It is also annoying that the electronics industry prefers the term “mil” for 1 thousands of an inch. Why not use “thou” like machinist use?
Comment on everything actually important is already metric
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks agoExcept in electronics. Everything is still .1 inch headers. We invented too many electronics and it’s stuck now.
nezbyte@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ByteWelder@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Not all of it though. Like JST plugs, barrel connectors, breadboard pin spacing, etc.