[sdiy] Re: 1/4W 1% film resistors.

[Sumanth Peddamatham]

this may sound like a naive question, but why are only a few resistor
values common?

see, i was going to place an order for the 10,000 resistor set on
ebay, but then i realized that the circuits i build usually require
resistors that gravitate toward a small set of common values.  i
understand that one is afforded a certain flexibility when designing
circuits, but the values in the 10,000 auction seem targetted to
people using automated design tools.  could someone please clarify?


sumanth peddamatham