SMD code PDS
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.
4 parts are printed PDS
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Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 4 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
TMBRPX2200SOD-123FSchottky diode, 2 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsSchottky diodeSOD-123F2 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOD-123F
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- 2A, 200V, Surface Mount Schottky Barrier Rectifiers
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Schottky diode.
BA887SOT-233 pins, InfineonNot recordedSOT-233 pinsInfineon
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Infineon
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PIN-diode: RF, 50V, 100mA, Ir<0.02µA, Cd<0.27pF
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: Silicon diode.
SMDJ8.5SMC2 pins, Socay ElectronicsNot recordedSMC2 pinsSocay Electronics
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Socay Electronics
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: Vvm=8.5V, Vbr=9.92V±10%, 208.3A, 3000W(1ms)
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.
SMLJ8.5ASMCTVS diode, 2 pins, Micro Commercial ComponentsTVS diodeSMC2 pinsMicro Commercial Components
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Micro Commercial Components
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: 8.5V, 208.4A, 3000W(1ms)
- Source
- Published code list
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.
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.
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.
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.
Printed with a code easy to misread as PDS
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 PDS
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 81 more parts.
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