>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.
>
>Alex

Crap.  I was hoping for something more complex, maybe that gave
a "best guess" based on standard values and percentages (i.e., you
give it a tolerance, it figures out what the likely nominal value is based
on a look-up table...).

Hmmmm....

That could be a good project...

Mike H.

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