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Questions tagged [scope]

This tag is for discussion of what is in scope (on topic) and what isn't.

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Do questions need to be about design and/or specific problem solving?

I have been told that Electrical Engineering.SE is about design questions but while there is a specific design tag not all questions are tagged with design (much less circuit design). There are ...
George Ntoulos's user avatar
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Question on how Microled and Nanoled are designed differently [duplicate]

I have asked the following question in SuperUser.SE. If I asked the question on this site would it be closed? How are NanoLED and MicroLED computer screens designed differently? Mokubai said that ...
George Ntoulos's user avatar
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Question about computer screen

Where would a question about a computer screen (I had a computer screen in mind when I asked the question but maybe the question is more generally about the display technology itself and less about ...
George Ntoulos's user avatar
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Is asking about replacement/change of Micro-USB to USB-C on topic here?

So I have asked where to ask this, both on Meta.SE and SuperUser, and at this point no one sounds too convinced, so I thought I'd ask here first to see if it was on-topic. I have a small Bluetooth ...
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On which site can I ask questions on electronic engineering roles?

In hardware engineering, there are many roles: for example PCB Design engineer, FPGA engineer etc. Can we ask questions like: What are the roles and responsibilities of a FPGA engineer? What are the ...
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Are questions on large scale civil electrical engineering on-topic?

I'd like to ask why it takes years to build a single large grid transformer. Is a question like that on-topic? If it's not on-topic here, would it be on-topic on a different stack?
Nzall's user avatar
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can I ask about how to repair a gaming device

I have a gaming device I want to ask about repairing and want to make sure I can ask it here
Little Bowsette's user avatar
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Topicality of questions pertaining to undocumented features

In chat, I asked about a possible undocumented core temperature sensor in a specific embedded processor. While the discussion itself was helpful, I was told that questions regarding undocumented ...
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Are questions about Solidworks Electrical welcome here?

If I have a question about features of Solidworks Electrical, specifically about it's features to draw schematics for power electronics, would they be welcome here? A possible alternative would be ...
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Same mob of people keep closing my questions. Serial closing?

When ever I ask a question it is always the same group of people down voting and closing my questions and got my banned on questions. Isn't that serial behavior and is not tolerated? It may take ...
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Would questions about peripherals asking in user perspective be on-topic?

As a normal user, sometimes my peripherals don't work as expected. Here is the question I want to ask: I have a PS3 controller, but my computer doesn't recognize it when plugged in for the first ...
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Is your current site name of "Electrical Engineering" responsible for an uptick in question quality?

I was around when this site used to be called Electronics, and I also remember when it was originally called ChipHacker. During this time, I've noticed that the character of the questions being asked ...
Robert Harvey's user avatar
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yogurt on a pid controller: where to ask

I have built a pid controller that I am using to make yogurt, but I am having trouble tuning it because of the change of thermal conductivity during the culture. Where is the best place to ask about ...
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On-topic question migrated to Physics?

Recently, a question about the charge polarity convention was migrated to Physics. On Physics, it will likely be closed as a duplicate of this question or maybe another one. But wouldn't it be on ...
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Are questions about where heat losses go on topic?

Okay, I'm curious if a question related to heat losses is on on topic here. It'd be better to show you what I was going to post than to explain it, so this is what it will be: How is the heat lost ...
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