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Offline robrenzTopic starter

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Great summary of design considerations for resistors
« on: August 13, 2012, 05:06:43 pm »
Very nice compilation of things you should know about resistors by analog devices.
http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/rarely_asked_questions/moreInfo_raq_resistors.html

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Re: Great summary of design considerations for resistors
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2012, 04:55:57 pm »
Nice.  It complements what's on wikipedia.  A good specs handbook is the US DoD book, free:

http://www.everyspec.com/MIL-HDBK/MIL-HDBK-0099-0199/MIL-HDBK-199A_21650/

Also, find other articles by the author, James Bryant; they are typically succinct and entertaining.  That he was educated by Jesuit priests show ;)

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-172345090.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3RK9GXAUB1HD7
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Re: Great summary of design considerations for resistors
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 02:26:47 am »
Thanks saturation, I found a lot of articles by him that are now in my reading list.

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Re: Great summary of design considerations for resistors
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2012, 04:30:56 am »
Very good information on resistors. I already knew most of it, but there were a couple that I haven't heard of. One thing I didn't see was Positive Temperature Coefficients vs Negative Temperature Coefficients, or PTC vs NTC. It turns out, you can use both for a sensor to carefully to compensate for temperature changes over a fairly large temperature range.

Also as sensors, resistors, and other components age, they tend to change. This is why a good manual or automatic calibration is important to have.
 


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