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Article #796Re: Why don't they mark SMD caps?
From: David L. Jones
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:06
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:06
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Archimedes' Lever wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:58:49 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Most of what we used were marked with a two character code. The >> cheaper suppliers were unmarked. > > Wrong again. Markings fell out of vogue as part size decreased to > the point where it was labor intensive to even examine the marking. Why do resistors of the same size still commonly have the markings then? It's not about the size, we are talking 1206/0805 and other large sizes here. Markings on these size caps are not common (some would say rare), and it's *always* been that way. The question is why?... Dave. -- ================================================ Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast: http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/
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