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Yup really. Grab some 5% and 1% resistors and measure them with decent multimeter. You'll find that their values are almost exactly: stated_value+/-tolerance r
by negative_zero 4y ago
Yup really. Grab some 5% and 1% resistors and measure them with decent multimeter.
You'll find that their values are almost exactly: stated_value+/-tolerance rather than a range of values.
i.e a 100k 5% resistor will be almost exactly either 105k or 95k not some number in between.
- bsder 4y agoNope. Not buying it. Just pulled a couple of bog standard thick film 100K 1% 1206s and they are measuring at 99.94, 99.96, 100.02, 99.93 kiloohms. They're probably batch controlled. There is no way every resistor is being tested for compliance given how cheap SMT resistors are.