I need to calculate a bias resitor? i was just going to use 10K, is this
not a good value?

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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

> At 14:35 02/23/99 -0800, Lynx {Glenn Jones} wrote:
> >What is your reasoning behind this?
>
> when the emitter is on ground, the base voltage (when on) is nearly
> independent from the diode characteristics, and therefore it's a bit easier
> to calculate the correct base resistor. if you leave enough margin, it
> probably doesn't matter much, but you have better control and the necessary
> margin is smaller.
>
> ge
>