RussellMc wrote:
>> Or 83 ms as a real engineer would say.
>
> Never let a chance go by?

Yup.  Especially since Josh is supposed to know better.

> Surely real engineers would use engineering notation.
>
> viz     83E-3 s

That's more for scientists, although they might say 8.3e-2 s.  Engineers us=
e
the power of 1000 that provides 1 to 3 significant integer digits, then one
of the "T, G, M, k, m, u ..." abbreviations to indicate which power of 1000
was used.

After you get used to this, anything else looks like baby talk.  When
someone says ".01 uF", "1000 pF", or ".0083 volts" you immediately think of
them in a little different light.


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