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Component Recognition
 
Type Properties  
High Stability Carbon
Film
3 or 4 band
Cheap
Tolerance ±5%
Range 10Ω to 1M
Metal Film
5 band
Low cost
Tolerance ±1%
Range 0.1Ω TO 1M
Good for power dissipation
Wirewound vitreous Tolerance ±5%
Range 0.1 to 250k
Good temperature stability

Wirewound ceramic

Tolerance ±5%
High power
dissipation
Ceramic body protects
Heat and moisture resistance
Wirewound aluminium Power dissipation upto
50W
Mounted on heatsink
SIL - Single in line

Range 33Ω to 100k
Low profile package containing a number of identical resistors

   

Matching values
Now lets see how well you recognize the following resistor values
Question 1
   
 
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