DIN? (School Is In) Nerd Fodder

[MEXICOWANDERER]

What Does DIN Stand For?

DIN stands for ‘Deutsches Institut für Normung’ which means ‘German Institute of Standardization’. DIN develops norms and standards as a service to industry, to the state and to society as a whole. It is a registered non profit organization which has been based in Berlin since 1917. It consists of nearly 1,700 members who include individual companies, associations, public authorities, and other organizations from industry, commerce, the trades and research. DIN members support standardization through membership fees and play an active part in the decision making process.

DIN develops standards which lay down general or detailed specifications for products, procedures and services. The DIN EN 45020 defines the term “standard” as a “document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context”. Anyone can submit a proposal for a new standard. Once a proposal has been accepted, a standardization project involves all interested parties, who delegate experts to represent their interests in the work groups overseen by DIN’s Standards Committee.

DIN Standards are consensus based and hence work groups need to arrive at a common standpoint. Developing a standard involves research on technological developments, economic viability and international harmonization. Once discussion has reached the stage of initial agreement, the results are published as a draft and made available to the general public for comment. Comments received are reviewed by the Standards Committee before the standard is finally published.What Does DIN Stand For?

DIN develops standards for virtually every field of product manufacture and development. For example DIN 55561 specifies requirements relating to the use of Braille on packaging. The DIN EN 748 lays down the dimensions, materials and designs for football pitches. The construction and performance of automatic nozzles on fuel dispensers for cars, boats and aircrafts is described in the DIN EN 13012. The physical properties of manual toothbrushes are the subject of the DIN EN ISO 20126 and the DIN 1451 describes the sans-serif typeface that is widely used for administrative and business applications.

What do abbreviations at the beginning of a standards number mean?

DIN: German standard developed solely at national level that has primarily national significance. It may also be the preliminary version of a future supranational document.

DIN EN: European Standard that has been published, unchanged, in Germany.

DIN EN ISO: Increasingly, standards are developed either under the leadership of ISO (International Organization of Standardization) or of CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and then published by both organizations. In Germany these are published as “DIN EN ISOs”.

DIN ISO: ISO standard adopted unchanged as a German Standard.

DIN IEC: IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standard adopted unchanged as a German Standard.

[gotsmart]

I thought this was a DIN - made by... *coughs hard* ...Radio Shack for their Rubberlastic CB radios.

[RedRollingRoadb]

Joe Way wrote:

gbopp wrote:
Or, Do Not Inventory. 🙂

Do Not Inventory = DNI, not DIN

Close enough when you are stuck taking inventory and you really would rather be anywhere else.

[Joe_Way]

gbopp wrote:
Or, Do Not Inventory. 🙂

Do Not Inventory = DNI, not DIN

[Jarlaxle]

MrWizard wrote:
Most people who come into contact with DIN thru audio cables or replacing their vehicle radio

Stereo install single din or double din

Din institute developed the standard that automobile and electronics mfg, now follow regarding sizing and mounting of audio video electronics
They are responsible for most standardized connectors for electronic of all kinds, including computer plugs for mouse, joystick, gaming video etc..
And had little to do with American leading in technology
Or not

Those of old enough remember, when there was no standard size mounting, face plate or design for vehicle radio, and installing anything that did not come from the factory was a diy custom install

And now...it is again.

[j-d]

RLS7201 wrote:
I helped institute ISO 2000 in my work place. It was all about paper work. Didn't improve the quality of any thing. Wouldn't it be great if we were leaders again and not followers. Richard

Your words could be exactly my words. Paper it Over and It'll Look Good. That's what I saw when we implemented ISO where I worked.

There are a few "titles" that carry some weight, like MD, JD, CPA. Then those little one-week seminars that let you tack three letters after your name. I find the ones with email signatures containing a half dozen or more of those to be the Least Competent, the Least Committed, the Least Effective people in the shop.

[rexlion]

Sometimes I have trouble hearing due to all the DIN. 😉

[2DHoop]

gbopp wrote:
Or, Do Not Inventory. 🙂

Or in the maintenance/work order world = Do It Now

[MrWizard]

Most people who come into contact with DIN thru audio cables or replacing their vehicle radio

Stereo install single din or double din

Din institute developed the standard that automobile and electronics mfg, now follow regarding sizing and mounting of audio video electronics
They are responsible for most standardized connectors for electronic of all kinds, including computer plugs for mouse, joystick, gaming video etc..
And had little to do with American leading in technology
Or not

Those of old enough remember, when there was no standard size mounting, face plate or design for vehicle radio, and installing anything that did not come from the factory was a diy custom install

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Thankfully enforced laws regarding standards for measurement are easy to interpret.

Standards for quality are few and far in between. The ISO program seems to be aimed at industry - insuring in some cases that exactly the quality of garbage designed is produced.

I found the I.E.C. standard for computer power cords to be of interest.

The Chinese are masters at producing DC products using hair thin power conductors and wire gauge philosophy from some other galaxy.

[SaltiDawg]

RLS7201 wrote:
Remember when the USA used to be the world leader in technology and standards? I helped institute ISO 2000 in my work place. It was all about paper work. Didn't improve the quality of any thing. Wouldn't it be great if we were leaders again and not followers.

Look how we handled Metrification. About the only remaining vestige of that effort is I can't get a Fifth or Quart of Scotch any longer. (Of course I can get a Quart of Milk.) :S

[RLS7201]

Remember when the USA used to be the world leader in technology and standards? I helped institute ISO 2000 in my work place. It was all about paper work. Didn't improve the quality of any thing. Wouldn't it be great if we were leaders again and not followers.

Richard

[joshuajim]

My welder uses DIN standard connectors for the cables. That means I can buy cables from anyone who follows the DIN standard. Cool!

[j-d]

DIN makes choosing and installing Car Stereo units a lot easier than it used to be! In "late models" I've even found the wiring colors match. I learned quick that

DIN or Single DIN - the common small units

Many fancy units are Double DIN - same width, twice as "tall"

Some diabolical manufacturers like Ford - 1.5 DIN - Don't buy that fancy Double DIN without a SawzAll and room to use it!

[gbopp]

Or, Do Not Inventory. 🙂