Submitted by Fossidarity in AskRaddle
celebratedrecluse wrote
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What areas of rhetoric do you have particular interest/concern with?
What type of electronic devices? Desktop computers are pretty straightforward. Laptops, netbooks, and smartphones are much more difficult, with smartphones being basically impossible to fix yourself (at least, anything glued onto the motherboard- -screens are pretty easy)
Fossidarity OP wrote
I guess the areas of rhetoric I have the most problems with are creating a coherent "story" based on my worldview as a response instead of seemingly random ramblings.
The types of electronic devices I want to repair are big household appliances or audio/stage equipment. Basically everything with a THT layout as opposed to SMD layouts.
rot wrote
This is why I want to solder. Fix my electronics and diy some stuff
celebratedrecluse wrote
Yeah, I get that. Maybe you can try to use analogies to your own lived experience, or experiences that other people have shared/entrusted to you?
What's THT vs. SMD? I googled, but did not find anything fully explanatory
Fossidarity OP wrote
THT/SMD refers to the PCB layout method, THT is through-hole where all components have leads and are soldered through the board, this uses bigger parts. SMD uses very small parts and is very hard to solder by hand and the parts are placed on top of the board, not through it.
celebratedrecluse wrote
Ah, I see. So TVs are laid out THT, but smartphones are SMD?
Fossidarity OP wrote
Well modern TVs are probably also SMD since it's basically a computer.
celebratedrecluse wrote
so older things are done by THT?
Fossidarity OP wrote
Well modern things are also done by THT, SMD has limitations on current that's able to pass through it I think. And SMD is harder to replace so electronics which need to be maintained are also THT in general.
celebratedrecluse wrote
If only smartphones were THT...they'd probably be huge, like 80s phones, though, right? lol
Fossidarity OP wrote
Haha yeah definitely :)
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