does polarity matter on resistors or SMDs?
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Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
resistors dont have polarity. ceramic capacitors dont have polarity -
Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
"SMDs" means Surface Mount Devices. Resistors, single-winding inductors, ceramic caps and film caps have no polarity - through-hole or surface mount. Electrolytic caps, polymer caps, tantalum caps, diodes (all types), transistors, FETs and ICs have polarity - through-hole or surface mount.PeteS in CA
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Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
SMDs WMDs its all so confusing
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Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
I thought only crap-caps were WMDs (Weapons of Motherboard Destruction).PeteS in CA
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Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
thanks guys
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Re: does polarity matter on SMDs or resistors?
nope as above
the only reason you may want to put a resistor in in a particular direction is so you can read them all the same way, this really helps with colour coded non smd type ones
(like some 5 bands are hard enough to read when you got the right direction)
smd, smc are usually numerically coded but still a good idea to run them in the same direction so they read the same direction.
I like thatI thought only crap-caps were WMDs (Weapons of Motherboard Destruction).
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