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SMD code 74

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.

7 parts are printed 74

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 7 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • BAS70-04SOT-23Schottky diode, 3 pins, Taiwan Semiconductor
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Taiwan Semiconductor
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    SMD Small Signal Schottky Diodes
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • BAS70-04WSOT-323Schottky diode, 3 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    SMD Small Signal Schottky Diodes
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • BZX84-B24SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Nexperia
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Pinout
    • 1 anode
    • 2 not connected
    • 3 cathode
    Details
    24 V ±2% voltage regulator (Zener) diode
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.

  • RB160M-40SOD-123Schottky diode, 2 pins, JSCJ
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    JSCJ
    Package
    SOD-123
    Pins
    2
    Details
    Schottky diode, 40 V, 1 A
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

  • EIA-96:740603Precision resistor (EIA-96 code), 2 pins
    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 57.6; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (74A = 576 Ohm, 74B = 5.76 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Resistor.

  • 2 more parts have no package on record
    • SN74LVC2G74DCUFlip-flop, 8 pins, Texas Instruments
      What it is
      Flip-flop
      Maker
      Texas Instruments
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      8
      Details
      Single Positive-Edge-Triggered D-Type Flip-Flop With Clear and Preset
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

    • VSKY1540C9Schottky diode, Vishay
      What it is
      Schottky diode
      Maker
      Vishay
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      74
      Source
      From the manufacturer's datasheet

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.

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.

Schottky diode

Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.

Working, it reads

About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.

Dead, it reads

  • The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
  • A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
  • Open both ways: failed open.
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 large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.

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.

Resistor

Ohms range, across it, power off.

Working, it reads

Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

Dead, it reads

  • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
  • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
  • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
On the board:
A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
Compare:
The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
Watch for:
A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

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 74

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 74

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 30 more parts.

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