TommyT-Bone wrote:

If the pics were just a little bit bigger I'd be able to see it in more detail.

bogus wrote:
lets see.. it is a solid state device... controlling current flow... so it will get hot.

that's why they have that big aluminum thing on it. and why it is in the air box.

As for bits... the blue things are capacitors... the black things are mosfets of some sort. my guess? a fet or fets failed. They die over time.

the goo? it's a moisture barrier...

Matatk wrote:

Good explanation, Andy.

"The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. Although the MOSFET is a four-terminal device with source (S), gate (G), drain (D), and body (B) terminals,[1] the body (or substrate) of the MOSFET often is connected to the source terminal, making it a three-terminal device like other field-effect transistors. Because these two terminals are normally connected to each other (short-circuited) internally, only three terminals appear in electrical diagrams. The MOSFET is by far the most common transistor in both digital and analog circuits, though the bipolar junction transistor was at one time much more common."

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Matatk wrote:

Good explanation, Andy.

"The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. Although the MOSFET is a four-terminal device with source (S), gate (G), drain (D), and body (B) terminals,[1] the body (or substrate) of the MOSFET often is connected to the source terminal, making it a three-terminal device like other field-effect transistors. Because these two terminals are normally connected to each other (short-circuited) internally, only three terminals appear in electrical diagrams. The MOSFET is by far the most common transistor in both digital and analog circuits, though the bipolar junction transistor was at one time much more common."

Very Good.

Now explain propagation delay in a circuit.

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Matatk wrote:

Good explanation, Andy.

"The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. Although the MOSFET is a four-terminal device with source (S), gate (G), drain (D), and body (B) terminals,[1] the body (or substrate) of the MOSFET often is connected to the source terminal, making it a three-terminal device like other field-effect transistors. Because these two terminals are normally connected to each other (short-circuited) internally, only three terminals appear in electrical diagrams. The MOSFET is by far the most common transistor in both digital and analog circuits, though the bipolar junction transistor was at one time much more common."

Very Good.

Now explain propagation delay in a circuit.

"propagation delay is the length of time starting from the point that the input to a logic gate becomes stable and valid, to the time that the output of that logic gate is stable and valid. Often this refers to the time required for the output to reach from 10% to 90% of its final output level when the input changes. Reducing gate delays in digital circuits allows them to process data at a faster rate and improve overall performance."

How's that?

BillH wrote:
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Matatk wrote:

Good explanation, Andy.

"The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals. Although the MOSFET is a four-terminal device with source (S), gate (G), drain (D), and body (B) terminals,[1] the body (or substrate) of the MOSFET often is connected to the source terminal, making it a three-terminal device like other field-effect transistors. Because these two terminals are normally connected to each other (short-circuited) internally, only three terminals appear in electrical diagrams. The MOSFET is by far the most common transistor in both digital and analog circuits, though the bipolar junction transistor was at one time much more common."

Very Good.

Now explain propagation delay in a circuit.

"propagation delay is the length of time starting from the point that the input to a logic gate becomes stable and valid, to the time that the output of that logic gate is stable and valid. Often this refers to the time required for the output to reach from 10% to 90% of its final output level when the input changes. Reducing gate delays in digital circuits allows them to process data at a faster rate and improve overall performance."

How's that?

Perfect, maybe that's why the feet on the chip carriers I usta sell kept getting smaller and smaller.

Matatk wrote:

Shoes were too expensive, so they figured the smaller the feet, the smaller the shoe, the smaller the cost.

BillH wrote:
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Matatk wrote:

Shoes were too expensive, so they figured the smaller the feet, the smaller the shoe, the smaller the cost.

The way I heard it was: The smaller the feet, the smaller the........nevermind.