circuitry

Chip's internal network

Circuitry is the system of electrical circuits in a device or machine, or the components that make up such circuits: The phone's circuitry was damaged by water.

The term extends figuratively to any complex network of pathways or connections: the circuitry of the brain, the circuitry of political influence.

components

transistor

Semiconductor signal switch

semiconductor · microchip · amplifier · oscillator · integrated · microcontroller · inductor · rectifier · potentiometer · relay

boards

circuitboard

Electronic component substrate

etching · layer · substrate · mounting · through-hole · surface-mount · silkscreen · via · pad · header

electrical

voltage

Electrical potential difference

amperage · wattage · conductivity · impedance · electrons · charge · flow · conduction · grounding · direct

architecture

network

Interconnected system

lattice · topology · pathway · node · junction · bus · parallel · series · schematic · diagram

signals

transmission

Sending of information

waveform · pulse · bandwidth · carrier · multiplexing · propagation · interference · noise · filtering · analog

complexity

intricate

Elaborately detailed, many parts

labyrinth · web · dense · miniaturized · multilayer · nested · tangled

Categories
Opposites
hardware vs software

circuitrysoftware

Programs directing computer operations

code · programming · source code · firmware · algorithms

electronic vs biological systems

circuitryneural networks

Layered computational learning systems

nervous system · neurons · wetware · brain tissue · synapses

complex interconnection vs simplicity

circuitrydirect connection

Phrases
Family

circuit, circuits, circuitous, circuitously, microcircuit, circuitries, integrated circuit, microcircuits

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