Talk:Electronics Naming Conventions

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<ZetaPhoenix> honestly, I think we should name the electronics after famous electrical scientists. AKA Ohm, Volta, Watt, Tesla etc... <_maxbots_> Good idea! <ZetaPhoenix> one list I found was: http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/people/profiles/famous.html <_maxbots_> Suppose it makes sense to use them alphabetically, so I hereby claim Ampere for my boards. :-) <|-|LoD|-|> I'll take Aardvark then <_maxbots_> Was he a famous electrical scientist? <|-|LoD|-|> Sir Yohan Aardvark, inventor of the electric pickle <_maxbots_> Hmm, somehow missed him. :-) <|-|LoD|-|> Surely you're aware of the recent advances in electric pickle technology. They're using micro-pulses to illuminate the pickles at a much higher brightness than before possible. Soon pickles will replace LEDs <|-|LoD|-|> once they work out the whole 'smelling like a pickle' bit <|-|LoD|-|> (Were I not a lazy man, I would go edit Wikipedia right now) <ZetaPhoenix> Well, I would start by age of when they were important <ZetaPhoenix> so there is some form of order that can grow easily <_maxbots_> Yeah, but Ampere makes a cool name. :-) <ZetaPhoenix> I mean, I dont think we should use Farnsworth (inventor of the TV) before Watt <_maxbots_> Would Volta be first then? <ZetaPhoenix> I think <ZetaPhoenix> we would need to establish some order and figure out what qualifies you. <_maxbots_> Yeah, looking solely at DOB, he is the first <_maxbots_> And Volta is a close second choice. :-) <ZetaPhoenix> I just found that link, but was there much more b4 him? <_maxbots_> No, he seems to be the first <_maxbots_> Not an expert on the history of electricity, but he is the first that I remember

• ZetaPhoenix quickly does a search on the history of electricity

<ZetaPhoenix> http://www.ideafinder.com/features/smallstep/electricity.htm <ZetaPhoenix> another good list: http://www.code-electrical.com/historyofelectricity.html <_maxbots_> That last one doesn't even list Volta unless I'm just missing it <ZetaPhoenix> as will all things on the internet everything you read is correct (AKA take everything with a grain of salt). <_maxbots_> I think the first list you found is sufficient, and it give me the much better name of Volta rather than Franklin. :--) <ZetaPhoenix> I agree <ZetaPhoenix> but I do think a table should be devised in the reprap wiki <_maxbots_> Fair enough, but not yet... Otherwise Camiel may claim Volta. :-) <ZetaPhoenix> lol <_maxbots_> Though I will leave the ethics of that decision up to others. :-) <ZetaPhoenix> well, he can keep "Gen6" as gen 4 and 5 have not been released

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<_maxbots_> Just didn't see it, so thought it must be the one I was looking at, but it ois there <ZetaPhoenix> http://www.reprap.org/wiki/Electronics_Naming_Conventions <_maxbots_> You should ad Franklin to the list so the Gen 6 can be named Franklin. :-) <ZetaPhoenix> ... its on there <_maxbots_> Oh, see he is there. :-) <_maxbots_> Yeah <ZetaPhoenix> like I said, unordered <_maxbots_> Didn't see the unordered bit <_maxbots_> ;-) <_maxbots_> Shit... All this work and it occurs to me that there is no way I can fit this hole board in a 3x4 space <_maxbots_> I could do it in DesignSpark if I had the patience to learn a new program right now. <ZetaPhoenix> one thought is to only use more common names ex. vota, joule, watt, ohm. I had not hear of Siemens, Coulomb, Seebeck (which is how thermocouples work) <ZetaPhoenix> what are you running into? <_maxbots_> Well, Siemens is one of the biggest companies in the world <ZetaPhoenix> ... but in the electrical term