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On price - you are looking at low quantity. Buy a few million of them from a manufacturer, and you will find the 5% ones still significantly cheaper (even at s
by pclmulqdq 4y ago
On price - you are looking at low quantity. Buy a few million of them from a manufacturer, and you will find the 5% ones still significantly cheaper (even at standard temp coefficients and power levels). That's why new 5% and 10% resistor products are still sold.
- couchand 4y agoNote that the second part of the argument was that the quantities needed are low. I'd go even further than the GP: even in the "old days" my understanding is that the number of precision parts needed was very low. Most circuitry is of the "pick a component value in this order of magnitude" variety, even on sensitive hardware. Only the handful of parts where it really matters need precision. But, whereas previously you might spec 5% for a few resistors and 10% for the bulk, now it's no longer worth the added line on your BOM.
- shadowpho 4y ago> Buy a few million of them from a manufacturer, and you will find the 5% ones still significantly cheaper That just ain't true. 5% are not really used (at least with consumer electronics). 1% and 5% difference is very tiny, even across few millions. > That's why new 5% and 10% resistor products are still sold. If you go on digikey and search for 10% you will not find very many compared to 1%