Re: Bad Circuits in the Wild

On Sun, 11 May 2008 18:28:13 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

D from BC wrote:

Big schematics frighten people. :)

Big schematics frighten small minds.

My mind is 7 3/8" (same as my hat size). I don't know if that small,
medium, or large.

I hate big schematics, cut into small pieces. Trying to follow the
signal flow, through literally hundreds of mislabeled connections,
splattered over multiple pages containing oversized component symbols
and unfathomable notes, is (to me) frightening. I much prefer to have
a giant schematic, on preferably one or two pages, than dozens of
small schematics. In their radio products, Motorola duz it right,
with huge foldouts (sometimes 4ft long), containing as much of the
schematic as practical.

Drivel: Once (and only once) upon a time, I decided to do something
different. Instead of scribbling the schematic in the traditional
left to right signal flow, I did it in the opposite direction. I find
it difficult to read right to left schematics, so I figured it would
do something between inspire comments to incite a riot. I was fully
prepared with an arsenal of excuses (i.e. Hebrew goes from right to
left). Absolutely nothing happened and nobody said a word. Drafting
merrily laid out the circuit board, tech pubs merrily printed it as it
was drawn, and none of the dealers ever mentioned it. Eventually,
somone in drafting asked if I would do it again, as it was easier to
layout the TO-5 transistors without having to run a trace to the base
between the emitter and collector. Sigh.

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