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SMD code BS1

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.

7 parts are printed BS1

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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.

  • 2SB709ASOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP bipolar transistor
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • 2SB709A-SSOT-233 pins, SecosNot recordedSOT-233 pinsSecos
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Secos
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: GP, AF, 60V, 600mA, B=290..460, 150MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SB1218ASOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP bipolar transistor
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • BSP60SOT-223PhiNot recordedSOT-223Not recordedPhi
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Phi
    Package
    SOT-223
    Pins
    Not recorded
    Details
    Si-pnp-Darl: AF, 60V, 1A, 1,25W, B>1000, >200MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • BST60SOT-893 pins, NexperiaNot recordedSOT-893 pinsNexperia
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Nexperia
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp-Darl+Di: 60V, 0,5/1,5A, 350MHz, B>2000
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • HAB709ASSOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, Hottech ElectronicsPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsHottech Electronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Hottech Electronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PNP transistor: GP, 45V, 100mA, 200mW, 60MHz, B=290..460
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • XC6115E632MRSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    CMOS-IC: VDet 3.2V, +Rst PPO, -Rst ODO, Wt=1.6s, Rt=200ms
    Source
    Published code list

    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.

PNP transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

Black 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.

This part

Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.

Working, it reads

Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.

Dead, it reads

  • Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
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.

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 BS1

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

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