SMD code search: identify a part by its marking
13 parts are printed SAY. 8 printed with a similar-looking code.
13 parts are printed SAY
Not sure which one you have?
Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 13 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
2SA1162YT1SOT-233 pins, onsemiNot recordedSOT-233 pinsonsemi
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.
Working, it reads
Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.
Dead, it reads
- Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
FJX945-YSOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, Fairchild SemiconductorPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsFairchild Semiconductor
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Fairchild Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP transistor: AF, Osc, 60V, 150mA, 200mW, B=120..240, 300MHz
- 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.
HE6234M5SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±2%, 500mA, +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.
HE6234MMSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±2%, 500mA
- 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.
HM7834MRSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, Huamei SemiconductorLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsHuamei Semiconductor
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Huamei Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±2%, 500mA
- 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.
R3118N281ASOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, RicohVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsRicoh
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Ricoh
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 2.8V±1.5%, -Reset ODO, Sense
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
S-1206B34-M3T1SOT-233 pins, ABLICNot recordedSOT-233 pinsABLIC
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- equivalent [3.4V LDO]
- 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.
S-1206B34-M3T1GSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, Seiko InstrumentsLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsSeiko Instruments
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±1%, 250mA
- 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.
S-1206B34-U3T1SOT-893 pins, ABLICNot recordedSOT-893 pinsABLIC
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- equivalent [3.4V LDO]
- 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.
S-1206B34-U3T1GSOT-89LDO regulator, 3 pins, Seiko InstrumentsLDO regulatorSOT-893 pinsSeiko Instruments
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±1%, 250mA
- 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.
3 more parts have no package on record
KTA1531TPNP transistor, KECPNP transistorNot recordedNot recordedKEC
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- KEC
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
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.
S-1206B34-I6T26 pins, ABLICNot recordedNot recorded6 pinsABLIC
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- equivalent [3.4V LDO]
- 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.
S-1206B34-I6T2GLDO regulator, Seiko InstrumentsLDO regulatorNot recordedNot recordedSeiko Instruments
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±1.0%, 250mA
- 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.
8 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as SAY
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.
IXD5127C16JMRprinted 5AYSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, IXYSVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. 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: 1.6V±0.8%, +Reset PPO, -MR, Rdt=400ms
- 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.
SMA5J11printed 5AYSMATVS diode, 2 pins, VishayTVS diodeSMA2 pinsVishay
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SMA
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: Vbr=12.2..14.9V, Vvm=11V, 24.9A, 500W(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.
SMA5J11Cprinted 5AYSMATVS diode, 2 pins, VishayTVS diodeSMA2 pinsVishay
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Vishay
- Package
- SMA
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: Vbr=12.2..14.9V, Vvm=11V, 24.9A, 500W(1ms), Bidir.
- 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.
STM6321RWY6Fprinted 5AYSOT-23-55 pins, STMicroelectronicsNot recordedSOT-23-55 pinsSTMicroelectronics
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- STMicroelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.
Working, it reads
Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.
Dead, it reads
- Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
TV05A110K-Gprinted 5AYSMATVS diode, 2 pins, ComchipTVS diodeSMA2 pinsComchip
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Comchip
- Package
- SMA
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Transient voltage supressor: Vbr=12.2..14.9V, Vrwm=11.0V, Ipp=24.9A, 500W(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.
UM1550S-50printed 5AYSOT-23LDO regulator, 3 pins, Union SemiconductorLDO regulatorSOT-233 pinsUnion Semiconductor
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Union Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 5.0V±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.
XC6106A029MRprinted 5AYSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. 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 2.9V, 5%, Hst, -MR, ±Reset PPO, Rt=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.
XC6127C16JMRprinted 5AYSOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 5AY on the part. Easy to misread as SAY. 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: 1.6V±0.8%, +Reset PPO, -MR, Rdt=400ms
- 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.
2 more parts have codes that begin with SAY
Codes that begin with SAY
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each one shows its full printed code.
LDO regulator, all SOT-23-5, 5 pins, all Huamei Semiconductor.
HM7834M5BRprinted SAYYSOT-23-5
Printed SAYY. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Huamei Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±2%, 500mA, +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.
HM7834M5Rprinted SAYZSOT-23-5
Printed SAYZ. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Huamei Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±2%, 500mA, +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.
Did you find your part?
One code, several parts
Marking codes are not unique. In the standard code book, 6H on a SOT-23 is an NPN transistor, a varicap, an N-channel JFET, two digital transistors, a 3.6 V voltage detector: six parts from five makers. So a search shows the parts we hold under that code and under codes easily misread as it, with only the columns that tell them apart.
- NPN transistor
- Varicap
- N-channel JFET
- Digital transistor ×2
- 3.6 V voltage detector
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