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Article #1320Re: Rational Capacitor Prefixes
From: Terry Ingoldsby
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1989 18:58
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1989 18:58
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In article <26043@quacky.mips.COM>, vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) writes:
> This is a plea to rationalize capacitor unit suffixes. Most postings
> give capacitances in terms of pF or uF. Unfortunately, this often means
...
> In conformance with good S.I. practice, the "nanofarad" is coming into wide
Another useful convention is to put the SI prefix where the decimal point
should go in resistor ratings (is it also used for caps?).
Eg.
4.7 ohms = 4R7
4.7 K = 4K7
4.7 M = 4M7
This is very useful when schematics are faded (ie. photocopied).
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Terry Ingoldsby ctycal!ingoldsb@calgary.UUCP
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!orstcs!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!calgary!ctycal!ingoldsb From: ingoldsb@ctycal.COM (Terry Ingoldsby) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Rational Capacitor Prefixes Summary: Another convention Keywords: nF, cap value prefixes Message-ID: <450@ctycal.UUCP> Date: 25 Aug 89 18:58:25 GMT References: <26043@quacky.mips.COM> Organization: The City of Calgary, Ab Lines: 22