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What Does âBrickingâ a Device Mean? by Chris Hoffman on September 26th, 2016 When someone breaks a device and turns it into an expensive brick, people say they âbrickedâ it. Weâll cover exactly what causes bricking and why, how you can avoid it, and what to do if you have a bricked device. Definition of Bricking. âBrickingâ essentially means a device has turned into a brick. It may be an electronic device worth hundreds of dollars, but itâs now as useful as a brick (or perhaps a paperweight). A bricked device wonât power on and function normally. A bricked device cannot be fixed through normal means.
Brick: This is a standardized size for PCB mounted power supplies. Many of these modules also have the same pin-out so that they are interchangeable. They come in a wide variety of input and output voltages and powers, are usually fully isolated, and are highly efficient. I suppose that the term brick comes from the first engineer that dropped a power supply on his toe. The brick power supply dimensions are as follows: Full brick 4.6 x 2.4 x 0.5 (116.8 x 61.0 x 12.7) mm Half brick 2.3 x 2.4 x 0.35 Quarter brick 2.3 x 1.45 x 0.35: Centering: In a multiple output power supply it is sometimes awkward to have every output voltage spot-on. Power supply centering refers to this. This is often due to things like needing a full integer wind on a transformer. So, although the voltage might be well regulated, the nominal voltage can be slightly off.