Timeline for Why did Axial Capacitors Fall Out of Use in the Industry?
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| Apr 22, 2021 at 15:56 | comment | added | supercat | @nigel222: For double-sided boards, that's probably true, but if an axial-lead resistor can serve the roles of both a jumper wire and a resistor in series with it, that would replace two mounting operations with one. | |
| Jan 9, 2020 at 21:36 | comment | added | Uwe | There have been and still exist Radial Leaded Through Hole Resistors. for instance see. | |
| S Jan 9, 2020 at 16:49 | history | suggested | Sled | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2020 at 11:15 | comment | added | nigel222 | I thought axial resistors had more or less disappeared from circuit boards that are automatically assembled. Except for high-power ones, they're now surface-mount and almost too small to even see without a magnifying glass! | |
| Jan 8, 2020 at 9:51 | comment | added | alephzero | @DKNguyen low-power resistors (which account for nearly all the resistors in most circuits) are all the same standard size, independent of whether the resistance is 10ohms or 10 megohms, so automatic lead-bending and component insertion was possible. For electrolytic caps, the physical size of the component is roughly proportional to the capacitance, so there is no "global standard" size and shape. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 21:46 | comment | added | TimWescott | Resistors have bigger lead diameters for their size, so the bends can be more controlled both in the making and in the staying put. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 20:12 | comment | added | VillageTech | Maybe. But resistor are typically much smaller... | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 20:03 | comment | added | DKNguyen | Wouldn't that also apply to resistors though? I'm not old enough to know, but I imagine that radial capacitors supplanted axial capacitors long before SMD components replaced through-hole components. | |
| Jan 7, 2020 at 19:32 | history | answered | VillageTech | CC BY-SA 4.0 |