Amy's Column
Classification of SMD Capacitors
SMD ceramic capacitors
Ceramic capacitors: made up of a ceramic insulator with two terminals sprayed with silver then sintered. On SMD capacitors, ...
One-Stop PCB Assembly Example 2 - AIoT Face Recognition Mainboard PCBA
The image is an AIoT face recognition mainboard manufactured from PCBHERO. These image process module boards are developed based on Rockchip.In thi...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC(Part7)
SMD IC Polarity Identification
All ICs (including BGAs) are polarized. Below we list the polarity identification methods for IC packages BGA, SOIC...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC (Part6.)
SMD Inductor Polarity Identification
There are 2 types of SMD inductors.
Chip inductors are non-polarized components.
Multi-pin inductors are pola...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC(Part 5)
SMD Diode Polarity Identification
SMD diode polarity is marked by:
1. The negative electrode of the diode is marked by a color strip.
2. The neg...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC (Part 4)
SMD LED Polarity Identification
The positive/negative electrode of LEDs must be in the same direction as the positive/negative electrode of the PCB...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC (Part 3)
There are 3 types of SMD capacitors.
Ceramic capacitors are non-polarized components.
Tantalum capacitors and aluminum electrolytic capacitors have...
SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC(part 2)
What SMDs Components are Polarized?
Only polarized SMDs require polarity identification. Below are the polarized and non-polarized SMD components.
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SMD Polarity Identification of LED, Capacitor, Diode, Inductor, IC(part 1)
What is SMD Polarity?
Polarity means the direction of SMD components when soldering on printed circuit boards. SMD polarity has two meanings as bel...