Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

pull-down resistor

Romanian translation:

Rezistenţa de coborâre la "0"

Mar 15, 2010 16:54
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English term

pull-down resistor

GBK English to Romanian Tech/Engineering Electronics / Elect Eng
Definition from Sealevel Systems, Inc.:
A resistor used to pull a logic input "down" to the low state, or logic-0 state, thus preventing a disconnected input from floating into an undetermined state.
Example sentences:
If the pull-down resistor is not there, the bridge chip could think that the attached device is a master when it is a slave or could think that it is a slave when it is really a master. Because of this you should be safe and add the pull-down resistor. (Cypress Semiconductor Corporation)
If your PIC's pins are set to INPUT, they will be floating (high impedance). In that case, you would still need pull-up or pull-down resistors for an external CMOS device that was getting input from that pin of the PIC. (All About Circuits)
These USB devices have a default power-up state of logic high, because they have an internal pull-up resistor. Attaching an external pull-down resistor will note yield a logic low start up state. (National Instruments Corporation)
Proposed translations (Romanian)
5 +2 Rezistenţa de coborâre la "0"
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Mar 15, 2010 16:35: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Mar 15, 2010 16:54: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"

Mar 18, 2010 17:54: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"

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May 29, 2010 20:54: changed "Stage" from "Selection" to "Completion"

Discussion

ION CAPATINA Apr 10, 2010:
REZISTENTA DE COBORARE Sugerez traducerea in functie de context dupa cum urmeaza:
Cand textul vorbeste mai mult de componentele electronice si mai putin de partea logica, as traduce "rezistenta de coborare".
Exemplu: "rezistenta de coborare face conectarea la masa"
Cand se accentueza pe partea logica a circuitului, folosim
"Rezistenta de coborare la (starea logica) 0".

Proposed translations

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Selected

Rezistenţa de coborâre la "0"

Rezistenta de coborare la "0" ca si Rezistenta de ridicare la "1" sunt folosite pentru a nu permite "stari neclare" unde sistemul electronic crede ca este logic "1" cand este de fapt "0" si viceversa.
Definition from own experience or research:
Cand un dispozitiv exterior este deconectat de la intrarea porţii unui CMOS(sau alt dispozitiv electronic), ***rezistenţa de coborâre la "0" ***face conectarea la inpamântare, asigurând astfel un nivel logic "0" la intrarea CMOS.
Example sentences:
Atât rezistenţele de ridicare la "1" cât şi cele de coborâre la "0" sunt folosite in circuitele logice electronice pentru a asigura că intrările la sistemele logice se stabilizează la valorile logice aşteptate atunci când se deconectează dispozitivele externe de impedanţă mare. (Wikipedia)
This example is for a pull up resistor, to show consistency in definition, and it's from a Romanian article. “ Pentru ca atunci când nu există activitate pe magistrală toate liniile să aibă acelaşi potenţial, acestea se conectează prin rezistenţe de ridicare la “1”.” (Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj)
"Cand intrerupatorul este inchis, poarta CMOS-ului va citi o intrare clara logica "1". Cand intrerupatorul este deschis, rezistenta de coborare la "0" va face conectarea la pamantare necesara pentru a consolida un nivel logic sigur "0" pe intrarea CMOS-ului." (ALL ABOUT CIRCUITS - CMOS gate circuitry)
Peer comment(s):

agree Andreea Bostan
6 days
Multumesc mult, Andreea!
agree Roxana Nechita
71 days
Mulţumesc, Roxana!
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