Wire size and Resistance

I started a new page yesterday in regards to Wire Gauge vs Resistance.
As I get started on it the page my offer a faster alternative to deciphering the larger Copper Wire Gauge table.

Other then that I don't have much to say. I'll keep working on it......

Equipment Cable Runs

A new page was added to the section on How to Design an Equipment Chassis. The new page covers Cable Data Rates vs. Cable Length. Of course it's a new page that was only added over the week end; but, it does have a nice graph that shows Cable length vs Data Rate.

Now there's not a big calling for cable length data within a 16 inch chassis, but this section does cover rack gear as well. So rack to rack cable length could be a concern. Also the new page will support articles on Cable Assemblies and other pages relating to rack and chassis cable selection. So the page may not be all that relevant to chassis design, but it can't hurt. Plus soon other pages that do relate to cable length will soon be pointing to it, so it should be a nice addition to the web site once some data and text is added to it.

The group of pages that make up the electronic chassis design consists of about 50 pages.
Worst performing pages; looks like a tie between two pages;
Rack Mounted Temperature Alarm Units.
Rack Mounted Air Flow Alarm Units.

Designing an Equipment Chassis

Two new pages have been added to the section covering How to Design an Electronic Chassis. The section spans about 44 html pages and attempts to cover all the issues when designing an Electronic Equipment Chassis.

The two new pages cover Wire Selection, and AC Power Modules. However; over the same time there have also been a few pages that were up-dated, including; Connector Dust Caps, Slot By-Pass Cards, Chassis Wire Selection, Slot Filler Panels, and a few others.

At any rate, there is now more information in the section that cover more topics in greater detail. There were other pages updated not listed here, but these were the major updates.

The hits to this section are down a bit over the last year, but only by about 50 visits a week, or 200 a month. It could be the reduction in hits is just due to the time of year..... What ever, any way the up-dates will not be seen by Google for several weeks.

The Bounce rate for this section hovers around 60%.

Manufacturers of Coaxial Cable

I added a new page off the wire/cable manufacturers page. The cable manufacturers page has always been to large, and I've been moving sections off the main page for a few months. The new page that covers the listing is located on the Coaxial Cable Manufacturers page.

I put links on it to a few other pages, including a better definition of Coax cable, and a link to How-to-Derate Cable based on temperature rise. The chart of Operation Frequency ranges for connectors may also be of interest.

Not sure, but I also added a listing for an MC-10 serial interface ~ obsolete. Guess I need to check the external link report again

American Wire Gauge Table

Off the American Wire Gauge [AWG] page I added the following links;
A chart of different Wire Gauge standards,
AWG sizes in metric,
AWG table for 25C and 65C,
Equivalent Cross section of wire
Monel wire table,
Nichrome wire table,


Also under the Conversion page, I added these new links:
Table of Logarithms,
Square Centimeters to Square Inches Conversion Chart,
Centimeters to Inches Conversion Chart,
Grams to Ounces Conversion Chart.

All of these pages are holding charts or tables indicated by their page titles. The charts are picture files.

Brown and Sharpe Wire Gauge

I added a notes page to address the Brown and Sharpe company and its link to the American Wire Gauge. The link is off the main AWG page. Many pages on the web make note of the Brown and Sharpe table, but the reference is really outdated.

I also added a page which details the Right Hand Rule, linked off the Electronic Glossary page.

Also up-dated a few other pages;
Interface Buses, starting with the letter "C",
Engineering Abbreviations, letter "On",
Engineering Abbrevations, letter "Me",
Engineering Abbrevations, letter "Ma",
Engineering Abbrevations, letter "Ha"
Engineering Glossary of Terms, Letter "Es",
Engineering Glossary of Terms, Letter "Ja",

Most of these page up-dates were very minor.