Resistor Tolerances...

Bob Zimmer bzimmer at voicenet.com
Fri May 30 18:54:10 CEST 1997


At 04:10 PM 5/29/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi..
>
>	Just a quickie; what would I gain  by using all 1% resistors instead of 5% 
>in my modules? Or is it not worth the extra price?
>
>--
>Matthew S. Padden
>Computer Music Research Group
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>
>
Matthew,

I'm not convinced that they cost much more!

I buy 1%'s from Mousher Electronics for $.09 each, and $.02 if you buy
common values (1K, 10K, 100K, etc) in lots of 200.

I use them for all building, including replacing the ones supplied in kits
such as the PAiA MIDI2CV8 that I bought.

  >=== Bob Zimmer -- Philadelphia PA ===<
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