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xkcd #2818: Circuit Symbols (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Jakylla@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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Title text: A circle with an A in it means that the circuit has committed a sin and has been marked as punishment.

Transcript[A chart of various circuit symbols and their (mostly) fictitious meanings based off of their drawings, captioned:] Circuit Symbols

[Symbol for a switch, labelled:] Drawbridge

[Symbol for a capacitor, labelled:] Overpass

[Symbol for a connection to ground, labelled:] Pogo Stick

[Symbol for a resistor, labelled:] Earthquake

[Symbol for an inductor, labelled:] Sheep

[Symbol for a transformer, labelled:] Two Sheep in Love, Trapped on Opposite Sides of a Fence

[Symbol for a battery, labelled:] Battery

[Symbol for a battery, sorted, labelled:] Baertty

[Symbol for a battery, with far too many short lines, labelled:] Battttttttttttery

[Symbol for a photodiode, labelled:] Check Out This Really Cool Diode

[Symbol for an oscillator, labelled:] Wave Pool

[Symbol for a transistor, labelled:] Trolley Problem

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[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago

I love that the transcription has the correct labels for those of us who aren't sparkies.

[-] Jakylla@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

Not sure that this transcription is useful for person with vision disabilities unfortunately, would need some description of the symbols I think

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

That is a cool diode.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Wow, if all xkcd comics could have transcripts like this one, my uninformed ass might actually get half the jokes. :D

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Check out explain xkcd then

[-] omgarm@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago

It's been a while since I had electronics in Uni but this seems accurate.

[-] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, someone will eventually come and tell you that it isn't.

[-] meatand2veg@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could resist the urge... But... Uh... The transcript incorrectly labels the symbol for capacitor, it's actually the NEMA symbol for a contactor. Had to make sure I wasn't sobbing my foot in my mouth. Capacitor symbol is extremely similar, but the right side needs to be bent like a parentheses foot it to be a capacitor like -|(-

[-] Contortion@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I'm getting the urge to listen to Metallica

[-] xuxebiko@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

This is hilarious.

[-] deliverator05@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry but the symbol labelled as a wave pool is not an oscillator, it's an AC voltage source.

[-] AgnosticMammal@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't AC an oscillated DC?

this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
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