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SMD code M5s

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.

The last letter, s, is lower case, which on NXP and Philips parts is a date or factory code, so it was set aside and M5 was searched.

203 parts are printed M5s

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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 50 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • 2SA812M5SOT-233 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-233 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SA1179-5SOT-233 pins, Sanyo ElectricNot recordedSOT-233 pinsSanyo Electric
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Sanyo Electric
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    2N5086 hfe 135-270 pnp
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SA1611SOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
    What it is
    PNP transistor
    Maker
    Galaxy Microelectronics
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.

  • 2SA1611-5SOT-3233 pins, NEC ElectronicsNot recordedSOT-3233 pinsNEC Electronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    NEC Electronics
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: AF, 60V, 100mA, 150mW, B=135..270, 180MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SA1611M5SOT-3233 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-3233 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SA1836-5SOT-4163 pins, NEC ElectronicsNot recordedSOT-4163 pinsNEC Electronics
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    NEC Electronics
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-pnp: AF, 60V, 100mA, 200mW, B=135..270, >50MHz
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SA1836M5SOT-4163 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-4163 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SC812SOT-233 pins, RenesasNot recordedSOT-233 pinsRenesas
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Renesas
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    pnp 50V gp hfe 90-180 comp 2SC1623
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SC5086-OSOT-3233 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-3233 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Si-npn: VHF/UHF, LN, 20V, 80mA, 100mW, 7GHz, B=80..160
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 2SC5086OSOT-4163 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-4163 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-416
    Pins
    3
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

  • 7UL1G04FSSOT-9535 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-9535 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-953
    Pins
    5
    Details
    CMOS logic IC: Single inverter
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • 7UL1G04FUSOT-3535 pins, ToshibaNot recordedSOT-3535 pinsToshiba
    What it is
    Not recorded
    Maker
    Toshiba
    Package
    SOT-353
    Pins
    5
    Details
    CMOS logic IC: Single inverter
    Source
    Published code list

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Integrated circuit.

  • 3 more parts have no package on record
    • 2SA1179-M5onsemiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedonsemi
      What it is
      Not recorded
      Maker
      onsemi
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Si-pnp: GP, AF, 55V, 150mA, 200mW, B=135..270, 180MHz
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: This part.

    • 2SA1622-5PNP transistor, Sanyo ElectricPNP transistorNot recordedNot recordedSanyo Electric
      What it is
      PNP transistor
      Maker
      Sanyo Electric
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      PNP transistor: GP, 55V, 150mA, 150mW, 180MHz, B=135..270
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: PNP transistor.

    • 2SC5086FT-ORF transistor, ToshibaRF transistorNot recordedNot recordedToshiba
      What it is
      RF transistor
      Maker
      Toshiba
      Package
      Not recorded
      Pins
      Not recorded
      Details
      Si-npn: VHF/UHF, LN, 20V, 80mA, 100mW, 7GHz, B=80..160
      Source
      Published code list

      Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

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.

This part

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.

PNP transistor

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.

Bipolar transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

From the base, one probe colour 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.

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.

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