Younger electronic engineers may see resistors with old-style color codes to display their values a little less than those from previous years, but if there’s a shibboleth among those who wie… ...

One of the first things anyone with an interest in electronics learns is the resistor colour code. The colour of the first band reveals the first figure, the second the subsequent figure, and the ...

If our example resistor ended in gold (orange, white, black, gold), its 39 Ohms value could be five percent higher or lower. For a possible minimum of 37.05 or a maximum of 40.95.