Younger electronic engineers may see resistors with old-style color codes to display their values a little less than those from previous years, but if there’s a shibboleth among those who wield a ...

Ever wondered what colour codes multicore data cables use? Or why cable cores have different colours? If so, this week’s blog post is just for you. To the untrained eye the array of colours used on ...

One of the first things you learn in electronics is how to identify a resistor’s value. Through-hole resistors have color codes, and that’s generally where beginners begin. But why are they marked ...