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Component Identification Question Guidelines
I think these guidelines generally make sense. However, this part needs some adjustment:
Parts that were obfuscated (e.g. the board manufacturer sanded off the part number) will not be considered. ...
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Asked question, then had a related new question
Ask a new question, and link to the old one. Be sure to upvote and accept the answers that solved that particular problem for you.
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Component Identification Question Guidelines
One thing that I think should be a requirement:
The question title should be a short description of the component
Instead of What is this component? the title should be What is this blue plastic ...
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Can I ask about product requirements on European Standards?
Go ahead and post your questions. We've had a good number of questions about ce, IEC, ul, fcc requirements. They weren't badly received, typically.
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HDL and the EE board
HDL is on-topic on electronics.stackexchange.com. There is no line.
StackExchange can do what it wants with HDL questions, but there is no need to have a "line" that strictly sorts where a question ...
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Circuit editor missing from Ask Question page?
Fixed now, thanks for the report!
This was a bug I created over 10 years ago. Under specific timing conditions, it was possible for dependencies like the CircuitLab plugin to never start. Those timing ...
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How is it best to go about asking a potentially massive series of questions?
The purpose of this site is not to give you the equivalent of a college education in electrical engineering. Do NOT dump a large series of lengthy questions on us.
As a beginner, you will find that ...
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Asked question, then had a related new question
If you were to edit your original, answered question, then either:
the original answers would no longer make sense, which is undesirable because it makes the page less useful and takes away from the ...
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Asked question, then had a related new question
In addition to what W5VO said (ask new question, link to old), make sure the new question contains enough information to stand on its own. The old question should only be used for background ...
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I want to combine two analogue video signals. Is this the right place to ask how?
TL;DR
Yes, the topic is on-topic here. You will have to add a lot more info, though!
The full picture
Topic
Yep, asking about how to build something that combines electrical signals is on-topic.
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HDL and the EE board
Your perceptions seem to be somewhat skewed by the organization in which you're working. In the projects in which I've been involved, it's the hardware guys that are writing the HDL and the firmware ...
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Questions about state of the art in a certain area?
Those, simply, are not valuable questions. The answer can change at a moments notice, and due diligence on the part of the asker can make these better questions with a few hours work on their own.
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Looking for ICs; can I ask here?
If you can phrase it as a design question it's acceptable.
I personally find the restriction on asking genuine design questions which have good technical content and instructional value to be an ...
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Are questions about cables, connectors, plugs, adapters and powering solutions on-topic here?
The first example would be off-topic, because it's too broad and also the internet is riddled with advise about car electronics (not as easy as wall adapter power, even though instructables makes you ...
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Looking for ICs; can I ask here?
Asking for product recommendations is off topic (for all of SE). If you need to ask these types of questions, the chat feature will be the best way, but YMMV.
https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/11/23/qa-...
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Can I ask about product requirements on European Standards?
Such questions are on-topic, as long as they are related to electronic design. This includes questions about directives/regulations regarding:
EMC
Radio
Electrical safety
Low-voltage/high-voltage ...
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Component Identification Question Guidelines
I recommend making the photography instructions contain more specific guidance, since many people don't have experience with taking good technical photos. I would say:
Well lit. Details should be ...
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Minimum badge requirement?
Locking the user out wouldn't work in practice. All you'll end up with is rubbish questions WITH the badges, which eliminates the possibility of using the badges as a discriminator.
It would be ...
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Is it absurd to downvote questions that don't provide important details or circuit diagrams?
Downvote, vote to close, and move on. The system will take care of the rest.
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Where does µC programming belong?
Low-level programming, especially programming related to interfacing with external circuits is very appropriate for EE. Topics related to real-time systems are also appropriate. We also handle some ...
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Can I ask About Blynk in Electrical Engineering
Questions about an app will probably get closed as off-topic → not about electronics design.
Microcontroller questions should be alright.
Arduino questions should be posted to the Arduino stack.
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Asking if a device exists in industry or how to build?
No, such a question would be far too broad. You need to narrow things down to the point where you can ask a specific design question that can be answered succinctly.
Can you give a general ...
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Canonical parts-shortage question?
I could see your proposed Q & A having long-term value to future readers (and therefore to the site as a whole), due to your experience at Maxim.
On the "downside" there would be an ...
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How could be best set up a help feature for repairs in Africa?
Most of your questions seem to be about mains power and appliances that operate from it, topics that would be more suitable for Home Improvement.SE, a site devoted to contractors and serious DIYers.
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Does the site benefit from "identify this part" questions?
I'm sure this has come up on Meta before, I can't find it easily.
In previous discussions, almost everyone was in agreement that these sorts of questions are strictly not really within the remit of ...
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Minimum badge requirement?
I'm pretty sure the overarching Stack Exchange philosophy is that anyone can ask a question. I agree with this approach.
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Minimum badge requirement?
I think this question is more appropriate for Stack Exchange Meta, probably someone already asked it there.
Anyway, I think badges are more a "fun" thing, and reputation is the way privileges are ...
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Asking if a device exists in industry or how to build?
Such question would be too broad for the EE.SE main board, likely.
[As Dave have already mentioned.]
Here's what you can do. You've got enough reputation to participate in chats. We've got plenty ...
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Component Identification Question Guidelines
Another thing that really helps is:
If they know something about the voltages on any of the pins around the part, ie which pins are ground or Vcc.
Probe the part with a meter, especially if it could ...
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Component Identification Question Guidelines
Regarding "Type out any text on the part.":
It would perhaps be useful to remind OP to actually search for the text themselves before posting, noting that the downvote button popup includes the text ...
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