How to Make a 1 Ohm to 100 Megaohm Resistance Decade Box?

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A variable resistor with a built in readout is very useful for electronics hobbyists. A method to construct a 1 ohm to 100 mega ohm resistance substitution box is provided here..

Be sure that you have all of the things needed.Eight thumbwheel decade switches (shown in the image). Make sure not to buy BCD-encoded decade switches. These have to be 10-way decade switches with 11 connectors per switch. Unlike BCD-switches which have only 5 connectors. You can buy these switches from a surplus store, but they are available at about $1-3/switch.WH.shared.addScrollLoadItem('img_d27d541283')Resistor assortment containing at least nine values of 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10k, 100k, 1M, 10M ohm resistors. In this example, 3 W resistors are used, but 1/4 W or even 1/10 W will be enough as well. Be aware, that using smaller wattage or surface mount resistors will limit the current and voltage. The 1/4 W resistors are easy to solder due to their small size. The 3W resistor set can be bought from eBay for about $12.Binding posts. In this project, 3 - way audio binding posts are used. They were installed in a house which had wall audio wiring. The wall plates with the binding posts were removed and used here.WH.shared.addScrollLoadItem('img_0e6cfb4ca3')A case to hold the switches with resistors and the binding posts. It can be built from wood or any other material.Tools. Wire, wire strippers, wire cutters, soldering iron, solder, desoldering wick. Needlenose pliers, hemostat or crocodile clips. Drill and drill bits.Patience. Soldering 72 resistors with about 150 solder joints take some time.

Soldering the resistors to the switches

Separate each switch from the others if they come to you as connected. Be careful not to break the clips that connect the switches to each other.WH.performance.mark('step1_rendered');

Start with the lowest value resistors, the 1 ohm resistors and solder them as as shown in the wiring diagram.

Connect one end of the resistor to pin 9 and the other end to pin 8 of the switch. Connect the next resistor in the chain to pin 8 (two resistor leads are connected to pin 8) and pin 7. The third resistor will connect to pin 7 and pin 6 and so on until resistor 9 is connected to pin 1 and pin 0. Do not connect anything to the common pin (C) yet.
Check the performance of the single switch with the soldered resistors using an ohmmeter. Do not be surprised if you have strange readings. They are most often caused by accidental shorts. Remove these shorts with desoldering braid if they are caused by solder bridges.
Keep this switch aside
Start on the 10 ohm switch connecting resistors between each pin as described above. Test and correct errors. Keep aside.
Do this for the remaining six switches. 100 ohm, 1000 ohm, 10k ohm, 100k ohm, 1 M ohm, and 10 M ohm. Nine resistors per switch. Test, correct if needed and keep aside.
Solder a wire to pin 0 of all the switches.

Snap the 1 ohm switch to the 10 ohm switch to create a switch with 2 decades. Solder the wire from pin 0 of the 1 ohm switch to the Common pin of the 10 ohm switch. Test the value of these 2-decade switch by connecting your ohmmeter to the common pin of the 1 ohm switch and the wire coming off from pin 0 on the 10 ohm switch. If readings are correct, keep snapping one additional switch into the ganged switches, soldering pin 0 to the common pin.As shown in the pictures below, the first 5 decades are soldered as mentioned. The last 3 decades are soldered on a small Vero board. The board was then soldered to the switches. For some people it could be an easier way to build this device. Smaller resistors are much simpler to solder directly to the switches. Switches with PCB holes at their terminals instead of the pins would also make life easier.Finally there should be 8 switches ganged to each other with pin 0 of the previous switch connected to common pin.Test the whole circuit and make corrections if needed.

Making the box for the resistance decade switches

Final assembly and testing
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