SMD code 2C
Marking codes are not standardised, and the same code is reused by unrelated makers for unrelated parts. Below is every part in our tables printed with it, and any printed with a code that is easy to misread as it, from the manufacturers' own marking tables.
5 parts are printed 2C
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 5 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
BC848SSOT-363NPN transistor, 6 pins, JSCJNPN transistorSOT-3636 pinsJSCJ
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- JSCJ
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Bipolar transistor, NPN, 30 V, 100 mA
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
BC849CSOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, NexperiaTransistorSOT-233 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.
BZX384B15SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, VishayZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 15 V Zener diode
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
MM3Z11SOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, DiotecZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsDiotec
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Diotec
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- SMD Planar Zener Diodes
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
TL432QPKSOT-89Voltage reference, 3 pins, Texas InstrumentsVoltage referenceSOT-893 pinsTexas Instruments
- What it is
- Voltage reference
- Maker
- Texas Instruments
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Precision Programmable Reference
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
Is it dead? One meter test per kind
Parts of the same kind are tested the same way, so each test is here once. Each part above points to its own.
NPN transistor
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Red probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Bipolar transistor
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
From the base, one probe colour reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Zener diode
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Integrated circuit
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Printed with a code easy to misread as 2C
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.
Codes that begin with 2C
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
Codes not listed here are printed on 56 more parts.
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