Re: Why don't they mark SMD caps?

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From: Archimedes' Lever
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:43

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On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:06:12 +1000, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com>
wrote:

>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.

  I like obsolete marking systems.

http://my.execpc.com/~endlr/markings.html

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