Re: Why don't they mark SMD caps?

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From: Rich Grise
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:32

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:03:11 +1000, David L. Jones wrote:
> ...
> Umm, yes it's about resistors too, it was mentioned in my very first post.
> My original question is why don't they mark SMD capacitors, when it's very 
> common to mark the same size SMD resistors.
> So Sergey's remark is perfectly valid. It's common to mark cheap resistors, 
> but it's not common to mark more expensive capacitors of the same size - 
> why?
> It's clearly not about cost, as Rich mentioned.

OK, I'll take the oops on that one. 

Thanks,
Rich

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