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Nuts & Volts Magazine (April 2014)

The Decade Box Revisited

By Frank Muratore    View In Digital Edition  


Decade boxes allow users to dial in precise amounts of electrical resistance to be inserted into a circuit they’re designing. Original boxes had faceplates with the values printed on them, but extra math was always involved. Here’s a handy update to that reliable piece of equipment.

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Parts List, Schematic, Resistor sheet.



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