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2.  Press the Color Code button for standard pin-
type resistors. 
3.  Select the 4 band or 5 band tab. 
4.  Press each of the colored bands in succession 
and choose the appropriate color for each band 
from the pop-up window. 
 
5.  Press Calculate to calculate the value of the 
resistor. 
Color 
bands
Color code button
4 bands 5 bands
Calculate 
button
Resistance value
1.  SMD resistor values can be calculated in one of 
3 ways; using a 3 or 4 digit code, using EIA-96 
code or using 2%/5%/10% code.   
2.  Press the SMD button to select SMD resistors. 
3.  Select the tab corresponding to code used on 
the SMD.