User talk:Michagal

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Thank you.Michagal 16:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Zzzapp!"[edit]

With regard to Printed circuit board, I reached the same conclusion that you did with regard to what the editor was trying to say about static sensitivity, yet I couldn't quite get to the point of reverting them because, at some level, even bare boards are static sensitive. Traces have gotten so fine that it's quite possible to blow an etch off the board (or change its characteristics) with a static charge. This is especially true on non-traditional PCBs such as MCMs and microwave PCBs.

I'm not going to revert you reversion, but we might want to express this idea more clearly in the article.

Atlant 13:53, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I might have been little bit overzealous. I will restore the paragraph and mention static-sensitive PCBs.Michagal 14:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I saw your new change -- thanks!

Atlant 16:35, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OpenU Logo[edit]

Hey, you might be correct, seems like more up-to-date logo in my taste. But that's the best I could find from OpenU and I thought it might be nicer. MyWiseData 12:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I produced a larger logo and updated the Open University of Israel.Michagal 13:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Logic_block.svg[edit]

Okay, thanks, the reason it's so small is that it's a vector image and can be re-sized to any size without pixelating. I will change the image to say "inputs" but what do you mean by centred? I've made a change here and added to the article here:article hope it's okay, I know the "output" is rather small but at 600px it's okay. Please let me know if you would like further changes.Wolfmankurd 11:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Current mode logic[edit]

I noticed you removed a statement from the ECL article that said ECL was sometimes known as Current mode logic. I was suspicious of that statement too. How do you know current mode logic isn't another name for ECL? also, do you think the Current mode logic article, poor as it is, even refers to the correct type of logic? (I am watching this page and you can reply here, if you want.) --Gerry Ashton 15:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. ECL has originally been defined as a negative voltage transmission standard (-5V supply if I am not mistaken). Now most use LVPECL, but even if LVPECL is implied, the voltage levels are quite different. Just compare LVPECL and CML characteristics of any manufacturer (TI [1] and TI [2] for example). They might be compatible under certain circumstances, but definitely not equal.

As for the poor quality of the new article, it is work in progress. I intend to improve it in the future. It was my aspiration to remove misleading definition as soon as possible. Michagal 16:22, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The two TI links you provided didn't work, but I found other information on the TI site. I wonder if the term current mode logic might have been a phrase for ECL in the distant past, and been reused for this chip-to-chip interface technology. So far I have not found the phrase in any old literature. --Gerry Ashton 16:49, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the firm I am working in these have always been considered as two distinct (though compatible) interfaces. I will look through literature as well. Michagal 07:26, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

At present, the main remaining use of ECL may be as an interface, I really don't know. But in the past it was much more. High end computers of the 1960s through 1990s used ECL for all their logic, at least in the fast parts of the computer (less critical areas of the computer like I/O controllers might have used something slower). By the 1990s chips could contain hundreds of ECL circuits, only a fraction of which communicated off-chip.

Also, the power supplies used by vendors of small-scale-integration (SSI) ECL circuits like Motorola or TI are not the only power supplies that were used. Computer manufacturers that made their own semiconductors would choose whatever supplies suited their technology, and these usually differed from what the SSI vendors were using. --Gerry Ashton 19:14, 4 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Infobox proposal[edit]

I have been trying to nudge the infobox proposal system (Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Proposed) to using subpages which allows for easier development of an infobox, use of discussion page in the process and finally easily preserve all of this with an easier system of activating a completed proposal.

I note that there has been no recent discussion at Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes/Proposed#Electronic_Components and that there already is a Template:Infobox Electronic Component (which in its description links back to the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Infoboxes) - the parameters are different in these two. What, if any further work, or merging of ideas is needed, or should the entry in Wikipedia:List of infoboxes/Proposed now be removed ? David Ruben ^Talk 00:02, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your interest. I started working on the Template:Infobox Electronic Component with the intention to make a standard infobox for basic electronic components: resistor, capacitor, transistor etc. The Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes/Proposed#Electronic_Components infobox seems to me a little bit problematic since it addresses more complex components such as integrated circuits, description of which will inevitably carry proprietary and copyrighted information. It will also serve little useful purpose since Wikipedia will not have an article to every integrated circuit available on the market. It seems reasonable to have an article for basic and generic components.

Therefore it is my opinion that Template:Infobox Electronic Component should be enhanced and improved, and Wikipedia:List_of_infoboxes/Proposed#Electronic_Components should be removed. Respectfully Michagal 07:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC).[reply]

We want you![edit]

This user is interested in
Underwater diving, and the
History of underwater diving

Hello Michagal! We are in the process of starting a WikiProject devoted entirely to Scuba Diving. Our goal is to expand Wikipedia's coverage on SCUBA Diving. I encourage you to check out our project at WP:SCUBA and sign you name to the list of interested Wikipedians! Gr0ff 14:12, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your kind invitation. Michagal 15:03, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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WP:SCUBA Newsletter Issue #1[edit]

Welcome

Since this is the first issue of the WP:SCUBA Newsletter, I wanted to take a moment to welcome you as a charter member. We are starting a project with the goal of organizing an enormous amount of information, but as participation in WP:SCUBA expands, so will our editing power through collaboration. Please feel free to invite other interested Wikipedians to join our project.

Categorization of WP:SCUBA Articles

I believe that we need to adopt a categorization system to begin organizing these articles. Some categories exist, such as Category:Diving equipment, and can be utilized. The end goal should be to have a set of general categories (less than ten I would hope) that can be used to categorize ALL articles that fall under the scope of this project. Subcategories can then be utilized where needed. This will also help us identify where work needs to be done to further the WikiProject as a whole. Please post comments at the bottom of this page and let me know what you think.

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YMCA SCUBA

It has been my personal goal to start creating articles to cover all of the major scuba diver certification agencies, and categorize them as Category:Diver training agency. On the List of diver training organizations YMCA SCUBA links to YMCA (diving organization), which then redirects to YMCA. The problem is that the YMCA article doesn't discuss their recreational diving program anywhere. I would like to start a separate YMCA Scuba article using the information on their Official Site, and fix the redirect at YMCA (diving organization) to point to the new article. I invite you to post your thoughts and opinions on these actions on my talk page.

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