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SMD code C105

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.

C105 on a chip capacitor

1 µF, 16 V

1 µF, 16 V tantalum capacitor

A moulded tantalum capacitor: 105 is the capacitance in picofarads (1 µF) and C is the rated-voltage code (16 V).

Check it with a meter

Lift one end and measure it on a capacitance range. A good one reads close to 1 µF. In circuit the meter also sees everything connected across it, so the reading means little until it is out. It is polarised: the band on the body marks the positive end, and a tantalum fitted backwards fails short, sometimes with a flame. A failed tantalum usually reads near 0 Ω both ways, often with a burnt or cracked body. A failed reading does not change what to fit: the marking still says 1 µF, 16 V. Fit the same capacitance at the same or a higher voltage.

On a transistor or diode body (DFN, SOIC-8, SOT-23-6), C105 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.

2 parts are printed C105

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 2 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • KRC105TO-92Digital transistor (NPN, resistors built in), 3 pins, KECDigital transistor (NPN, resistors built in)TO-923 pinsKEC
    What it is
    Digital transistor (NPN, resistors built in)
    Maker
    KEC
    Package
    TO-92
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • SN74LVC1G10DBVSOT-23-66 pins, Texas InstrumentsNot recordedSOT-23-66 pinsTexas Instruments
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Texas Instruments
    Package
    SOT-23-6
    Pins
    6
    Details
    CMOS logic IC: 3-input NAND gate
    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.

Digital transistor

Ohms range, part lifted. The datasheet gives the built-in resistors: R1 in series with the base, R2 from base to emitter.

Working, it reads

Base to emitter reads about R1 plus R2 either way round, about 20 kΩ on a 10 k and 10 k part, give or take their wide tolerance. Collector to emitter reads open. A part with no R2 reads a junction behind R1 one way instead.

Dead, it reads

  • Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 Ω with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • From the base, open or far above R1 plus R2: R1 has failed. Static damage shows here most often.
  • Base to emitter near 0 Ω: failed short.
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:
The readings depend on the resistor values, so an identical part elsewhere on the board is the surest reference. Measure it the same way.
Watch for:
On the diode range a good part with 10 kΩ resistors reads open on every pair, so a good part looks dead there. Use the ohms range.

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 C105

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 C105

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.

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