Hi,
Sorry, I had to jump in here. Ceramic capacitors are NOT less likely to
suffer damage hand soldering. They are very susceptible to damage hand
soldering. This is especially true if you are using the larger sizes
(1206 and up).
Placing the tip of a hot soldering iron against the end of
On Sat, May 2, 2020 6:57 am, Didier Juges wrote:
> Tantalum capacitors are known to occasionally short for no good reason.
And traditional tantalum/manganese-dioxide devices can start a
self-sustaining combustion as the manganese dioxide breaks down. I avoid
solid tantalum caps because I have
Tantalum capacitors are known to occasionally short for no good reason.
Give them a reason and they'll be happy to oblige.
Things that can damage a tantalum cap in a hurry include excessive voltage,
reverse polarity, overheating (likely with hand soldering) and current
spikes.
If it were me, and
On Freitag, 1. Mai 2020 23:42:46 CEST John Bievenour wrote:
> I'm an amateur electronics hobbyist who's still a newbie (especially to
> SMD), so please forgive the basic question.
>
> I recently acquired a FE-5680A that was failing to lock on frequency (pin 3
> never went low). It will power up,
If it's a filter cap on the output of an LDO voltage regulator (at 1 uF it is
probably not) be aware that a lot of LDO regulators have problems with very low
ESR caps. Check the LDO data sheet for acceptable values.
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Okay, I think I'm beginning to get it.
I reread some articles about ESR with fresh eyes and what you wrote makes
sense. Since I won't be ordering many of them, it looks like a safer bet to
purchase a 10%, 1.5 Ohm ESR capacitor (Kemet PN: T495B105K035ATE1K5, Mouser PN:
80-T495B105K35ATE1K5). I
Hi
The only way to work out what you have is to find the data sheet on that part.
It *should* translate
between the manufacturer’s markings and the exact part number. That part number
will tell you as
much as can be known about the part. Some data sheets are a lot more complete
than others.
I'm an amateur electronics hobbyist who's still a newbie (especially to SMD),
so please forgive the basic question.
I recently acquired a FE-5680A that was failing to lock on frequency (pin 3
never went low). It will power up, sweep up and down, and finally settle to
fluctuate around 9.999
