Quickly sorting resistors
How to sort a batch of resistors? I received a batch of about 200 resistors from the E24 serie (3 bands) that I want to sort. Here is a solution for a quick sort: Make a first sort according to the multiplier coefficient This is usually the 3rd band, but maybe the 4th or 5th for the E48 or E96 series. For this value, we find the following colors: black = × 10⁰ = × 1 brown = × 10¹ = × 10 red = × 10² = × 100 orange = × 10³ = × 1000 (× 1k) yellow = × 10⁴ = × 10,000 (× 10k) green = × 10⁵ = × 100,000 (× 100k) blue = × 10⁶ = × 1,000,000 (× 1M) purple = × 10⁷ = × 10,000,000 (× 10M) gray = × 10⁸ = × 100,000,000 (× 100M) white = × 10⁹ = × 1,000,000,000 (× 1G) I ended up with 5 piles, having no value beyond 1M. Make a second sort according to the first band black = 0 brown = 1 red = 2 orange = 3 yellow = 4 green = 5 blue = 6 purple = 7 gray = 8 white = 9 Each pile was divided into 10 sub-heaps, with more or less items in each (sometimes...
