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Re: Why don't they mark SMD caps?

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From: Archimedes' Lever
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:44
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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:08:51 +1000, "Shaun" <not.today@go.away.au> wrote:

>    Okay so I've got no idea why such an ink isn't used to directly print to 
>the capacitor,
>
>Shaun 

 There are plenty of SMD chip cap makers that emblazon a value ID marking
on their caps.

  The fact is more likely that you are using a size of cap that does not
allow such a marking. I would say that 0805 is the smallest size I have
seen markings on.
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