Generally if you can't tell by the "official" markings you can align the chip so the text is right side up -- then pin 1 is in the lower left-hand corner.
It'll become obvious after a while.
Generally if you can't tell by the "official" markings you can align the chip so the text is right side up -- then pin 1 is in the lower left-hand corner.
It'll become obvious after a while.
-- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services
Yes, A. BTW, could be wrong, but it looks like pin 8 might be folded under the chip.
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I am new to using chips and such, and wanted to double makee sure which pin is pin 1.
The chip is XR2206PC.
I marked the possibilities with letter A, B, C, D.
The datasheet is here
I do not want to mess anything up, so I would like to know what is pin
"Ignoramus5275" wrote
It's A. A is pin 1. The semi-circular recessed notch identifies the Pin 1 end of the chip. AFAIK, the fully circular smooth area on the lower end of the chip is a manufacturing artifact. I believe it is where molten plastic is injected to form the case of the chip. It could also be the vent pipe for the injection moulding process. Some chips will have a much smaller fully circular dot right next to Pin 1, others may just have a notch at the end.
Yup.
Thanks gentlemen, I think that I got it now. I was quite sure that it was pin A, but did not want to mess it up.
i
See the top of page 3. Left hand pin layout. Nice of you to post the very answer to your question.
You will if you do not unfold the pin 8 (B) It does look like it is folded under the chip like Sphero said.
-- Boris Mohar
page 4 would be better
Cheers
Thanks PB...
i
Depends on if you mean the page marked 3 or the page the PDF reader calls 3. Adobe reader numbers the pages counting the cover page as 1 but the pinout diagram appears on the page of the document marked 3 at the bottom.
Pin 1 is A.
The notch identifies the Pin1 'end'.
The circular shape is from the moulding tool used to encapsulate the IC.
Graham
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