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SMD code 8S-

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 and published code lists.

41 parts are printed 8S-

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 41 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • BC817-16WSOT-323NPN transistor, 3 pins, PanjitNPN transistorSOT-3233 pinsPanjit
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC817-16W-AUSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, PanjitTransistorSOT-3233 pinsPanjit
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • LMBZ5242BLT1GSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, LRCZener diodeSOT-233 pinsLRC
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Zener diode, VZ Min 11.4 V, VZ Nom 12 V, VZ Max 12.6 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • MBRX280SOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    2A, 80V, Surface Mount Schottky Barrier Rectifiers
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • MM8Z27VC-CSOD-882Zener diode, 2 pins, SeCoSZener diodeSOD-8822 pinsSeCoS
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    SeCoS
    Package
    SOD-882
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • MMBZ5242BSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Taitron ComponentsZener diodeSOT-233 pinsTaitron Components
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    Taitron Components
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • MMBZ5242BLSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, onsemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsonsemi
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    onsemi
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Zener Voltage Regulators MMBZ52xxBLT1G Series, SZMMBZ52xxBLT1G Series
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • S-LMBZ5242BLT1GSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, LRCZener diodeSOT-233 pinsLRC
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    LRC
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Zener diode, VZ Min 11.4 V, VZ Nom 12 V, VZ Max 12.6 V
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • SD103CWSSOD-323Schottky diode, 2 pins, VishaySchottky diodeSOD-3232 pinsVishay
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SOD-323
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • SM280FLSOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, SeCoSSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsSeCoS
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    SeCoS
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • TMBRX280SOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    Schottky diode
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOD-123F
    Pins
    2
    Details
    2A, 80V, Surface Mount Schottky Barrier Rectifiers
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • ZD5242AN3SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, CYStekZener diodeSOT-233 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    12 V zener diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • ZD5242BN3SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, CYStekZener diodeSOT-233 pinsCYStek
    What it is
    Zener diode
    Maker
    CYStek
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    12 V zener diode
    Source
    Manufacturer datasheet

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

  • AP7343D-19W5-7SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Diodes IncorporatedLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsDiodes Incorporated
    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    Diodes Incorporated
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 1.9V±1%, 300mA, +CE, CL
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

  • 1 more part has no package on record
    • AP7343D-19FS4-7BLDO regulator, Diodes IncorporatedLDO regulatorNot recordedNot recordedDiodes Incorporated
      What it is
      LDO regulator
      Maker
      Diodes Incorporated
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 1.9V±1%, 300mA, +CE, CL
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.

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.

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.

Voltage regulator

Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.

Working, it reads

Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.

Dead, it reads

  • Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
  • Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
  • Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
On the board:
An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
Compare:
The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
Watch for:
Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.

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 8S-

One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.

Codes not listed here are printed on 279 more parts.

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