=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RE: Resistors (was: RE: [sdiy] Vote for your favorite noise source)?=

[jhaible at debitel.net]

>That's the problem. I don't stock full range of values, and
>when I want to make something so strange as PRNG with
>FIR, and suddenly I miss 53.8k resistor, it's not convenient
>for me to search for it in shops or on the web. I'd rather
>use 56k and something above 1M in paralel.
>Or, if I could, laser trim them ;)

Same for me. If I only need a few, I make combinations.
If I need some more, I buy a 100-pieces  package for approx. 3 Euro.

>I visited website you mention. Looks nice. They have 0.1%
>resistors for 0.4ECU. And what's even more fun, 0805 metal
>film resistors are also at reasonable prices. Too bad they
>don't specify TC, but I guess it's typical 50ppm.
>That is if Metallglasurwiderstand means metal flm resistor.

Metal film is "Metallfilm" in German.
"Glasur" translates to "glaze" (ceramic ?).
I don't know the technical details, however.

JH.