On 2012 Apr 8, at 1:34 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote:
I hope I haven't made a mistake here. Rather than go to Farnell
where I need
a minimum order amount, I looked on Ebay and found someone with
some TIP125s
there.
I had assumed they were all the same and just chose this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TIP125-Transistor-/290672643190?
pt=LH_DefaultDomai
n_3&hash=item43ad708c76.
I haven't spent a lot, so if I have bought the wrong thing it is no
big deal
to go and find the right ones instead. On the original the only other
marking (apart from a TI logo) is "8702", but my web searches don't
seem to
indicate that this means anything. The Ebay one has no other
markings to
help me distinguish anything either. So, I don't know if I have
bought the
wrong thing or not.
Are they all likely to be similar enough not to matter? Or should I be
looking for a closer match? Not that I know what a closer match
would be.
BTW, the logo on the ebay one is STMicroelectronics (major Euro
manufacturer, formerly SGS-Thomson), the 0001 is probably a date
code, and STM has a manufacturing facility in Morocco.
Datasheet from STM:
http://www.st.com/internet/analog/product/65312.jsp