00:00Top 5 SMD Resistor Arrays for Dense Board Repairs, Voice Over Script
00:05Okay, if you've ever tried to squeeze four separate resistors into a spot the size of a
00:09grain of rice, you already know why resistor arrays are a lifesaver. I went through the
00:14listings, checked the solder counts and the ratings, and these are the five best deals I
00:18found for dense board repairs, all of them 5-star, all of them 100 pieces a pack.
00:23First up is the 0603x4 array, 8 pins, for resistors, and this one is the workhorse of
00:29the bunch. You get ten different values in one box, 10R, 22R, 33R, 47R, 51R, 100R, 150R,
00:391K, 3.3K, and 10K, which honestly covers most pull-up and series termination jobs you'll
00:44hit on a laptop board. It's the priciest of the five at $1.84, but with nearly 4,900 sold
00:51it's clearly the crowd favorite, and the bigger 0603 footprint is way friendlier when you're
00:56hand soldering with a fine tip. Number 2 is the Value Champion 0603-8P4R, and it runs from 0 ohm
01:03all the way up to 1 meg, 1, 10, 22, 47, 100, 220, 330, 470, 1K, 2.2K, 4.7K,
01:1310K, 22K, 47K, 100K,
01:17220K, 220K, 470K, even 10 meg. That is an absurd amount of coverage for $0.46. If you're building one
01:26general-purpose drawer kit and you want the widest spread possible in a size you can still see without
01:31a microscope, this is the one I'd grab first. Third is the one for the really tight stuff, 0402x4,
01:378 pins, and it's got the low ohm and covered properly, 4R7, 47 ohm, 470 ohm, 4.7K, 47K,
01:46470K, plus the coated parts 471 through 474. The small footprint is what makes it special,
01:53because on modern phone and tablet boards in 0402 array drops straight into space where a 0603
01:59simply won't fit. $1.71 for 100 pieces, and it's sitting at over 4,600 sales, so plenty of techs
02:07are already relying on it. Fourth is the middle-of-the-road pick, and honestly it might be
02:12the smartest buy. Same 0402x4, 8-pin package, and the same huge spread from 0 ohm to 1 meg, 1,
02:2010,
02:2022, 47, 100, 220, 330, 470, 1K, 2.2K, 4.7K, 10K, right up through 470K. Everything the third one
02:32does on the high end, but with the full range instead of just the low values, and it actually
02:37costs less at $1.08. 4,300 sold, 5 stars, that's a really balanced package. So that's the list 1
02:45workhorse, 1 range monster, 1 tiny footprint specialist, 1 balanced all-rounder, and 1 bargain.
02:52All 5 links are in the description below, so you can check current prices in stock before they move.
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03:01I'll keep digging through the listings so you don't have to.
