[hpcorona]

Hmmm, meybe i'm getting this wrong, but... Isn't a color code too basic to be in a card in your pocket?

I mean, c'mon, i haven't used color codes since High School about 17 years ago and i still remember how to decode them. It's not that hard.

i feel that consulting a table is more time consuming that knowing how to decode it... Usually while working with prototyping you end up with lots of resistors, and i can't see someone checking each one at the time against a table to reveal it's value...

But maybe i'm getting it all wrong, someone?

[fnordfnordfnord]

If you're breadboarding a lot, or manually stuffing printed circuit boards, or otherwise doing manual assembly in some way, you quickly learn to read most common ranges of values on sight. Maybe some people like to keep a reminder around for when you encounter weird values, or when troubleshooting.

[ISL]

I need to color-code a resistor a few times a year. To do so, I usually consult the table on the wall in our electronics shop or just grab an ohm-meter.

If I needed to do it daily, I'd get real good real fast.