{"id":717,"date":"2008-12-01T22:12:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T05:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/the-resistulator\/"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:11","slug":"the-resistulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/the-resistulator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Resistulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zambetti.com\/projects\/resistulator\/main.jpg\" alt=\"The resistulator in action\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zambetti.com\/projects\/resistulator\/\">resistulator<\/a> is a Dashboard widget for OS X that gives you the value of a resistor based on its <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electronic_color_code\">color code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hjon\">@hjon<\/a> pointed out that there is also an <a href=\"http:\/\/ax.itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewSoftware%253Fid%253D298537560%2526mt%253D8%2526partnerId%253D30%2526partnerId%253D30%2526siteID%253DJu_C5uDAGcM-.A8P7Nkz6DPZ_2a3siS2tg\">iPhone version<\/a> for $0.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The resistulator is a Dashboard widget for OS X that gives you the value of a resistor based on its color code. Update: @hjon pointed out that there is also an iPhone version for $0.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[108,107,133],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","category-electronics","tag-iphone","tag-os-x","tag-resources"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-bz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":979,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/gerbv\/","url_meta":{"origin":717,"position":0},"title":"gerbv &#8211; A free, open source gerber viewer for Linux \/ OS X","author":"Jeff","date":"January 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"When you finish a PCB design, you typically use the CAM export function of your layout tool to generate a set of gerber files to send to the PCB manufacturer.\u00a0 To avoid errors in the finished board, it's usually a good idea to review the files before you click send.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books and Resources&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books and Resources","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/books-and-resources\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"gerbv screenshot","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gerbv.sourceforge.net\/GerbvScreenshot.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1682,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/avr-eclipse-and-the-mac\/","url_meta":{"origin":717,"position":1},"title":"AVR, Eclipse and the Mac","author":"Jeff","date":"May 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Pete Harrison at Micromouse Online wrote a short tutorial about using Eclipse to program AVRs. \u00a0 Eclipse is\u00a0 an open source IDE that is supported on many platforms, including OS X on the Mac. 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