SMD code VL-
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.
59 parts are printed VL-
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TLVH432AIPKSOT-89Voltage reference, 3 pins, Texas InstrumentsVoltage referenceSOT-893 pinsTexas Instruments
- What it is
- Voltage reference
- Maker
- Texas Instruments
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Low-Voltage Adjustable Precision Shunt Regulators
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
EM1103J-290SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Excelliance MOSLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsExcelliance MOS
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Excelliance MOS
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- 2.9 V 300 mA LDO regulator
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
2SA1581SOT-233 pins, Sanyo ElectricNot recordedSOT-233 pinsSanyo Electric
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Sanyo Electric
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-pnp-Digi: Sw, 50V, 100mA, 200mW, 200MHz, R1=2.2k
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
2SD1950-LSOT-893 pins, NEC ElectronicsNot recordedSOT-893 pinsNEC Electronics
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NEC Electronics
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-npn: GP, Hi-beta, 30V, 2A, 2W, B=1200..2400, 350MHz
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
2SD1950VLSOT-893 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-893 pinsRenesas
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Renesas
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
2SJ106-BLSOT-233 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-233 pinsToshiba
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Toshiba
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- FET p-type: AF, Sw, 50V, Ig=10mA, 150mW, Idss=6..14mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
2SJ106BLSOT-233 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-233 pinsToshiba
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Toshiba
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
2SJ144-BLSOT-3233 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-3233 pinsToshiba
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Toshiba
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- FET p-type: AF, Sw, 50V, Ig=10mA, 100mW, Idss=6..14mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
2SJ144BLSOT-3233 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-3233 pinsToshiba
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Toshiba
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.
74LVC1G66GWSOT-3535 pins, Philips SemiconductorsNot recordedSOT-3535 pinsPhilips Semiconductors
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Philips Semiconductors
- Package
- SOT-353
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS logic IC: Single-pole single-throw analog switch
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
5 more parts have no package on record
2SC5866NPN transistor, 3 pins, ROHMNPN transistorNot recorded3 pinsROHM
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- ROHM
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- npn high speed sw 60V 2A comp. 2SA2094
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.
74LVC1G66GFNXPNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNXP
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- CMOS logic IC: Single-pole single-throw analog switch
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
74LVC1G66GMNXPNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNXP
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- CMOS logic IC: Single-pole single-throw analog switch
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
74LVC1G66GNNXPNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNXP
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- CMOS logic IC: Single-pole single-throw analog switch
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
74LVC1G66GSNXPNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNXP
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- NXP
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- CMOS logic IC: Single-pole single-throw analog switch
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
NPN transistor
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Red probe on the base 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.
MOSFET
Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.
Working, it reads
One way between drain and source reads about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode, and the other way open. The gate reads open to both other pins.
Dead, it reads
- Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
- The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted.
- No body diode at all: failed open.
- On the board
- the gate usually has a resistor to the source, which reads as that resistor and is not a fault. Lift a leg to be sure.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
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