The "standard" tolerance band colors are none, silver, and gold, meaning 20%, 10%, and 5% respectively. They have since added even more colors for tighter tolerances... you can find those on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic ... lor-coding
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I was not talking about tolerance, but the article did remind me what I was talking about :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E12_series#E_series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E12_series#E_series
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That's pretty interesting - they didn't have that when I went through electronics.TmEE co.(TM) wrote:I was not talking about tolerance, but the article did remind me what I was talking about :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E12_series#E_series
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The steps between values are different by the quantization amount, i.e., 1/256, or 0.0039. That means if you want your output to be accurate to within +/- 1 bit (very commonly wanted), you need better than 0.008, or closer than 1% (0.8% in this case). So from the table I linked, you want a tolerance grade C part (+/- 0.25%).
That kind of (ridiculous) accuracy shows why resistor ladders are not common over more than 5 or 6 bits. What you do instead is use the resistor ladder for 4 bits, then use PWM for the other 4 bits. A two stage DAC can use much more sloppy tolerances, and hence be cheaper.
That kind of (ridiculous) accuracy shows why resistor ladders are not common over more than 5 or 6 bits. What you do instead is use the resistor ladder for 4 bits, then use PWM for the other 4 bits. A two stage DAC can use much more sloppy tolerances, and hence be cheaper.
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I just want to know precision of this measurements, and therefore range of variations. I don't want to modify anything... yet :]
EDIT: Oh, it's my mistake in calculations: 0.05/4,7*255 = 2,713. It is much better. From HardwareMan's image: voltage varies 4.7/50 = 0.094, but very rapidly. So, range about +-5 in RGB 24bpp.
EDIT 2: There is symmetry in this relation, at point (3.66;2.4973) ((0..7);(0..47)). And, if you assume that it is halftone, then maximum is 5v. :]
I just want to know precision of this measurements, and therefore range of variations. I don't want to modify anything... yet :]
EDIT: Oh, it's my mistake in calculations: 0.05/4,7*255 = 2,713. It is much better. From HardwareMan's image: voltage varies 4.7/50 = 0.094, but very rapidly. So, range about +-5 in RGB 24bpp.
EDIT 2: There is symmetry in this relation, at point (3.66;2.4973) ((0..7);(0..47)). And, if you assume that it is halftone, then maximum is 5v. :]