Attenuator symbol

A box with input and control logic on one side, and output on the other. Or, you could put the control logic on the top or bottom.

Hope This Helps! Rich

Here's a picture of one:

Eh, I was thinking more of a GaAs MMIC DC-13GHz attenuator... I'm kind of a stickler for meaningful symbols. I guess a block with ATT written in it will have to do.

The signal processing block diagram symbol for an attenuator is a rectangular box with a resistor symbol in the middle (unconnected). I'd probably use one of those with a diagonal arrow through it.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

IMHO text is better than a symbol, else it quickly becomes obscure. Last month I drove a truck in Europe. A sign showed up with a truck on there and an orange box on it. Scratched my head, asked my (European) passenger. His answer: "I dunno either". Maybe this road was off limits for truckers carrying orange juice.

No, it was off-limit for trucks carrying dangerous substances. As obscure the sign may be, we can assume that those who it applies to know what it means.

BTW, you saw "Sign 261". Here's the reference:

I like the symbols advising caution (as well as prohibition) for trucks carrying stuff which might contaminate water.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Thanks. It was #269.

That's a lot of signs. This one would probably make an American think that there is a laundromat ahead:

A tourist's dream is to be on a German autobahn in a rented Porsche 911 Turbo and see sign #282 (where the gloves come off and you can step on it).

Yeah, that's a pretty ridiculous one, but again he to whom it concerns will (hopefully) obey it.

I don't know what's better. I'm a big fan of the American signs, which do tend to be somewhat loquacious. But so am I.

robert

Einfahrt and Ausfahrt were the signs that amused me ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Yes, some sound a bit funny. I vividly remember Ausfahrt from a near-crash. VW Rabbit, fully loaded with four other army guys plus baggage in there, me driving. Went onto the Ausfahrt strip which immediately turned off in a rather tight curve, no way to get back onto the autobahn. That's when Murphy struck. The main brake cylinder cracked in half ...

...Jim Thompson

Had a similar experience with that one. Exited into a parking area, wanted to brake, brake pedal gone. This car had a single circuit brake and all the brake fluid was gone. It had a pretty spartan set when it came to sensors and warning lights: Zilch.

The things you do when you're young and poor...

Drove my '61 Dauphine using only the hand brake until master cylinder rebuild kits went on sale.

Likewise ran it down the parking lot at Motorola, jumped in, popped clutch to start it... until batteries went on sale at Sears ;-)

(At least the clutch was a simple cable adjust ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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The last five years or so of my trusty old 2CV it did not even have a battery in there. 6V batteries were very expensive, only VW Bettle drivers could afford those. Also, they didn't have a crank while the 2CV did. Chug, chug, chug, *POOF* .... chug, chug, chug, vrooom. The first phase always cleaned out the exhaust nicely but once the 2nd muffler pot flew off and rolled into the street. Embarrassing.

I also quickly learned why the older 2CVs had a fast-action switch between position lights only and full head lights. Forget to pull that while idle and the engine would stall. I guess they had anticipated that a lot of folks would run them sans battery.

In the spirit of cost reduction the 2CV engineers didn't spring for such luxuries. They just made the pedal travels longer. In my days Renault drivers were considered yuppies with too much money in their pockets.

So, what is it? I'd guess some kind of traffic circle/roundabout, but don't they have inputs and outputs around the circumference? (I don't read, write, or speak German, except maybe "dankeschoen". :-) )

I saw some commercial where some guy ships his Camaro or something to Germany, and the German shipping people ask, "Don't you like the cars in Germany?" and he says, "Nah, that's not it - I don't like the speed limits in America."

Cheers! Rich

It's a roundabout. Most have inputs and outputs. Around 5:00pm there can be more input than output ...

A friend took me along in his new Corvette a couple weeks ago. Now that is a car that can really corner.

How is this: i was in jr. High (US 7th/8th grade 12-14 yo), mom driving me to school, brakes fail, i instruct mom on how to maintain control of car to nearby gas station and stop, top up brake fluid and mom gets home easily. Many years later had friend with bad clutch master cylinder, he had paid several hundreds getting tranny rebuilt only to have symptoms return (can you say sucker?). Helped friend replace master cylinder and slave. Did not get thanks.

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And i did many things like that in my thirties when a divorce snotted my finances.