[TriEmbed] resistor decade board with unbeatable bang for the buck

[Robert Gasiorowski]

Too bad they didn't use 0.1% (or better) parts for 1k and up.


On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> Jeff Crews is doing a group buy of these decade boards for Splatspace
> folks. I can gather orders from TriEmbed folks (this Monday's meeting or
> before) and deliver the boards to one of our later meetings (probably
> September). Price is $8 each but a bit extra as a donation to Splatspace
> for Jeff's trouble would be very welcome. (disclosure: I'm a Splatspace
> board member)
>
> I'll bring a couple to the Monday meeting. I have to take my kid back to
> school this weekend, but if time allows I'll see if I can make a prototype
> base to share too.
>
> -Pete
>
> On 08/03/2016 12:41 PM, Pete Soper via TriEmbed wrote:
>
> The item below is a seven decade, 1% 1/2 watt resistor board that allows
> jumper-selecting a resistance from one ohm to almost 10 megohms in
> increments of one ohm. You don't really get one ohm steps with 1%
> resistors, but in practice I've found these boards to be absolutely
> fabulous for dialing in circuits. And if you have a decent meter you can
> use that with adjustment to low order values to get a truly precise
> resistance out of circuit.
>
> I bought five on May 31st and one other item totaling $53 and there was no
> shipping charge. So for me they were exactly $8 each and they were
> delivered exactly two weeks after I ordered them.
>
>     https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CZLPAOM/ref=oh_aui_
> detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> My plan is to laser cut rectangles of acrylic and mount them so I don't
> have to worry about shorting the bottoms. A few alternative connection
> options like binding post/banana jacks will also make them even more
> convenient.
>
> If anybody wants to run a group buy of these, put me down for three more.
> :-)
>
> -Pete
>
>
>
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