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SMD code R68

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.

R68 on a chip resistor

0.68 Ω

0.68 Ω resistor

The R stands in for the decimal point, which is how sub-ohm and fractional values are printed. The same marking also reads as 0.68 µH on an inductor or 0.68 pF on a capacitor, and nothing in the code says which; the body of the part does.

Other readings of the same characters, most likely first

  • 0.68 µH inductor
  • 0.68 pF capacitor

Check it with a meter

Lift one end and measure across it. A good one reads 0.68 Ω. Measuring it in circuit reads the parallel combination of everything around it, which is almost always lower, never higher: well above 0.68 Ω on the board is a fault. Open, or well above 0.68 Ω, means it has failed: burnt, cracked or corroded. That does not change what to fit: the marking still says 0.68 Ω. A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds drew too much, so find that before fitting a new one.

On a transistor or diode body (SOT-23-5, SOT-23, SOT-89-5), R68 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.

6 parts are printed R68

Not sure which one you have?

Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 6 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • 2SC4091SSOT-1434 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-1434 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-143
    Pins
    4
    Details
    npn RF fT 4GHz hfe 125-250
    Source
    Published code list

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

  • XC6383C681MSOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PFM st-up, 6.8V±2.5%, 400mA, 100kHz, +CE
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • XC6383C681PSOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PFM st-up, 6.8V±2.5%, 400mA, 100kHz, +CE
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • XC9147D26DER-GUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, TorexDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    USP-6C
    Pins
    6
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-up, 3.0MHz, 2.6V±2%, 1.4A, CrLL, ShPr, CL, +CE
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • XC9147D26DPR-GSOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM step-up, 3.0MHz, 2.6V±2%, 1.4A, CrLL, ShPr, CL, +CE
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • 1 more part has no package on record
    • 2SC4091-SRF transistor, NEC ElectronicsRF transistorNot recordedNot recordedNEC Electronics
      What it is
      RF transistor
      Maker
      NEC Electronics
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      NPN transistor: UHF, 15V, 5mA, 50mW, B=15..250, 4GHz
      Source
      Published code list

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

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.

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.

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 R68

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 R68

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

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