Me, I've been breathjing air far too long; going from mmf and mf (vacuum tube
era) to uF and pF was enough for me to cope with - I just can't seem to get used
to nF!

And, on schematics, it's just easier to deal with two types of caps (pF or uF)
although we do deal with Kohms and Mohms and ohms.  Habit, I guess.  nF came
into wider useage with cheap C meters became available and they only display 3
digits and so shifting the decimal point three places allowed them to display to
3 sig figs.

Bob Landman
H&L

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Ball <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: September 27, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: [DC] nano nano


> Hi-
> For the last few years I've worked a lot with designs originating in europe
and
> find that nano is commonly used there. Here in the USA, we've always jumped
from
> micro to pico.
>
> 1nF is more succinct than .001uF or 1000pF. I don't know why we don't use it
and
> was just wondering... how 'bout y'all?
> -Chris
>