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Re:Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021) by utensil4778 on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @04:09PM (#40578454)
I think a lot of people are surprised to learn just how old the field of electronics is. It's an easy mistake to make with the relative novelty of digital electronics, but the science has been around for a good long time
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Re:Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021) by pikminguy on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @04:19PM (#40578532)
It's less about the field of electronics being old and more about being surprised that ISO apparently just started counting with number 1 and that the preferred numbers would be so early relative to other things you might want to standardize.
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