[sdiy] Hand-matching capacitors for filter stages

[cheater cheater]

> One of my motivations is actually that 5% polypropylene
> caps are available in convenient 0.2" pitch boxes, whereas the 1%
> polystyrenes are mostly available in a board-hogging almost-20mm axial lead
> format.

Maybe there's a reason for that?

D.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 16:27, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
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> On 9 Feb 2010, at 15:14, cheater cheater wrote:
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>> Tom,
>> good question regarding the tolerance vs material. I'll be thrilled to
>> find out what is going on there.
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>> Regarding hand matching capacitors: Is your time worth the price
>> difference?
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> No, probably not. One of my motivations is actually that 5% polypropylene
> caps are available in convenient 0.2" pitch boxes, whereas the 1%
> polystyrenes are mostly available in a board-hogging almost-20mm axial lead
> format. It might cost me some time, but it'd save me money *and* PCB space.
>
> T.
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