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submitted 1 week ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

your track widths and PCB dimensions will be in millimetres

Not milli-inches? Is this a UK thing or have PCB design evolve since I last touched it?

Anyway, milli-inches is one of the funniest unities I've used.

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

We call them thou.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 6 points 1 week ago

Or mils

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dost thou indeed?

[–] MadBob@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Beware he who thous the thou.

[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, thou is industry standard. Never heard of mili inches

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, even though that unit is a thousandth of an inch, it's called mils rather than milli-inches.