[gta02-core] Values and units in schematics

Rask Ingemann Lambertsen ccc94453 at vip.cybercity.dk
Sat Jul 4 21:25:42 CEST 2009


On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:32:55PM -0300, Werner Almesberger wrote:
> Rene Harder wrote:
> 
> > You said it will improve readability, does it really increase readability?
> >  
> > I never had any problems with seeing the difference between 1n2 and 1u2
> 
> Hmm, maybe it's just me, but I noticed that 10 nF/10 uF left me
> with a doubt if I had seen the prefix properly. It's not an issue
> of not being able to read it, but one of seeing what one expects
> to see when giving it a quick glance.
> 
> But perhaps it's not so bad in the end ... your schematics with
> lower-case units certainly are readable enough.

   Looking at gta02-core-all.pdf on a 1280x1024 screen, I have no problems
telling nF from uF. But the nF looks disappointingly much like mF, which   
fortunately isn't likely to occur. Lower case letter are easier to separate
from digits than upper case letter, which is important because we use them
as decimal points - 1k5 or 1K5. I think I even prefer 22r over 22R.

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