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Article #792Re: Why don't they mark SMD caps?
From: Archimedes' Lever
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:45
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:45
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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:07:44 GMT, Sergey Kubushin <ksi@koi8.net> wrote: >In sci.electronics.design Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net> wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:59:19 +1000, David L. Jones wrote: >>> ... >>> Any know the real reason(s) why ceramic SMD caps don't have markings? >> >> Money. >> >> It's way too expensive to mark teeny tiny little parts that nobody's >> ever going to look at anyway - the reels are clearly marked, and they're >> loaded into the stuffing machine, and that's the last human interaction >> the parts will ever see. >> >> If you're hand-prototyping, you'd either have to mark them yourself >> or mark the tape carrier or bin or envelope where you're keeping them. >> >> Hope This Helps! > >No. They _DO_ mark resistors and resistors are generally even cheaper than >capacitors. > Learn to read, ditz! Nobody was talking about resistors. Christ! That is even obvious from the title!
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