Re: Interview Question (your Sunday ruined part 2)

"Clive Arthur" <clive@nowaytoday.co.uk> wrote in message news:vf56no$sn03$1@dont-email.me...

On 20/10/2024 19:46, john larkin wrote:
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Does R330 mean 0.33 ohms?
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It's a mistake.  330R would be common though, especially if you don't have an upper case omega.
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I hate that sort of notation, like 2k47.

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I like it.  I guess it's what you're used to.

I never thought anything of it, and liked it, until I first went to the USA and someone asked what my strange resistor values meant.
Since things are becoming more global I try to avoid it now.

I don't like rectangles for resistors, that looks awful, and don't get me started on IEC logic symbols.

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Cheers
Clive