SMD code search: identify a part by its marking
5 parts are printed SPA. 11 printed with a similar-looking code.
5 parts are printed SPA
Not sure which one you have?
Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 5 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
NCP304HSQ45T1SOT-1434 pins, onsemiNot recordedSOT-1434 pinsonsemi
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-143
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- CMOS-IC: Voltage Detector 4,5V, Reset Push-pull 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.
S-1172B34-U5T1SOT-89-55 pins, ABLICNot recordedSOT-89-55 pinsABLIC
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- ABLIC
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- 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-1172B34-U5T1GSOT-89-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Seiko InstrumentsLDO regulatorSOT-89-55 pinsSeiko Instruments
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Seiko Instruments
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.4V±1%, 1A, +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.
XC9148K48CER-GUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, TorexDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM st-up, 1.2MHz, 4.8V±2%, 1.4A, ULVO, CrLL, ShPr, I-O-Bps, +CE
- 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.
XC9148K48CPR-GSOT-89-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-89-55 pinsTorex
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM step-up, 1.2MHz, 4.8V±2%, 1.4A, ULVO, CrLL, ShPr, I-O-Bps, +CE
- 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.
11 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as SPA
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.
IXD3236E1ACER-Gprinted 5PAUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsIXYS
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
IXD3236E1ACMR-Gprinted 5PASOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
IXD5127C37AMRprinted 5PASOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, IXYSVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. 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±0.8%, -Reset PPO, -MR, 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.
UM1750S-30printed 5PASOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Union SemiconductorLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsUnion Semiconductor
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Union Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.0V±2%, 350mA, +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.
XC6127C37AMRprinted 5PASOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, TorexVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. 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±0.8%, -Reset PPO, -MR, 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.
XC9236E1ACER-Gprinted 5PAUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, TorexDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsTorex
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
XC9236E1ACMR-Gprinted 5PASOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, TorexDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsTorex
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. 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/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
4 more parts have no package on record
IXD3236E1AC0R-Gprinted 5PADC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
IXD3236E1AC4R-Gprinted 5PADC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
XC9236E1AC0R-Gprinted 5PADC-DC converter, TorexDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedTorex
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
XC9236E1AC4R-Gprinted 5PADC-DC converter, TorexDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedTorex
Printed 5PA on the part. Easy to misread as SPA. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Torex
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 1.05V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, LSST, CL
- 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.
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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