Study, 013-Transistor-Oscillator
To
simplify the writing of large resistor values, the abbreviations K and M are
used for one thousand and one million. To keep the convention standard, R is
used to represent 0. Recently L was also added for milli. Because of problems in seeing
the decimal point in some printed texts, the letters: M, K,R or L are used in place of the decimal point. Thus,
a 2,700 Ohm resistor is written 2K7 and a 6.8 Ohm
resistor is written 6R8. The same convention
applies across other components and units as well, so:
0R15 = 0.15 Ohm
330R
= 330 Ohms
4k7
= 4.7k Ohms, 4,700 Ohms
6M8
= 6.8M Ohms, 6,800,000 Ohms
4L7
= 4.7 milli Ohm (eg current
shunt)
1V6
= 1.6Volt
2n2
= 2.2nFarad
4u7
= 4.7uFarad