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SMD code search: identify a part by its marking

10 parts are printed FST. 22 printed with a similar-looking code.

10 parts are printed FST

Not sure which one you have?

Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 10 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • IXD4901D631ER-GUSP-6C6 pins, IXYSNot recordedUSP-6C6 pinsIXYS
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    USP-6C
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD4901D631MR-GSOT-23-55 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD4901D631PR-GSOT-89-55 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-89-55 pinsIXYS
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD5122A524MR-GSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, IXYSVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 2.4V±2%, -Reset ODO, +WDEN, PUR, W t=400ms, Rdt=3.13ms
    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.

  • XC6122A524MR-GSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 2.4V±2%, -Reset ODO, +WDEN, PUR, W t=400ms, Rdt=3.13ms
    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.

  • XC6901D631ER-GUSP-6C6 pins, TorexNot recordedUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    USP-6C
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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.

  • XC6901D631MR-GSOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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.

  • XC6901D631PR-GSOT-89-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -6.3V±1.5%, 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
    • IXD5127C42E7RVoltage supervisor, IXYSVoltage supervisorNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
      What it is
      Voltage supervisor
      Maker
      IXYS
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Voltage detector IC: 4.2V±0.8%, -Reset PPO, -MR, Rdt=800ms
      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.

    • XC6127C42E7RVoltage supervisor, TorexVoltage supervisorNot recordedNot recordedTorex
      What it is
      Voltage supervisor
      Maker
      Torex
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Voltage detector IC: 4.2V±0.8%, -Reset PPO, -MR, Rdt=800ms
      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.

22 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as FST

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.

  • IXD4901D461ER-Gprinted FS7USP-6C6 pins, IXYSNot recordedUSP-6C6 pinsIXYS

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    USP-6C
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD4901D461MR-Gprinted FS7SOT-23-55 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD4901D461PR-Gprinted FS7SOT-89-55 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-89-55 pinsIXYS

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

  • IXD5122A537MR-Gprinted FS7SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, IXYSVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    IXYS
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 3.7V±2%, -Reset ODO, +WDEN, PUR, W t=400ms, Rdt=3.13ms
    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.

  • LN61FC5552Mprinted F57SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, Shanghai Natlinear ElectronicsVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsShanghai Natlinear Electronics

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Shanghai Natlinear Electronics
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 5.5V±2%, +Reset PPO, Rdt=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.

  • LN61FC5552Pprinted F57SOT-89Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, Shanghai Natlinear ElectronicsVoltage supervisorSOT-893 pinsShanghai Natlinear Electronics

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Shanghai Natlinear Electronics
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 5.5V±2%, +Reset PPO, 50ms 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.

  • LN6203P252Fprinted F5TSOT-223LDO regulator, Infinewin Electron TechniqueLDO regulatorSOT-223Not recordedInfinewin Electron Technique

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    Infinewin Electron Technique
    Package
    SOT-223
    Pins
    Not recorded
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 2.5V±2%, 400mA, OCL
    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.

  • LN6203P252Mprinted F5TSOT-89LDO regulator, 3 pins, Infinewin Electron TechniqueLDO regulatorSOT-893 pinsInfinewin Electron Technique

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    LDO regulator
    Maker
    Infinewin Electron Technique
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 2.5V±2%, 400mA, OCL
    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.

  • XC61FC5552Mprinted F57SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    CMOS-IC: Voltage Detector 5,5V, Reset Push-pull output, 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.

  • XC61FC5552Pprinted F57SOT-89Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-893 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    CMOS-IC: Voltage Detector 5,5V, Reset Push-pull output, 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.

  • XC61HC5552MRprinted F57SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 5.5V±2%, -Reset PPO, Rdt=1..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.

  • XC66DC5524Mprinted F5TSOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator with volatge detector: LDO, 2.4V±2%, 100mA, Vdet=5.5V±2%, +Reset PPO
    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.

  • XC66DC5544Mprinted F5TSOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator with volatge detector: LDO, 4.4V±2%, 100mA, Vdet=5.5V±2%, +Reset PPO
    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.

  • XC66DN5524Mprinted F5TSOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator with volatge detector: LDO, 2.4V±2%, 100mA, Vdet=5.5V±2%, +Reset ODO
    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.

  • XC66DN5544Mprinted F5TSOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed F5T on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator with volatge detector: LDO, 4.4V±2%, 100mA, Vdet=5.5V±2%, +Reset ODO
    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.

  • XC6122A537MR-Gprinted FS7SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Voltage supervisor
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Voltage detector IC: 3.7V±2%, -Reset ODO, +WDEN, PUR, W t=400ms, Rdt=3.13ms
    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.

  • XC6367F572MRprinted F57SOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-up, 5.7V±2.5%, 200mA, 180kHz, +CE, soft start
    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.

  • XC6382B571Mprinted F57SOT-23DC-DC converter, 3 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-233 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PFM st-up, 5.7V±2.5%, 400mA, 100kHz, ext. transis.
    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.

  • XC6382B571Pprinted F57SOT-89DC-DC converter, 3 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-893 pinsTorex

    Printed F57 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    DC-DC converter
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89
    Pins
    3
    Details
    DC/DC voltage converter IC: PFM st-up, 5.7V±2.5%, 400mA, 100kHz, ext. transis.
    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.

  • XC6901D461ER-Gprinted FS7USP-6C6 pins, TorexNot recordedUSP-6C6 pinsTorex

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    USP-6C
    Pins
    6
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

  • XC6901D461MR-Gprinted FS7SOT-23-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsTorex

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-23-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

  • XC6901D461PR-Gprinted FS7SOT-89-55 pins, TorexNot recordedSOT-89-55 pinsTorex

    Printed FS7 on the part. Easy to misread as FST. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.

    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Torex
    Package
    SOT-89-5
    Pins
    5
    Details
    Linear voltage regulator IC: -4.6V±1.5%, 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.

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.

6Hon a SOT-23, in the code book
  • NPN transistor
  • Varicap
  • N-channel JFET
  • Digital transistor ×2
  • 3.6 V voltage detector

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