I have a range of ...
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Spark gap schematic symbol help
I disassembled a Sharp 42" LCD TV power supply board and discovered 3 glass Spark Gap components (Gas Discharge Tube/Surge Absorbers). I haven't worked with them before and I'm curious about the ...
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Power Source Symbol — Which to use (Arrow, Bar, Circle, etc.)?
I'm wondering if there is anyone out there with a definitive answer to why and/or what standard would call out the usage of the different voltage sources. There are Bars, Arrows, Dots, Waves, etc. I ...
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Can someone identify this transistor and/or resistor component?
I stumbled upon a weird transistor or resistor component which I can't place. Here is a simplified version of the circuit:
I am pretty sure that the transistor on the bottom is an N-MOS transistor ...
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What is this Venn-Diagram-looking symbol?
So I am looking at the datasheet for the LTC4416, and there is this Venn-diagram symbol after the op-amp, but I don't think it is supposed to be an inverter. It is also used for these currents, but ...
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Are these (dis)assembly screw symbols standardised?
Sometimes there are these two half-arrow symbols on PCBs and on enclosures. See the images, for examples.
Those symbols are often placed near the screws, that are to be unscrewed upon disassembly.
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What does this symbol on the box of power supply mean?
I always see this symbole behind electronic devices.
A close-up image of the symbol:
What does it mean?
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What is the two-pin polarity indicator for a PCB? [duplicate]
I inserted a two-pin header (P1) into this circuit using EasyEDA. Does the square outline mean that is the positive pin, or is there another meaning?
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Data rate with modulation and conventional encoding
I had a rather simple question. Say I had a SISO communications system with an information data rate of 50 Mbps that uses QPSK modulation and a rate 1/2 conventional coding. What would be my symbol ...
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Is there a standardised noise source symbol for circuit diagrams?
Does anyone know of any standard symbol for a noise source, for example of one wants to represent the Johnson-Nyquist noise, what is best to use?
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What is the correct schematic symbol to use for virtual ground?
I'm following the design of a circuit requiring a power supply to provide something the author calls virtual ground, \$V_{gnd}\$. The circuit look like this:
However, I'm using KiCad for the design ...
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Cannot Identify Schematic Symbol
I am looking at a VGA to HDMI conversion circuit, and right near the HDMI connector is an array of these symbols:
By the values posted by these symbols, it looks like some sort of capacitor, but I ...
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What does this resistor symbol mean?
While repairing a Marantz amplifier using the service manual, I came across resistors with odd symbols (see page 18).
They are trapped between two parallel lines (for example, 3297).
Is this linked ...
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What's the circuit diagram symbol for a variable reluctance sensor transducer?
I know I've seen the symbol before, it's something like a circle with an open triangle facing in the direction of current flow with a line through the middle. I'm specifically thinking of the ...
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Addition to DC/AC converter symbol
This image is of a DC/AC converter (inverter), but with the addition of a "C S" block to the left. What is the meaning of this additional block?
The wire at 9 o'clock is from an AC supply. This is ...
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NTC PTC thermistor symbol
What is the reasoning behind the arrows on the circuit symbols of NTC (up and down arrow) and PTC (two up arrows)?
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Error: L6218E: Undefined symbol LCD_X_Config in Keil
I encountered a problem working with the EMWIN package in keil, this error message:
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Multiple different grounds in one diagram
Assume I have multiple electronic circuits and I need to display them working together. Each of them has a common ground symbol. However, the different grounds of the different circuits are not ...
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Is this symbol another version of a ferrite bead symbol?
I saw this symbol in the schematic of the ADPD2140z eval board. From what Ive seen online, ferrite bead symbols are usually slanted rectangles with right angled corners. This is slightly different, ...
