SMD code 21
Marking codes are not standardised, and the same code is reused by unrelated makers for unrelated parts. Below is every part in our tables printed with it, and any printed with a code that is easy to misread as it, from the manufacturers' own marking tables.
7 parts are printed 21
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 7 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
PDTA123ETSOT-23Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in), 3 pins, NexperiaDigital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)SOT-233 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Digital transistor (PNP, resistors built in)
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP resistor-equipped transistor; R1 = 2.2 kΩ, R2 = 2.2 kΩ
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Digital transistor.
RB521S30SOD-523Schottky diode, 2 pins, PanjitSchottky diodeSOD-5232 pinsPanjit
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SOD-523
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
RB521S30-AUSOD-523Schottky diode, 2 pins, PanjitSchottky diodeSOD-5232 pinsPanjit
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SOD-523
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
TS321CX5SOT-23-5Comparator, 5 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorComparatorSOT-23-55 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
- What it is
- Comparator
- Maker
- Taiwan Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
TSM210N02CXSOT-23MOSFET, 3 pins, Taiwan SemiconductorMOSFETSOT-233 pinsTaiwan Semiconductor
- What it is
- MOSFET
- Maker
- Taiwan Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: MOSFET.
EIA-96:210603Precision resistor (EIA-96 code), 2 pinsPrecision resistor (EIA-96 code)06032 pinsNot recorded
- What it is
- Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
- Maker
- Not recorded
- Package
- 0603
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 16.2; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (21A = 162 Ohm, 21B = 1.62 kOhm)
- Source
- Added by hand from a published table
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Resistor.
1 more part has no package on record
ESDSU5V0A1ESD protection diode, JSCJESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedJSCJ
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- JSCJ
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- ESD protection diode, VRWM 5 V
- Source
- From the manufacturer's datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
Is it dead? One meter test per kind
Parts of the same kind are tested the same way, so each test is here once. Each part above points to its own.
TVS or ESD protection diode
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.
Digital transistor
Ohms range, part lifted. The datasheet gives the built-in resistors: R1 in series with the base, R2 from base to emitter.
Working, it reads
Base to emitter reads about R1 plus R2 either way round, about 20 kΩ on a 10 k and 10 k part, give or take their wide tolerance. Collector to emitter reads open. A part with no R2 reads a junction behind R1 one way instead.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 Ω with a continuous beep: shorted.
- From the base, open or far above R1 plus R2: R1 has failed. Static damage shows here most often.
- Base to emitter near 0 Ω: failed short.
- 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:
- The readings depend on the resistor values, so an identical part elsewhere on the board is the surest reference. Measure it the same way.
- Watch for:
- On the diode range a good part with 10 kΩ resistors reads open on every pair, so a good part looks dead there. Use the ohms range.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Schottky diode
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
- Open both ways: failed open.
- 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 large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Integrated circuit
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.
MOSFET
Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.
Working, it reads
One way between drain and source reads about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode, and the other way open. The gate reads open to both other pins.
Dead, it reads
- Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
- The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted.
- No body diode at all: failed open.
- On the board
- the gate usually has a resistor to the source, which reads as that resistor and is not a fault. Lift a leg to be sure.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Resistor
Ohms range, across it, power off.
Working, it reads
Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.
Dead, it reads
- Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
- Well above its marked value: drifted high.
- On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
- On the board:
- A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
- Compare:
- The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
- Watch for:
- A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Printed with a code easy to misread as 21
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.
Codes that begin with 21
For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each code has a page of its own.
Codes not listed here are printed on 42 more parts.
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