Downloadable Resistor Calculator

torrenofamber · Post by **torrenofamber** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:45 pm

Hi,
Don't know if you've seen this or not, but it's a great tool for us starting out with the electronics and it's free. Take a look and let me know what you think, not mine I just found it on the net, owner's is the one who posted it.
http://robives.com/blog/resistor_colour_wheel

later,
T

USS Atlantis · Post by **USS Atlantis** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:18 pm

Very handy little item for the neophytes

Old timers like me (and probably Don and John) have the bloody color codes memorized

Good find that

DLMatthys · Post by **DLMatthys** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:26 am

I used a sort of color wheel sold by Radio Shack
Sooooo obsolete. Resisters codes has changed a lot up to 5 bands and 6!
I rely now on a few java apps seen around the internets.
Google gets it to me.

My first electronics hobby kit, a AM/FM/HAM radio...

it had vacume tubes!