Re: Zoom H2 line input hack - make a 4 channel field recorder

["Lou Judson" inaudio]

Thanks! I have always wondered at the peculiar usage. When I was a
lad and willing to do electronic circuit work, we used decimals. It
makes sense!
Dirt spots, eh? Might want to take an eraser to your computer screen
these days ;-) (like the secretary using whiteout...)
<L>
Lou Judson =95 Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689


On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:07 PM, Neil Tungate wrote:

>> I'm a bit unclear about the tantalum capacitors. At 00:28 they're
>> shown on the table but they don't show up in the parts list. They do
>> appear in the schematic at 01:58 but the value is written as "3u3f"
>> -- I assume 3uf."
>
> That means 3.3uF. The style is what we always used when I did
> electronics design, and the intention is to avoid using decimal points
> which might have been erroneously created by dirt spots on blueprint
> masters. So you might have:
>
> 3u3  =3D 3.3u Farad
> 5k6  - 5.6k ohm
> 3R3  =3D 3.3 ohm
>
> and so on. Elegant and simple.
>
> --
> Neil Tungate
> http://www.skipper.org.uk
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