SMD code T124
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.
T124 on a chip capacitor
120 nF, 50 V
120 nF, 50 V tantalum capacitor
A moulded tantalum capacitor: 124 is the capacitance in picofarads (120 nF) and T is the rated-voltage code (50 V). Makers disagree on the letter for 50 V: T at Kyocera AVX and Vishay, H at ROHM.
Check it with a meter
Lift one end and measure it on a capacitance range. A good one reads close to 120 nF. 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 120 nF, 50 V. Fit the same capacitance at the same or a higher voltage.
On a transistor or diode body (SOT-89, SOIC-8, SOT-89-5), T124 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.
2 parts are printed T124
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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.
R1191H124DSOT-89-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, RicohLDO regulatorSOT-89-55 pinsRicoh
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Ricoh
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 12.4V±1.5%, 300mA, +CE, ECO, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
TMP124AIDSOIC-8Temperature sensor, 8 pins, Texas InstrumentsTemperature sensorSOIC-88 pinsTexas Instruments
- What it is
- Temperature sensor
- Maker
- Texas Instruments
- Package
- SOIC-8
- Pins
- 8
- Details
- Accurate Programmable Digital Temperature Sensors with SPI Interface
- 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.
Voltage regulator
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
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 T124
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 T124
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
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