SMD code PMS
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 are printed PMS
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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.
BAR66SOT-23PIN diode, 3 pins, InfineonPIN diodeSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- PIN diode
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PIN diode or varicap.
BAR67-04SOT-23PIN diode, 3 pins, InfineonPIN diodeSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- PIN diode
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: PIN diode or varicap.
BFG10SOT-1434 pins, NXPNot recordedSOT-1434 pinsNXP
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- SOT-143
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- npn 8V 250mA 1.8GHz pwr amp
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
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.
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.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as PMS
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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