SMD code search: identify a part by its marking
2 parts in SOT-23-5 are printed CWC. 5 printed with a similar-looking code.
2 parts in SOT-23-5 are printed CWC
Not sure which one you have?
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.
all SOT-23-5, 5 pins. What differs:
S-817B13AMC-CWCT2SOT-23-5ABLICABLIC
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- equivalent S-817B13AY
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
S-817B13AMC-CWCT2GSOT-23-5Seiko InstrumentsSeiko Instruments
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 1.3V±2%, 50mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
5 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as CWC: 3 in SOT-23-5, 2 with no package on record
Printed with a code easy to misread
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. The odd one out is marked on each.
R3120N049Aprinted CW6SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, RicohVoltage supervisor5 pinsRicoh
Printed CW6 on the part. Easy to misread as CWC. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Ricoh
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 4.9V±1.5%, -Reset ODO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
S-817B17AMC-CWGT2printed CWGSOT-23-55 pins, ABLICNot recorded5 pinsABLIC
Printed CWG on the part. Easy to misread as CWC. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- equivalent S-817B17AY
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
S-817B17AMC-CWGT2Gprinted CWGSOT-23-55 pins, Seiko InstrumentsNot recorded5 pinsSeiko Instruments
Printed CWG on the part. Easy to misread as CWC. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 1.7V±2%, 50mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
2 more parts have no package on record. Nothing rules them out, so they stay.
FP6806-40AS7printed GW6Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, FitipowerVoltage supervisor3 pinsFitipower
Printed GW6 on the part. Easy to misread as CWC. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Fitipower
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Microprocessor Reset Circuits With Adjustable Delay Time
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
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.
SMA6SF6.0CAprinted 6WGTVS diode, Formosa MicrosemiTVS diodeNot recordedFormosa Microsemi
Printed 6WG on the part. Easy to misread as CWC. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Did you find your part?
One code, several parts
Marking codes are not unique. In the standard code book, 6H on a SOT-23 is an NPN transistor, a varicap, an N-channel JFET, two digital transistors, a 3.6 V voltage detector: six parts from five makers. So a search shows the parts we hold under that code and under codes easily misread as it, with only the columns that tell them apart.
- NPN transistor
- Varicap
- N-channel JFET
- Digital transistor ×2
- 3.6 V voltage detector
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