Talk:Electronics Naming Conventions

Original text from #makergear (some spell checking done): <pev> 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 </pev>