Resistor code calculator... without batteries!

Frequently asked question regarding resistors, potentiometers, types, requirements, ratings etc.
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Post by Duckman »

One simple idea to use 3:00 am when your brain :shock: refuses to colaborate... and your childs will love it!! :lol:

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/components/rescal.htm

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I've been meaning to make something like this for ages!

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:scratch:

You guys don't like charts ?
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I have a lot of charts, but this school style device touched my heart :lol:

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would you believe if i told you that the whole color code got "stuck" in my mind by accident? XD

i was gonna build a transistor booster (that didn't work BTW), and as i looked for the resistors values, i dunno how but i got able to simply look at a pile of them, and find the one i was looking for... after looking to the color chart only twice.
lol its kinda weird.

but its a nice project. i know of a lot of technicians that have one of those.

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blackcorvo wrote:would you believe if i told you that the whole color code got "stuck" in my mind by accident? XD
I've no problem with the colour code actually. But I have problems with colours... So chart, school tool, whatever, all I really need is brand new eyes... :lol:
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lolbou wrote:all I really need is brand new eyes...
+2 :lol:

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A DMM wound up being cheaper than a new set of bifocals.
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blackcorvo wrote:would you believe if i told you that the whole color code got "stuck" in my mind by accident? XD

i was gonna build a transistor booster (that didn't work BTW), and as i looked for the resistors values, i dunno how but i got able to simply look at a pile of them, and find the one i was looking for... after looking to the color chart only twice.
lol its kinda weird.

but its a nice project. i know of a lot of technicians that have one of those.
Why can't this happen to me???!!

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BaldPaul wrote:Why can't this happen to me???!!
Because you aren't a synesthete...
- Are you a mod or a rocker?
- Uh, no, I'm a mocker.

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