Re: Prefered resistor range

From: Larry Brasfield (donotspam_larry_brasfield_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:50:32 -0800

"Fred Bloggs" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
 message news:423795C7.8090005@nospam.com...
> Larry Brasfield wrote:
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>> Here is where an algorithmic approach really pays.
>> I really want something closer, and I am willing to
>> parallel two parts to get it. I enter:
>> stdvals 1% 63.54k 2p
>> and quickly get a useful result:
>> Approximate 63540 as 1(1/66500 + 1/1.43e+06),
>> yielding 63544.9 (ratio = 1.0001)
>
> Ooh my- well we have been down that road before and that is NOT how you reasonably calculate a parallel combination.

Ok, Mr. superior resistor calculator. Take the
above example and find a pair that more closely
achieves the specified result. If you cannot do
that, define "reasonably calculate" such that your
method beats a few seconds of typing.

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