A new dilution of skilz to lament

[Joseph Bento]

Since bad boys will always rape our young girls, I think we'll always remember the resistor color code.  :-)

When working with 0802 or smaller components, the print is sometimes illegible, so the smart tweezers are indeed handy.  They're especially useful for the surface ceramic caps which generally have no markings at all.

There's a reason why it's fun to play with tubes (valves) and the older solid-state technology for the hobby stuff.

Joe, N6DGY



On Jul 9, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Mike O'Dell wrote:

> How long will it be before the inexorable march of surface mount devices
> and related technology like "smart tweezers" obviates the need 
> to ever know the "resistor" color code??
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPad so please excuse the jammy fingers.
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