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Proposed HWD101 Topics:
* Major components of a digital computer system
** CPU
** Memory
** Storage
** Network connections
** I/O busses
* Electrical Power
** How electrical energy is used in a computer system
** The relationship between energy consumption and heat
** AC vs. DC Power
** Electrical measurement: voltage, current, wattage
** AC Power
*** Wattage vs. VA
*** 110, 207, 220, and other voltage standards
*** 1-phase and 3-phase electrical supplies
*** AC power connectors
*** Power Conversion Factors, harmonics, and spikes
*** Surge suppression
** DC Power
*** Common DC power busses
*** Storing and distributing DC power
** Uninterruptable power supplies
* Cooling
** Working temperatures
** Airflow
** Hot zone/cold zone
* Physical standards
** PCs
*** Mainboard form factors (ATX, ITX, ...)
*** Internal power connectors
*** Power supplies
** 19" Rackmount
*** Rack types
*** Mounting systems
*** "u" height designations
** 23" OCP
*** Rack types
*** Sleds
*** Disaggregation
* Cabling
** Power
*** AC connector types
*** Cable restrictions
** Networking - Copper
*** Cable types (Cat4/Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6/twinax)
*** Connector types (e.g. RJ45, SFP+ DA)
*** Cable restrictions (e.g., minimum bend radius)
*** Cable type tradeoffs (power, latency, cost, distance, ...)
** Networking - Fiber
*** Cable types
*** Connector types
*** Cable restrictions (e.g., minimum bend radius, temperature, ...)
*** Cable type tradeoffs (power, latency, cost, distance, ...)
* Digital data
** Binary states
** Numbering systems
** Coding systems (floating point, characters)
** Units (byte, kb, mb, gb, pb, eb; kib, mib, gib, pib, eib)
** Conversions (binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal)
Proposed HWD101 Topics:
* Major components of a digital computer system
** CPU
** Memory
** Storage
** Network connections
** I/O busses
* Electrical Power
** How electrical energy is used in a computer system
** The relationship between energy consumption and heat
** AC vs. DC Power
** Electrical measurement: voltage, current, wattage
** AC Power
*** Wattage vs. VA
*** 110, 207, 220, and other voltage standards
*** 1-phase and 3-phase electrical supplies
*** AC power connectors
*** Power Conversion Factors, harmonics, and spikes
*** Surge suppression
** DC Power
*** Common DC power busses
*** Storing and distributing DC power
** Uninterruptable power supplies
* Cooling
** Working temperatures
** Airflow
** Hot zone/cold zone
* Physical standards
** PCs
*** Mainboard form factors (ATX, ITX, ...)
*** Internal power connectors
*** Power supplies
** 19" Rackmount
*** Rack types
*** Mounting systems
*** "u" height designations
** 23" OCP
*** Rack types
*** Sleds
*** Disaggregation
* Cabling
** Power
*** AC connector types
*** Cable restrictions
** Networking - Copper
*** Cable types (Cat4/Cat5/Cat5e/Cat6/twinax)
*** Connector types (e.g. RJ45, SFP+ DA)
*** Cable restrictions (e.g., minimum bend radius)
*** Cable type tradeoffs (power, latency, cost, distance, ...)
** Networking - Fiber
*** Cable types
*** Connector types
*** Cable restrictions (e.g., minimum bend radius, temperature, ...)
*** Cable type tradeoffs (power, latency, cost, distance, ...)
* Digital data
** Binary states
** Numbering systems
** Coding systems (floating point, characters)
** Units (byte, kb, mb, gb, pb, eb; kib, mib, gib, pib, eib)
** Conversions (binary, decimal, octal, hexadecimal)