why not just measure it with an ohm meter? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Ammerman" To: Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 11:02 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Color blindness and resistors (was Puzzling non-reset behavior) > Hey, we can bring this thread back to [PIC]:! > > How about building a scanning colorimeter using a PIC. Just scan the > resistor with a wand and the PIC computes and displays its value. > > Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan-Erik Svderholm XA (TN/PAC)" > To: > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 8:52 AM > Subject: Re: [PIC]: Puzzling non-reset behavior > > > > Couldn't it have the *names* of the colors insted > > on the wheels ? Like "red", "green" and so on. > > > > Jan-Erik. > > > > Oh, nearly forgot the " :-) " :-) > > > > > > Alex Kilpatrick wrote: > > > It has three wheels. You "dial in" the colors on the resistor and read > > > off the values in a window at the bottom. It is made of cardboard. It > > > won't help if you are colorblind. > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads