Not really, not anymore, almost everything is soldered or integrated or pins even the wifi antenna is a trace on the board these days, laptops still have a few but that is just because they don't need to shrink that much but everything from dongles to phones don't have wires these days.
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I would argue the traces on a PCB are the same as wires. They take the same form (highly conductive material thats insulated on all sides) and do the same thing (carry electrical signal between two devices with minimal interference)
Except it's Ridgid was never drawn out or part of a much longer wire, the only similarities it has is it's conductive and all metal is conductive.
I'm pretty sure the battery is connected with wires in most electronics.
Just checked, the Apple Watch doesn't. It's probably the same for most smartwatches but they still have ribbon cables for the display.
Ribbon cable's you say? CABLE'S? Not wire's?
Wire: A single conductor (usually copper or aluminum) that carries electrical current. It may be solid or stranded (multiple small wires twisted together to form a single conductor). Wires can be bare or insulated.
Cable: A cable is a group of two or more insulated conductors (wires) bundled together and often encased in an overall sheath or jacket. Cables are designed for more complex or protected installations and may include shielding, fillers, and armor.
Lol, JK, I'm just splitting hairs.
EDIT: Also if you're talking about the brown translucent ones they are technically FPC (flexible printed circuits) more similar to a circuit board than a cable.
Appreciate the lesson but you just said cables have wires inside.
Edit: I'd also argue that the traces on a FPC very neatly fit the definition of A single conductor that carries electrical current.
If I wasn't being a pedantic ass hole AI might agree that the ribbon cable is made of wires but the only way we can consider a FPC a wire is if we consider the processor a wire because it has individual conductive printed strips and at that point words have no meaning
Also unfortunately for you I am being a pedantic ass hole.
You should have led with that. I love being a pedantic asshole. Is a trace singular? Does it carry electric current?
Someone should do a teardown of the “non-digital” PS5 next.
Spoiler: digits.
There's a digit right there in the name
Fuckin' lies!
"Those aren't wires. They're cables." 😌
They're cables, Marie!
Buy wireless charging device. Need wire for wireless charger.
I found a usb-c powered wireless charger; for android phones. Whats the point of that when you can just plug the usb cable into the phone directly?
My fiancé's phone's charging port was broken for a while and we had to use a wireless charger. Pain in the ass and very slow!
Nikola Tesla died on the Tesla coil for our sins and this is how we honour his memory?!