SMD code search: identify a part by its marking
2 parts are printed 3GS. 47 printed with a similar-looking code.
2 parts are printed 3GS
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.
BC857CSOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, InfineonPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- -50 V PNP small-signal transistor, gain group C
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Black 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.
MURS340SSMBRectifier, 2 pins, VishayRectifierSMB2 pinsVishay
- What it is
- Rectifier
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SMB
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Diode: Rectifier, 400V, 3A, Vf<1.2V(3A)
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.5 to 0.8 V anode to cathode, and open the other way. Small switching diodes read about 0.6 to 0.7 V; large rectifiers can read a little lower.
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.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: 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 three-pin body can hold two diodes. With a common pin they read two junctions from that pin, just like a transistor; in series they read two drops end to end. Test each pair the datasheet names.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
47 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as 3GS
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.
CZRB3047-HFprinted 3C5SMBZener diode, 2 pins, ComchipZener diodeSMB2 pinsComchip
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SMB
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 47 V 3 mW zener diode
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
ET5H136Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
ET5H236Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
ET5H536Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
ET5H736Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
ET6H136Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
ET7H236Sprinted 36SSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsETEK
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
LD7536SGLprinted 36SSOT-23-6AC-DC controller, 6 pins, LeadtrendAC-DC controllerSOT-23-66 pinsLeadtrend
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- AC-DC controller
- Maker
- Leadtrend
- Package
- SOT-23-6
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Multi-Mode PWM Controller of Flyback with Integrated BNI/BNO and Protection
- 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.
MM3Z36Sprinted 36SSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 36V, 400mW, Surface Mount Zener Diodes
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
SMA3EZ47D5printed 3C5SMAZener diode, 2 pins, DOWOZener diodeSMA2 pinsDOWO
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- DOWO
- Package
- SMA
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
SMB3EZ47D5printed 3C5SMBZener diode, 2 pins, DOWOZener diodeSMB2 pinsDOWO
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- DOWO
- Package
- SMB
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
TMM3Z36Sprinted 36SSOD-323Zener diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsZener diodeSOD-3232 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOD-323
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 36V, 400mW, Surface Mount Zener Diodes
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
ZGFM3051B-BFprinted 3C5SMBFZener diode, 2 pins, Formosa MicrosemiZener diodeSMBF2 pinsFormosa Microsemi
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Formosa Microsemi
- Package
- SMBF
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
1SMB5942Bprinted 3C5SMBZener diode, 2 pins, RectronZener diodeSMB2 pinsRectron
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Rectron
- Package
- SMB
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode, VZ 51 V, 3 W
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
3KASMC43printed 3CSSMCTVS diode, 2 pins, VishayTVS diodeSMC2 pinsVishay
Printed 3CS on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: Vbr=47.8 58.4V, Vvm=43V, 39.1A, 3000W(1ms)
- Source
- Published code list
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.
3SK184-Sprinted 3CSSOT-1434 pins, PanasonicNot recordedSOT-1434 pinsPanasonic
Printed 3CS on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Panasonic
- Package
- SOT-143
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- MESFET n-type: GaAs, Dual gate, UHF, 13V, 50mA, 200mW, Idss=25..35mA
- 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.
BC857printed 3CsSOT-363PNP transistor, 6 pins, InfineonPNP transistorSOT-3636 pinsInfineon
Printed 3Cs on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- PNP bipolar transistor
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Black 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.
BC857Sprinted 3CsSOT-363Transistor, 6 pins, InfineonTransistorSOT-3636 pinsInfineon
Printed 3Cs on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Transistor
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- SMD General Purpose PNP Transistors
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
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.
CZRB3047-Gprinted 3C5SMBZener diode, 2 pins, ComchipZener diodeSMB2 pinsComchip
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SMB
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode: 47.0V±5%, Zzt=38.0, Izm=57mA, 3W
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
LN3526N3612Mprinted 365SOT-143Voltage supervisor, 4 pins, Shanghai Natlinear ElectronicsVoltage supervisorSOT-1434 pinsShanghai Natlinear Electronics
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Shanghai Natlinear Electronics
- Package
- SOT-143
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.6V±2%, -Reset ODO, -MR, 200ms Rt delay
- 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.
MMBZ5236SPTprinted 36SSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Chenmko EnterpriseZener diodeSOT-233 pinsChenmko Enterprise
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Chenmko Enterprise
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: 7.350..7.650V, Izt=5mA, Zzt=7 , 225mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
MMCZ5236SPTprinted 36SSOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, Chenmko EnterpriseZener diodeSOT-233 pinsChenmko Enterprise
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Chenmko Enterprise
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: 7.350..7.650V, Izt=5mA, Zzt=7 , 225mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
MMHZ5236SPTprinted 36SSOD-123Zener diode, 2 pins, Chenmko EnterpriseZener diodeSOD-1232 pinsChenmko Enterprise
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Chenmko Enterprise
- Package
- SOD-123
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode: 7.350..7.650V, Izt=5mA, Zzt=7, 225mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
SMA3Z51Aprinted 3C5SMAZener diode, 2 pins, RectronZener diodeSMA2 pinsRectron
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Rectron
- Package
- SMA
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Zener diode: 48.0..54.0V, Izt=4.0mA, Zzt=115.0, 3W
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
TC593202ECBprinted 3C5SOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, MicrochipLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsMicrochip
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Microchip
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, -3.2V±2%, 200mA
- 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.
UTC8136-5printed 36-5SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, UnisonicVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsUnisonic
Printed 36-5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Unisonic
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Lin/Digi-IC: Voltage Detector 3.6V, -Reset Open collector output
- 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.
XC62KN322Mprinted 3C5SOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, TorexLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, -3.2V±2%, 100mA, 150mW
- 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.
XC62KN322Pprinted 3C5SOT-89LDO regulator, 3 pins, TorexLDO regulatorSOT-893 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, -3.2V±2%, 100mA, 500mW
- 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.
XC6104B224MRprinted 36SSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS-IC: VDet 2.4V, 5%, Hst, ±Reset PPO, Wt=50ms, Rt=25ms
- 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.
XC6104B236MRprinted 365SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS-IC: VDet 3.6V, 5%, Hst, ±Reset PPO, Wt=50ms, Rt=25ms
- 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.
XC6104C324MRprinted 3CSSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 3CS on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS-IC: VDet 2.4V, 5%, Hst, ±Reset PPO, Wt=100ms, Rt=50ms
- 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.
XC6104C336MRprinted 3C5SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- CMOS-IC: VDet 3.6V, 5%, Hst, ±Reset PPO, Wt=100ms, Rt=50ms
- 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.
XC6203P362FRprinted 365SOT-223TorexNot recordedSOT-223Not recordedTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-223
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 3.6V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6203P362MRprinted 365SOT-233 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-233 pinsTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 3.6V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6203P362PRprinted 365SOT-893 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-893 pinsTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 3.6V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6203P542FRprinted 36SSOT-223TorexNot recordedSOT-223Not recordedTorex
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-223
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 5.4V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6203P542MRprinted 36SSOT-233 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-233 pinsTorex
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 5.4V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6203P542PRprinted 36SSOT-893 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-893 pinsTorex
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- VR-IC: Int. current limiter, 5.4V±2%, 400mA
- 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.
XC6227A351ERprinted 3C5USP-6CLDO regulator, 6 pins, TorexLDO regulatorUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.5V±1%, 700mA, +CE
- 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.
XC6227A351MRprinted 3C5SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, TorexLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.5V±1%, 700mA, +CE
- 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.
XC6227A351PRprinted 3C5SOT-89-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, TorexLDO regulatorSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.5V±1%, 700mA, +CE
- 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.
XC6372E250Pprinted 3C5SOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
Printed 3C5 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM st-up, 50kHz, 2.5V±2.5%, 100mA, int. Vdd
- 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.
XC6372E651Pprinted 365SOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM st-up, 100kHz, 6.5V±2.5%, 100mA, int. Vdd
- 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.
XC6505C541ERprinted 36SUSP-6CLDO regulator, 6 pins, TorexLDO regulatorUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 5.4V±1%, 200mA, +CE, CL
- 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.
XC6505C661ERprinted 365USP-6CLDO regulator, 6 pins, TorexLDO regulatorUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 6.6V±1%, 200mA, +CE, CL
- 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
SDA3611CDNprinted 36SESD protection diode, LeiditechESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedLeiditech
Printed 36S on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- Leiditech
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- ESD protection diode, VRWM 36 V, Cj 20 pF
- 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.
VRH3651NVprinted 365LDO regulator, AnaSemLDO regulatorNot recordedNot recordedAnaSem
Printed 365 on the part. Easy to misread as 3GS. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- AnaSem
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.65V±1%, 250mA, +CE
- 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.
142 more parts have codes that begin with 3GS
Codes that begin with 3GS
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each one shows its full printed code.
1SMC5365printed 365BSMCZener diode, 2 pins, PanjitZener diodeSMC2 pinsPanjit
Printed 365B. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
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, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: 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 meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
141 more parts are not listed here. Type more of the code to narrow the list.
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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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