Zero Ohm resistors/jumpers

[Fret Wire]

If anyone is interested. $7.50 isn't bad for 1000.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4664&item=3831800814

[jimbob]

Im still new to this but whats the point to using 0 ohms? Isnt that the same as    
a jumper? I know ive had a crybaby that used one..It simply had a black line on it..i never understoof why..

thanks

jim

[mikeb]

0 ohm links are handy for manufacturers as they have the same format as resistors for design / layout purposes, and hence can be more easily stuffed into PCBs; also otherwise the assemblers would need to cut and hand-form wire links which just simply isn't financially efficient.

These days if you need more than a few jumpers on a single-sided board then you might as well go double-sided, as the increase in price over single-sided production is minimal, or might even be zero.

FWIW, I can get 1000 0-ohm links for AUS$5, so I don't know if that price is that great. .... but it's only 1c or less per unit, so is cheap anyway!

Mike

[toneman]

they help in disguising the circuit.
also, bogus "wires" with copper removed,
and colored insulation superglued to
a random, or better, a "stratigeic" terminal.
:twisted:
cloners Bware!!
staytuned
tone