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From: bill@flash.UUCP (William Swan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Rational Capacitor Prefixes
Keywords: nF, cap value prefixes
Message-ID: <26@flash.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 89 17:57:56 GMT
References: <26043@quacky.mips.COM> <698@perle.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@flash.UUCP (William Swan)
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In article <698@perle.UUCP> scott@perle.UUCP (Scott Allen) writes:
}I have often seen resistor values given by using the metric units
}prefix in place of the decimal point. e.g: 4.7K ohms is given
}as 4K7, 54.9Meg ohms is given as 54M9.
}
}Could we not do the same with capacitors (or any other component)?
}In the above examples: 4700pF = 4700p, .0047uF = u0047, .001uF = u001

It's already being done by at least one surface-mount cap manufacturer.
I was verifying some components for a prototype a couple days ago, and
found them marked in just ths fashion.


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