Electric Wiring Symbols Panels, Circuits, and Miscellaneous Lighting panel

Power panel

Branch circuit concealed in ceiling or wall

Branch circuit concealed in floor

Branch circuit exposed -------Home run to panel board with number of circuits indicated by number of arrows

Generator

Motor

Instrument

Power transformer (or draw to scale)

Controler

Isolating switch

Electronic symbol
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Common circuit diagram symbols (US symbols)

An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of an electrical orelectronic circuit. These symbols can (because of remaining traditions) vary from country to country, but are today to a large extent internationally standardized. Some symbols (such as those of vacuum tubes) became virtually extinct with the development of new technologies.
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1 Standards for symbols 2 Reference designations 3 Gallery of common electronic symbols

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3.1 Resistors 3.2 Capacitors 3.3 Transistors 3.4 Diodes 3.5 Vacuum tubes 3.6 Switches 3.7 Miscellaneous 4 See also 5 References

6 External links

[edit]Standards

for symbols

There are several national and international standards for graphical symbols in circuit diagrams, in particular:

IEC 60617 (also known as British Standard BS 3939) ANSI standard Y32 (also known as IEEE Std 315) Australian Standard AS 1102

Different symbols may be used depending on the discipline using the drawing. For example, lighting and power symbols used as part of architectural drawings may be different from symbols for devices used in electronics. National and local variations to international standards also exist.

[edit]Reference

designations

A reference designator unambiguously identifies a component in an electrical schematic (circuit diagram) or on a printed circuit board (PCB). The reference designator usually consists of one or two letters followed by a number, e.g. R13, C1002. The number is sometimes followed by a letter, indicating that components are grouped or matched with each other, e.g. R17A, R17B. IEEE 315 contains a list of Class Designation Letters to use for electrical and electronic assemblies. For example, the letter R is a reference prefix for the resistors of an assembly, C for capacitors, K for relays. IEEE 200-1975 or "Standard Reference Designations for Electrical and Electronics Parts and Equipments" is a standard that was used to define referencing naming systems for collections of electronic equipment. IEEE 200 was ratified in 1975. The IEEE renewed the standard in the 1990s, but withdrew it from active support shortly thereafter. This standard also has an ANSI document number ANSI Y32.16-1975. They are the same document. This standard codified information from, among other sources, a United States military standard MIL-STD16 which dates back to at least the 1950s in American industry. To replace IEEE 200-1975, a standards body for Mechanical Engineers, ASME, initiated the new standard ASME Y14.44-2008. This standard along with IEEE 315-1975 provide the electrical designer with guidance on how to properly reference and annotate everything from a simple circuit board to a complete enclosure all the way to a collection of these assemblies. It breaks down a system into units, and then any number of sub-assemblies. The Unit is the highest level of demarcation in a system and is always a numeral. Subsequent demarcation are called assemblies and

always have the Class Letter "A" as a prefix following by a sequential number starting with 1. Any number of sub-assemblies may be defined until finally reaching the component. Especially valuable is the method of referencing and annotating cables plus their connectors within and outside assemblies. Examples:

1A1A44J5 - Unit 1, Assembly 1, Sub-Assembly 44, Jack 5 (J5 is a connector on a box referenced as A44)

1A1A45J333 - Unit 1, Assembly 1, Sub-Assembly 45, Jack 333 (J333 is a connector on a box referenced as A45)

A cable connecting these two might be:

1A1W35 - In the assembly A1 is a cable called W35.

Connectors on this cable would be designated:

1A1W35P1 1A1W35P2

ASME Y14.44-2008 continues the convention of Plug P and Jack J when assigning references for connectors in electrical assemblies where a J (or jack) is the more fixed and P (or plug) is the less fixed of a connector pair without regard to the gender of the connector contacts. The construction of reference designators is covered by IEEE 200-1975/ANSI Y32.16-1975 [1] (replaced by ASME Y14.44-2008[2]) and IEEE-315-1975[3]. The table below lists designators commonly used, and does not comply with the standard.

Designator

Component Type

AT

Attenuator

BR

Bridge rectifier

BT

Battery

Capacitor

CN

Capacitor network

Diode (including zeners, thyristors and LEDs)

DL

Delay line

DS

Display

Fuse

FB or FEB Ferrite bead

FD

Fiducial

Jack connector (female)

JP

Link (Jumper)

Relay

Inductor

LS

Loudspeaker or buzzer

Motor

MK

Microphone

MP

Mechanical part (including screws and fasteners)

Plug connector (male)

PS

Power supply

Transistor (all types)

Resistor

RN

Resistor network

RT

Thermistor

RV

Varistor

Switch (all types, including push-buttons)

Transformer

TC

Thermocouple

TUN

Tuner

TP

Test point

Integrated circuit

Vacuum Tube

VR

Variable Resistor (potentiometer or rheostat)

Transducer not matching any other category

Crystal or oscillator

Zener Diode

Component name abbreviations widely used in industry:

AE: aerial, antenna B: battery BR: bridge rectifier C: capacitor CRT:cathode ray tube D or CR: diode DSP:digital signal processor F: fuse FET:field effect transistor GDT: gas discharge tube IC: integrated circuit J: wire link ("jumper") JFET: junction gate field-effect transistor L: inductor LCD:Liquid crystal display LDR: light dependent resistor LED: light emitting diode LS: speaker M: motor MCB: circuit breaker Mic: microphone MOSFET:Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor Ne: neon lamp OP: Operational Amplifier PCB: printed circuit board

PU: pickup Q: transistor R: resistor RLA: RY: relay SCR: silicon controlled rectifier SW: switch T: transformer TFT:thin film transistor(display) TH: thermistor TP: test point Tr: transistor U: integrated circuit V: valve (tube) VC: variable capacitor VFD: vacuum fluorescent display VLSI:very large scale integration VR: variable resistor X: crystal, ceramic resonator XMER: transformer XTAL: crystal Z or ZD: Zener diode

[edit]Gallery

of common electronic symbols

[edit]Resistors

Resistor: American (top) and IEC (bottom)

Potentiometer: American

[edit]Capacitors

Capacitor

Capacitor, polarized (American)

Capacitor, variable

[edit]Transistors

NPN transistor

PNP transistor

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