Engineering Standards

2023-11-20 · 3 min read

These are hardware standards that I frequently reference:

Systems

  • ISO 12100 Safety of Machinery, General principles for design, Risk assessment and risk reduction
  • ISO 13849 Safety of Machinery, Safety-related parts of control systems
  • VDI 2206 Design methodology for mechatronic systems

Mechcanical

  • ASME Y14.1M-2012 Drawing sheet size and format
  • ASME Y14.100-2017 Engineering drawing Practices
  • ASME Y14.2 Line Conventions and Lettering
  • ASME Y14.36M-2018 Surface Texture Symbols
  • ASME Y14.41-2019 Digital product definition data practices ( model based definition )
  • ASME Y14.5-2018 Dimensioning and tolerancing
  • AWS A2.4 Symbols for welding
  • IEC 60529-1989 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
  • ISO 286-1 Basis of tolerances, deviations and fits, shafts and bores

Electrical

  • IPC-7251 Generic requirements for through-hole design

  • IPC-7351 Generic requirements for surface mount design

  • IPC-A-620 Requirements and acceptance for cable assemblies

  • ASME-Y14.44 Schematic reference designators

    Refer to the linked page for the full list of designators and components.

    Designator Component
    A Assembly
    BT Battery
    DS Display
    J Jack
    JP Jumper
    K Relay or Contactor
    LS Loudspeaker
    M Motor
    MK Microphone
    P Port
    PS Power Supply
    S Switch
  • IEC-60757 Letter codes for designation of wire colours

    Wire Colour Abbreviation
    BK Black
    BU Blue
    BN Brown
    GN Green
    GY Grey
    OG Orange
    PK Pink
    RD Red
    TQ Turquoise
    VT Violet
    WH White
    YE Yellow