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Re:Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021) by alright2565 on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @06:30PM (#40579624)
What about shunt resistors? I can pretty easily get a 1% 5mΩ resistor, but they don't look to me like they are constructed in the same way as a generic resistor.
Re:Why do electronic components have such odd values? (2021) by KennyBlanken on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @10:45PM (#40580915)
They're made in a bunch of ways but the general principle is "the stuff inside is much lower resistance than what's normally used."