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Why are there so many relays used in a car, instead of transistors?

answered May 3, 2016 at 16:15

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Is there a technical reason why most touch screens use glass rather than plastic?

answered May 9, 2016 at 14:58

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Why do power grids tend to operate at low frequencies like 60 Hz and 50 Hz?

answered Dec 16, 2020 at 9:54

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Can people act like antennas?

answered Apr 18, 2016 at 9:18

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How do electronic devices keep track of time without power?

answered Oct 2, 2015 at 12:47

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Extra bare wire in USB cable

answered Aug 10, 2016 at 14:52

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Why does a body submerged in a more conductive fluid still conduct current?

answered Aug 23, 2017 at 15:56

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Best way to store very small amount of data?

answered Jan 10, 2022 at 11:06

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How does a chip antenna work?

answered Jul 5, 2016 at 12:43

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Capacitor discharging theory vs experiment doesnt match

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 8:35

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Is there a downside to using multiple relays simultaneously to increase relay capacity

answered Jun 19, 2017 at 11:45

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How does a 40 Gbit/s Ethernet interface process packets in silicon?

answered Dec 5, 2016 at 15:11

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Why is it good to slow down digital lines with resistors?

answered Oct 16, 2015 at 9:56

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Is temperature the only battery charging speed limitation?

answered Jan 17, 2018 at 10:07

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How to solder wires on Li-ion cell phone batteries?

answered Sep 30, 2015 at 12:56

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Writing DSP algorithms directly in C or assembly?

answered Aug 1, 2017 at 13:50

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Do you need high voltage or current to produce a spark?

answered May 22, 2018 at 13:09

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4-bit bus address selection via analog input pin: Monte Carlo simulation shows overlapping address values

answered Jun 14, 2016 at 15:30

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Help Identifying Weird Component

answered Aug 31, 2016 at 7:50

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what is the meaning of the pipe symbol "|" in front of a variable

answered Aug 2, 2017 at 8:06

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Batteries. Why use 9V?

answered Aug 8, 2017 at 16:45

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Strange symbol on PSU label

answered Mar 23, 2017 at 15:31

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Why do CPUs need so much current?

answered Sep 20, 2016 at 14:02

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How would I go about getting a small oscillator running at precisely 31,891,269,116 µHz?

answered Aug 29, 2016 at 8:27

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What is a "half latch" in an FPGA?

answered Jan 25, 2018 at 15:56

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How can the contact points of jumper cables handle the hundreds of amps required to start a car?

answered Jan 30, 2018 at 8:17

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What are the RAM-only microcontrollers intended for?

answered Dec 18, 2017 at 15:44

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Parallel MOSFETs

answered Dec 12, 2016 at 18:27

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If the silicon wafers from which the processors are made are so sensitive that workers wear special suits how is delidding a processor possible?

answered Mar 10, 2017 at 9:38

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Does a dangling wire really electrocute me if I'm standing in water?

answered Apr 9, 2019 at 12:09

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Why are there so many relays used in a car, instead of transistors?

Is there a technical reason why most touch screens use glass rather than plastic?

Why do power grids tend to operate at low frequencies like 60 Hz and 50 Hz?

Can people act like antennas?

How do electronic devices keep track of time without power?

Extra bare wire in USB cable

Why does a body submerged in a more conductive fluid still conduct current?

Best way to store very small amount of data?

How does a chip antenna work?

Capacitor discharging theory vs experiment doesnt match

Is there a downside to using multiple relays simultaneously to increase relay capacity

How does a 40 Gbit/s Ethernet interface process packets in silicon?

Why is it good to slow down digital lines with resistors?

Is temperature the only battery charging speed limitation?

How to solder wires on Li-ion cell phone batteries?

Writing DSP algorithms directly in C or assembly?

Do you need high voltage or current to produce a spark?

4-bit bus address selection via analog input pin: Monte Carlo simulation shows overlapping address values

Help Identifying Weird Component

what is the meaning of the pipe symbol "|" in front of a variable

Batteries. Why use 9V?

Strange symbol on PSU label

Why do CPUs need so much current?

How would I go about getting a small oscillator running at precisely 31,891,269,116 µHz?

What is a "half latch" in an FPGA?

How can the contact points of jumper cables handle the hundreds of amps required to start a car?

What are the RAM-only microcontrollers intended for?

Parallel MOSFETs

If the silicon wafers from which the processors are made are so sensitive that workers wear special suits how is delidding a processor possible?

Does a dangling wire really electrocute me if I'm standing in water?