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Yageo RC0402FR-0710KL 10K Ohm 1% 1/16W 0402 SMD Thick Film Resistor 740-Piece Lot

Resistors • SKU RFB00535

$6.95

740-piece lot of Yageo RC0402FR-0710KL surface-mount thick-film chip resistors from original Digi-Key labeled component stock. Each resistor provides a resistance of 10 kOhms with ±1% tolerance and 1/16 watt / 0.063W power rating in the compact 0402 / 1005 metric SMD package.

The RC0402FR-0710KL belongs to Yageo's widely used RC family of standard thick-film chip resistors. It features a ±100 ppm/°C temperature coefficient, an operating temperature range of approximately -55°C to +155°C, and moisture-resistant construction for dependable use in modern surface-mount electronic assemblies.

The 10K resistance value is one of the most commonly used values in electronics and can serve in pull-up and pull-down networks, transistor and IC bias circuits, voltage dividers, feedback networks, signal conditioning, timing circuits, control systems, sensing networks, digital logic interfaces, and many other applications.

These resistors are useful for radio and communications equipment, industrial electronics, instrumentation, test equipment, computer hardware, control boards, audio equipment, prototypes, production work, and general component-level SMD repair.

The exact Yageo RC0402FR-0710KL is NOT OBSOLETE. It remains an active-production Yageo component. This large NOS packet provides substantial bench and production stock for technicians, builders, repair shops, experimenters, and electronics laboratories.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Yageo has grown into one of the world's major manufacturers of passive electronic components, producing resistors, capacitors, and related components used throughout communications, industrial, computing, consumer, automotive, and professional electronic equipment.

As electronic manufacturing transitioned from through-hole construction to automated surface-mount assembly, miniature chip resistors became fundamental components on modern circuit boards. The 0402 package offers a footprint of approximately 1.0 x 0.5 mm, allowing designers to place large numbers of resistors into compact electronic assemblies.

The 10K resistor value became particularly widespread because it works well in many common circuit functions. Designers frequently use 10K resistors as logic pull-ups and pull-downs, transistor bias components, feedback resistors, voltage-divider elements, signal-conditioning components, and general control-circuit resistors.

A packet containing hundreds of identical 10K 0402 resistors is especially useful as repair and production inventory where technicians may repeatedly encounter this standard value across multiple circuit boards and equipment families.