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SMD code M30 in SOT-23

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.

3 parts in SOT-23 are printed M30

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 3 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

all SOT-23, 3 pins. What differs:

  • FN1L4LSOT-23NEC ElectronicsNot recordedNEC Electronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    NEC Electronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp-Digi: Sw, 60V, 100mA, 200mW, R1/R2=10k/22k
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • MA3X557SOT-23PIN diode, PanasonicPIN diodePanasonic
    What it is
    PIN diode
    Maker
    Panasonic
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PIN diode: Dual, UHF/SHF-AGC, 40V, 100mA, Vf=1V(100mA), 0.3pF
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: PIN diode or varicap.

  • MA557SOT-23PIN diode, PanasonicPIN diodePanasonic
    What it is
    PIN diode
    Maker
    Panasonic
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    PIN diode: Dual, UHF/SHF-AGC, 40V, 100mA, Vf=1V(100mA), 0.3pF
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: PIN diode or varicap.

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.

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.

PIN diode or varicap

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

Working, it reads

About 0.6 to 0.9 V anode to cathode, 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.
  • 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 varicap that has drifted in capacitance reads normal on a meter. Only a capacitance meter or the tuning itself shows it.

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 M30

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 M30

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

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