Recently I have been using smt resistors with codes on them - how the hell do you figure "768" = 604 ohms, or "010" = 100k.
I made a clip up with some copper pipe hammered to form tweezers, and a plastic clothespeg, and attached leads & banana plugs to it so I can easily measure 0603 Rs and Cs.
OTOH film cannisters are great smt component holders.
Cheers Terry
It seems that the 0402 is too small for printing any numbers for value. And i have yet to see chip caps that have any markings. However, 0805 and larger chip resistors have decent markings: 2002 =
200*10^2 ohms 1%, 1R00 = 1 ohm 1%, 1654 = 165*10^4 ohms or 1.65 megs 1%, etc; if only 3 digits then it is 5%. In all cases the multiplier is the last digit.1%,
What is the failure rate of the assemblies made under your "no-look" quality assurance plan?
You can do a similar DVM jig for leaded resistors by soldering a couple of paper clips to 4mm terminal pins.
about half of my 0603 R's are so marked. about half have cryptic drivel.
The cap thing is a nuisance, but at least different dielectrics are (usually) different colours.
Cheers Terry
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