SMD code 683
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 and published code lists.
683 on a chip resistor
68 kΩ
68 kΩ resistor, 5%
68 followed by 3 zeros. Three digits is normally the 5% series. The same marking also reads as 68 nF on a capacitor, and nothing in the code says which; the body of the part does.
Other readings of the same characters, most likely first
- 68 nF capacitor
Check it with a meter
Lift one end and measure across it. A good one reads 68 kΩ within 5%. Measuring it in circuit reads the parallel combination of everything around it, which is almost always lower, never higher: well above 68 kΩ on the board is a fault. Open, or well above 68 kΩ, means it has failed: burnt, cracked or corroded. That does not change what to fit: the marking still says 68 kΩ. A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds drew too much, so find that before fitting a new one.
On a transistor or diode body (USP-6C, SOT-89, SOT-23-5), 683 is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.
6 parts are printed 683
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G683L18SQL1UDFNVoltage supervisor, 6 pins, Global Mixed-mode TechnologyVoltage supervisorDFN6 pinsGlobal Mixed-mode Technology
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Global Mixed-mode Technology
- Package
- DFN
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- Low Voltage Reset IC
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.
ELM991032ASOT-89-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, ELM TechnologyLDO regulatorSOT-89-55 pinsELM Technology
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ELM Technology
- Package
- SOT-89-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 10.3V±2%, 300mA, -CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
PZM6.8NB1SOT-233 pins, NexperiaNot recordedSOT-233 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 6.8V 0.3W zener
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener diode.
PZM6.8NB3SOT-233 pins, NexperiaNot recordedSOT-233 pinsNexperia
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Nexperia
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Z-diode: 6.8V±2.5%, 300mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
R1191N083DSOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, RicohLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsRicoh
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Ricoh
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 8.3V±1.5%, 300mA, +CE, ECO, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Voltage regulator.
1 more part has no package on record
HZM6.8NB3Zener diode, RenesasZener diodeNot recordedNot recordedRenesas
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Renesas
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Z-diode: 6.86..7.14V, 200mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Zener 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.
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.
Voltage regulator
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.
Zener diode
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Silicon diode
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.5 to 0.8 V anode to cathode, and open the other way. Small switching diodes read about 0.6 to 0.7 V; large rectifiers can read a little lower.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways: failed open.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A three-pin body can hold two diodes. With a common pin they read two junctions from that pin, just like a transistor; in series they read two drops end to end. Test each pair the datasheet names.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
Printed with a code easy to misread as 683
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. Each code has a page of its own.
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