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From: bill@videovax.tv.Tek.com (William K. McFadden)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Preferred Values of Electronic Components
Keywords: preferred values resistors capacitors inductors
Message-ID: <5363@videovax.tv.Tek.com>
Date: 25 Jan 89 00:34:22 GMT
References: <1989Jan18.120059.16644@mntgfx.mentor.com> <2408@psivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@videovax.tv.tek.com.UUCP (William K. McFadden)
Organization: Tektronix TV Measurement Systems, Beaverton OR
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In article <2408@psivax.UUCP> torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) writes:
>Components come in E series.  Standard series are E3, E6, E12, E24, E48 and
>E96.  The E number is the number of steps per decade.  The analytical

Don't forget the E192 series used for 0.5% resistors.  I guess these values
are also used for 0.25% and 0.1% resistors.  I don't think there are E384 and
E960 series, are there?
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