7 Jun
2006
7 Jun
'06
2:49 a.m.
A loupe rarely helps for surface mount caps because surface mount
caps don't have markings. Very annoying. Most electrolytics do, either
in 'A' case style (and up), or the cans. I also have a number of 2512
and one size larger that have no markings. Only way to tell is with a
capacitance meter. And if you're dealing in picofarad range caps in RF
circuits and such, it doesn't help either, unless it's very very expensive.
--jc
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 6/6/2006 at 10:10 PM Teo Zenios wrote:
P.S how do you read any marking on a tiny surface
mount capacitor? My
cheapo
magnifying glass didn't show anything, I even tried using a scanner at
1200
DPI and got nothing but a blur. At first I
thaught it was a resistor but
the part number C238 I believe must be a capacitor.
Get a compound loupe--fairly inexpensive and absolutely indispensible.