World Circuit can mean World Circuit record label , a famous world music record label. Formula One Grand Prix video game , a racing simulator video game known as World Circuit in the US. disamb ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Expand further date March 2011 An irreversible circuit is a circuit whose inputs cannot be reconstructed from its outputs. Such a circuit, of necessity, consumes energy. See also reversible computing . DEFAULTSORT Irreversible Circuit Category Integrated circuits Compu stub ... more details
Valencia circuit can refer to two motor racing venues Circuit Ricardo Tormo , a permanent road course used for Moto GP , World Touring Car Championship WTCC and Formula One F1 winter testing . Valencia Street Circuit , a street circuit around the city of Valencia, Spain Valencia , used for the European Grand Prix . disambiguation ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 Wu an Circuit was a circuit administrative division circuit of China during the Tang dynasty . It was formed by the expansion and renaming of the Qinhua Circuit . See also Tang dynasty History of the administrative subdivisions of China china hist stub Category Tang Dynasty ... more details
The term Open circuit may refer to Open circuit scuba , a type of SCUBA diving equipment where the user breathes from the set and then exhales to the surroundings without recycling the exhaled air Open circuit test , a method used in electrical engineering to determine the impedance in the excitation branch of a real transformer Open circuit voltage , the difference of electrical potential between two terminals of a device when there is no external load connected An electric circuit is an open circuit if it lacks a complete path between the positive and negative terminals of its power source See also Closed circuit disambiguation Short circuit disambiguation Open system disambiguation disambig ... more details
In telecommunication , an interchange circuit is a Telecommunication circuitcircuit that facilitates the exchange of data and Signalling telecommunication signaling information between data terminal equipment DTE and data circuit terminating equipment DCE . An interchange circuit can carry many types of signals and provide many types of service features, such as control signals, timing signals, and common return functions. References FS1037C telecomm term stub Category Communication circuits Category Telecommunications terms ... more details
Multiple issues confusing February 2010 rewrite February 2010 expert February 2010 Circuit court is the name ... II instituted the custom of having judges ride around the countryside ride circuit each year to hear ..., the term circuit court is derived from the practice of having judges ride around the countryside ... would ride the circuit in Illinois. In more settled areas, a stagecoach would be used. Eventually the legal .... Most of these local judicial circuits have been thus replaced. Republic of Ireland Main Circuit Court Ireland In the Republic of Ireland the Circuit Court is part of the Courts of First Instance ... established as the Circuit Court of Justice under the Courts of Justice Act 1924 and replaced ... on the civil side and the Court of Criminal Appeal on the criminal side. The Circuit Court is so called ... one Circuit Court, a sitting of the Circuit Court in any particular location is referred to as name of town Circuit Court, e.g. Trim Circuit Court. The High Court also sits on circuit twice yearly, though this is called the High Court on Circuit rather than a circuit court. In this case on circuit means ... States , circuit courts were first established in the British Empire British Thirteen Colonies . In 1789, the United States circuit court s were United States federal courts established in each United States federal judicial district federal judicial district . These circuit courts exercised both original ... jurisdiction formerly exercised by the United States circuit courts is now exercised by the United ... courts of appeals , which were known as the United States circuit courts of appeals from its establishment ... 11 regional circuits as well as a United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit DC Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Federal Circuit . Note ... for the Second Circuit Second Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Third Circuit , are based at a single federal courthouse, while others, such as the large United ... more details
. These can save printedcircuit board space and are especially useful when building prototype s or populating ... none stripe pin 1 2 Printedcircuit board PCB round square Less reliable methods of determining polarity ...Cleanup date December 2008 Image LED circuit.svg right thumb 200px Simple LED circuit diagram In electronics , the basic LED circuit is an electrical electric power Electric circuitcircuit used to power a LED light emitting diode or LED. The simplest such circuit consists of a voltage source and two ... the ballast resistor , and an LED. Optionally, a switch may be introduced to open and close the circuit ... 3. Building a Project Using a Basic LED Circuit publisher Newnes location Oxford England year 1997 isbn 0 7506 9898 5 quote As you can see in Figure 3 1, there are just four components in an LED circuit ... component or circuit to form a continuity tester . ref name isbn0 17 448277 9 cite book author ... Cheltenham year 2000 isbn 0 17 448277 9 quote A fuse or filament bulb placed to complete the circuit will show whether the bulb or fuse is good. page 116 ref Although simple, this circuit is not necessarily the most energy efficient circuit to drive an LED, since energy is lost in the resistor ... drop, specified at the intended operating current. Ohm s law and Kirchhoff s circuit laws are used ... circuit is used in a wide range of applications, including many consumer appliances. ref name isbn0 ... Sebastopol, CA year 2003 pages isbn 0 596 00362 5 quote This simple LED circuit or variations ... AC . A CR dropper resistor capacitor circuit followed by a full wave rectifier is the usual electrical ... to an appropriate low voltage, without wasting power, with a very simple circuit a disadvantage is that there may ... into a circuit in the same way as a photodiode , which is essentially the same thing, the LED will perform ... green light, but not to yellow or red light. Additionally, the LED can be multiplexed in such a circuit ... LED. ref name Bent See also Portal Electronics Ohm s law Kirchhoff s circuit laws References Reflist ... more details
Circuit City may refer to Circuit City Stores , a defunct U.S. consumer electronics retailer 1949 2009 CircuitCity.com , an online retailer launched in 2009 under the retailer s former domain name by Systemax. The Source retailer The Source , formerly The Source by Circuit City , the Canadian division of the original company. disambig ... more details
In telecommunication , the term simplex circuit has the following meanings A Telecommunication circuitcircuit that provides transmission telecommunications transmission in one direction only. Deprecated definition A circuit using ground return and affording communication in either direction, but in only one direction at a time. The above two definitions are contradictory however, both are in common use. Because of this, the nature of the service specified by this term should always be verified. See also Simplex communication References FS1037C MS188 Category Communication circuits Category Telecommunications terms telecomm term stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Single Name Circuit no musume Cover Circuit no Musume.JPG Artist Puffy AmiYumi Released 1997 Format CD single Recorded Genre J pop Last single Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi br 1996 This single Circuit no musume br 1997 Next single Nagisa ni matsuwaru etc. br 1998 Circuit no musume is the third single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi . It was released on March 12, 1997. Track listing Circuit no Musume Wild Girls on CircuitCircuit no Musume Original Karaoke Puffy AmiYumi DEFAULTSORT Circuit No Musume Category Puffy AmiYumi songs Category 1997 singles Category Oricon Weekly number one singles Category Japanese language songs Japan music stub ja ... more details
In telecommunication , a cord circuit is a telephone switchboard switchboard Electronic circuitcircuit in which a plug terminated cord is used to establish connections manually between User telecommunications user lines or between trunks and user lines. A number of cord circuits are furnished as part of the switchboard position equipment. The cords may be referred to as front cord and rear cord or trunk cord and station cord. In modern cordless switchboards, the cord circuit function is switch operated and may be Computer program programmable . In early and middle 20th century telephone exchange s this task was done by a supervisory relay set known variously as Junctor Circuit or District Junctor . Later designs made it a function of the trunk circuit or absorbed it into software. See also Switched loop References FS1037C MS188 Category Telephony equipment telecommunications stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 A diode OR circuit is used in electronics to isolate two or more voltage sources. There are two typical implementations When a DC supply voltage needs to be generated from one of a number of different sources, for example when terminating a parallel SCSI bus, a very simple circuit like this can be used Image Diode OR.png In digital circuit digital electronics a diode OR circuit is used to derive a simple Boolean logic function. This kind of circuit was once very common in Diode transistor logic but has been largely replaced by CMOS in modern electronics Image DTL npn nand.png DEFAULTSORT Diode Or Circuit Category Logic gates Electronics stub ... more details
A pneumatic circuit is an interconnected set of components that convert compressed gas usually air into mechanical work . In the normal sense of the term, the circuit must include a compressor or compressor fed tank. Components The circuit comprises the following components Active components Gas compressor Compressor Transmission lines Pressure vessel Air tank Pneumatic hoses Open atmosphere for returning the spent gas to the compressor Valve s Passive components Pneumatic cylinder s The following devices operate using compressed gases, but are not normally thought of as being pneumatic circuits Gun s Rocket s Refrigerator s Internal combustion engine s Scuba set s See also Pneumatics Circuit Fluidics Circuit dynamics External links http www.pinomatik.com pneumatic reciprocating circuit Category Pneumatics fluiddynamics stub es Circuito neum tico ... more details
Qinhua Circuit Chinese language Chinese small traditional characters t small linktext , small simplified characters s small linktext , small pinyin p small Q nhu d o was a military governor&ndash level circuit administrative division circuit of China during the Tang Dynasty . Its capital was Tanzhou modern Changsha . History Qinhua Circuit was a promotion of the earlier Hunan Circuit for Min Xu . Following his death and its expansion, it was later renamed the Wu an Circuit . See also Tang Dynasty History of the administrative divisions of China china hist stub Category Tang Dynasty ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A circuit , in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS , is a local grouping of congregations within one of the Synod s Districts of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 35 districts . Circuits typically include 8 to 12 congregations. In order to send a pair of delegates to the triennial Synodical convention, a circuit must have between seven and twenty congregations with a combined total of between 1,500 and 10,000 Confirmation sacrament Anglican Episcopal and Lutheran views confirmed members however, Synod by laws allow the president of the Synod to make exceptions upon the request of a district s board of directors. In some situations where a circuit includes numerous small congregations spread over a large area, the circuit may be subdivided for visitation purposes but still count as a single circuit for voting purposes. A circuit counselor is a pastor who helps to oversee the other pastors within a circuit. The position is best understood as a peer advisor, as the LCMS has traditionally been strongly congregationalist polity congregational , as opposed to episcopal polity hierarchical , in its extra congregational structure. Nevertheless, there is a district president over the circuit counselors who is ultimately responsible for the pastors and congregations generally numbering 100 300 in his district. See also Circuit preacher DEFAULTSORT Circuit Lcms Category Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Category Christian group structuring ... more details
A Boolean circuit is a mathematical model of computation used in studying computational complexity theory . Boolean circuits are the main object of study in circuit complexity and are a special kind of circuit computer theory circuit s a formal language can be decided by a family of Boolean circuits, one circuit for each possible input length. In addition, they are used as a formal model for combinational logic in digital electronics . Boolean circuits are defined in terms of the logic gate logic gates they contain. For example, a circuit might contain binary function binary AND and OR gates and unary NOT gates, or be entirely described by binary NAND gate s. Each gate corresponds to some Boolean function that takes k bits as input and outputs a single bit. Several important complexity measures can be defined on Boolean circuits, including circuit depth, circuit size, and number of alternations. In a circuit family, we consider the size complexity of a family, for example, to be the function of n that gives the size of the circuit that decides inputs of length n. Several important complexity ... and polylogarithmic depth. Here, the word uniform means that there must be some condition on the circuit family so that a description of a circuit can be computed from its index, n. Formal definition ... set B of Boolean functions, corresponding to the gates allowable in the circuit model. A Boolean circuit over a basis B , with n inputs and m outputs, is then defined as a finite directed acyclic ... Vollmer 1999, p. 9. ref Evaluation of a circuitCIRCUIT EVAL is a theoretical problem explained by Sanjeev Arora and Boaz Barak which takes the description of a Boolean circuit and a truth assignment to the variables of the circuit as inputs, and accepts only if the circuit evaluates to true. This problem ... to Circuit Complexity year 1999 publisher Springer location Berlin isbn 3 540 64310 9 refend See also Circuit satisfiability Logic gate Boolean logic DEFAULTSORT Boolean Circuit Category Computational ... more details
Motorsport venue Name Circuit de Pedralbes Location Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain Time GMT 1 Image Image Circuit Pedralbes.png 250px Pedralbes street circuit Events Formula One br Spanish Grand Prix Length km 6.316 Length mi 3.925 Turns 6 Record time 2 16.93 166.053 km h Record driver Juan Manuel Fangio Record team Alfa Romeo Formula One Alfa Romeo Record year 1951 The Pedralbes Circuit was a 6.316 km 3.925 mi street racing course near Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . First opened in 1946 in the western suburbs of the city, in the Pedralbes neighbourhood, the course featured wide streets and expansive, sweeping corners both drivers and racing fans loved the course. The course hosted two Formula One Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix in the early 1950s, but the 1955 Le Mans disaster Le Mans Disaster of 1955 meant stricter safety rules and the Pedralbes Circuit was permanently retired as a racing venue. External links http maps.google.com maps?f q&hl en&q Barcelona, Spain&ie UTF8&z 15&ll 41.387885,2.116799&spn 0.014167,0.043259&t k&om 1 Satellite picture by Google Maps Formula One circuits coord 41 23 25 N 2 7 0 E type landmark display title Category Formula One circuits Category Motorsport venues in Catalonia Category Spanish Grand Prix Category Motorsport venues in Spain Category Les Corts district bg ca Circuit de Pedralbes de Circuit de Pedralbes es Circuito de Pedralbes eo Kurejo de Pedralbes fr Circuit Pedralbes gl Circu to de Pedralbes it Circuito di Pedralbes lt Trasa Pedralbes hu Circuit de Pedralbes nl Pedralbes Circuit ja pl Pedralbes Circuit pt Circuito de Pedralbes ru sl Pedralbes Circuit fi Pedralbes Circuit sv Circuito de Pedralbes ... more details
Image Mofset driver ADP3418.jpg thumb 220px The driver ADP3418 chip bottom left , used for driving high power field transistors in voltage converters. Above it is seen next to such a transistor 06N03LA , probably driven by that driver. In electronics , a driver is an electrical circuit or other electronic component used to control another circuit or other component, such as a high power transistor . They are usually used to regulate current flowing through a circuit or is used to control the other factors such as other components, some devices in the circuit. The term is often used, for example, for a specialized integrated circuit that controls high power switches s in switched mode power converter s. An amplifier can also be considered a driver for loudspeaker s, or a constant voltage circuit that keeps an attached component operating within a broad range of input voltage s. Typically the driver stage s of a circuit requires different characteristics to other circuit stages. For example in a transistor power amplifier, typically the driver circuit requires current gain, often the ability to discharge the following transistor bases rapidly, and low output impedance to avoid or minimise distortion. External links http www.datasheetarchive.com search.php?q ADP3418&sType part&ExactDS Starts ADP3418 electronics stub Category Analog circuits ... more details
In telecommunication , circuit restoration is the process by which a communication s Telecommunication circuitcircuit is established between two users after disruption or loss of the original circuit. The loss may be widespread due to a natural disaster like an ice storm or hurricane , or local by being cut underground in construction or damaged in a thunderstorm or car accident . Circuit restoration is usually performed in accordance with planned Procedure term procedures and priorities. Restoration may be effected automatically, such as by switching to a hot spare hot standby , or manually, such as by manual patch cord patch ing. FS1037C Category Communication circuits telecom stub ... more details
Motorsport venue Name Llandow Circuit Nicknames Location Llandow , Vale of Glamorgan , Wales Time GMT Coordinates Image Image caption Opened 1963 Closed Events Track Days br Club Racing Length km 1.45 Length mi 0.9 Turns Record time Record driver Record team Record class Record year Llandow Circuit is a Auto racing motorsport circuit at Llandow , Vale of Glamorgan , convert 15 mi km 0 south west of Cardiff , Wales . As one of the smaller Circuits in the UK, Llandow offers a unique opportunity for Novice and Intermediate users to enjoy some technically challenging corners in a controlled environment. Llandow Circuit is available for of Testing, Trackdays and hire for exclusive events. Llandow Kart Club Llandow Kart Circuit , run by South Wales Karting Centre, is immediately adjacent to the main circuit. History Llandow Circuit began life as an airfield, home to early Supermarine Spitfire Spitfires ... Evans at auction in 1961, who with the help of the South Wales Automobile Club created an oval circuit using the runway and perimeter roads. The circuit was opened by Graham Hill in 1963. The circuit ... karting and testing took place Welsh motorsport largely moved to the newly created Pembrey Circuit . Resurfacing ... 2007 07 14 ref The circuit is now available for private and club hire, testing, and Motorcycle sport motorcycle and car track day s. The circuit remains privately owned by the descendants of Jack Evans. Circuit Details Length convert 1.45 km mi 1 Width convert 9 m ft 0 Noise Limitation 105 ... by the circuit and it s near industrial neighbours. The plan by Persimmon and Barrat involves 2,700 homes, two schools and a community centre, but would mean that the circuit is destroyed in the process ... future Llandow Circuit and associated facilities at the caravan park operate as normal ... Circuit official website http www.youtube.com watch?v bsvlv1dp6tk Video of a car doing a lap at Llandow YouTube http www.llandowkartclub.co.uk LLandow Circuit Llandow main.htm Llandow Kart Circuit ... more details
File Grand Prix Monaco96 131954710.jpg thumb The Monaco Grand Prix , held at the Circuit de Monaco , is one ... Series . distinguish Street racing A street circuit is a racing circuit composed by temporarily ... Potrero de los Funes Circuit Potrero de los Funes , Argentina TC 2000, Turismo Carretera, FIA GT Carrera ... Grand Prix Dallas , United States F1 Denver street circuit Denver , United States Champ Car Detroit Indy Grand Prix Belle Isle Park , Detroit , United States Champ Car, IndyCar, ALMS Detroit street circuit ... States Champ Car, ALMS IZOD IndyCar World Championships Fremont Street circuit Las Vegas , United States ... States CART, IMSA Port Imperial Street Circuit , New Jersey, United States F1 Phoenix street circuit ... Champ Car, IndyCar Circuit Trois Rivi res Trois Rivi res , Canada ALMS, Grand Am, NASCAR Molson Indy ... Rod street circuit Montevideo , Uruguay Top Race, AUVo Piri polis street circuit Piri polis , Uruguay F3 Sudamericana, AUVo Punta del Este street circuit Punta del Este , Uruguay TC 2000, AUVo Ribeir o Preto Street Circuit Ribeir o Preto , Brazil Brazilian Stock Car Salvador Street Circuit Salvador ... Circuit Ain Diab , Morocco F1 Marrakech Street Circuit Marrakech , Morocco WTCC Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay , Singapore F1 Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit Thomson Road , Singapore Tripoli Grand Prix Mellaha Lake , Libya Jakarta Street Circuit Jakarta , Indonesia A1GP Guia Circuit Macau Peninsula , Macau F3, WTCC, Superbikes Shanghai Street Circuit Shanghai , People s Republic of China DTM Beijing International Streetcircuit Beijing , People s Republic of China A1GP Zhuhai Street Circuit Zhuhai , People s Republic of China BPR GT Durban street circuit Durban , South Africa A1GP Korea Super Prix Changwon , South Korea F3 Europe Aix les Bains Circuit du Lac , France Assen street circuit Assen , Nederlands MotoGP Masaryk street circuit Brno , Czech Republic GP, ETCC, MotoGP Circuit de Barcelona Barcelona , Spain F1, F3, MotoGP Pirita Kose Kloostrimetsa Circuit Tallinn , Estonia Helsinki ... more details
research article date May 2008 Circuit bending is the creative customization of the circuits within ... spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise ... to experiment with bent instruments. Circuit bending usually involves dismantling the machine and adding components such as switches and potentiometer s that alter the circuit. Experimental process Unreferenced section date May 2008 The circuit bending process has been developed largely by individuals with next to no formalised training in electronic theory and circuit design, experimenting with second ... items will almost inevitably at some time lead to the destruction of the circuit being prodded ... concerned with the consistency and sound design of their instruments. Circuit bending is typified by inconsistencies in the instruments built in an unscientific manner. While many pre fitted circuit ... toy Speak and Spell toys or various Analogman or Pedaldoc guitar pedal circuit modifications. Circuit bending an audio device typically involves removing the rear panel of the device and connecting any two circuit locations with a jumper wire, sending current from one part of the circuit into another ... output. This is repeated in a trial and error basis. Other components added into the circuit ... to light and pressure sensors. The simplest input, and the one most identified with circuit bending ... cb14.html ref where the performer s touch causes the circuit to change the sound. Often metal knobs, plates, screws or studs are wired to these circuit points to give an easier access to these points ... soundart circuitbend cb06.html ref is key element to the practice of circuit bending, there is always ... the chip and make the device inoperable. Before beginning to do circuit bending, a person should ... , and how to avoid risks with AC power plugs and sockets AC power . For safety reasons, a circuit ... which measures voltage, resistance and other factors . It is advised that beginner circuit benders ... more details
Refimprove date August 2009 A linear circuit is an electronic circuit in which, for a Sine wave sinusoidal input voltage of frequency f , any steady state output of the circuit the Electric current current ... circuit design handbook first Hank last Zumbahlen publisher Newnes year 2008 ISBN 0750687037 ref An equivalent definition of a linear circuit is that it obeys the superposition principle . This means that the output of the circuit F x when a linear combination of signals ax sub 1 sub t bx sub 2 sub ... t and x sub 2 sub t applied separately math F ax 1 bx 2 aF x 1 bF x 2 , math Informally, a linear circuit ... , capacitance , inductance , gain , etc. don t change with the level of voltage or current in the circuit. Examples A linear circuit is one that has no nonlinear electronic components in it. Examples of linear circuits are small signal amplifier s, differentiator s, and integrator s, or any circuit ... , and other linear circuit element s. Some examples of nonlinear electronic components are diode ... understanding of the qualitative behavior of the circuit, characterizing it using terms such as gain ... , pole complex analysis pole s, and zero complex analysis zero s. The analysis of a linear circuit can often be done by hand using a scientific calculator . In contrast, Nonlinear element nonlinear circuit ... by electronic circuit simulation computer programs such as SPICE Spice , if accurate results are desired. These can give solutions for any specific circuit, but not much insight into the operation of the circuit in general with different component values or inputs. The behavior of such Linear element linear circuit element s as resistors, capacitors, and inductors can be specified by a single number ... of a nonlinear circuit requires more information than is needed for a linear circuit ... of transistors and integrated circuit s divide their product lines into linear and digital lines, for example ..., to make the real component conform as closely as possible to the ideal model used in circuit theory ... more details
dicdef An autonomous circuit is a Electronic circuitcircuit that produces a time varying output without having a time varying input. Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. electronics stub Category Electronic circuits ... more details
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