Reading method and precautions for ceramic capacitors 1

Ceramic capacitor is a common non-polar capacitor that uses ceramic material as the dielectric material, coated with metal film on both sides as electrodes, and sintered at high temperature to form an electronic component. Ceramic capacitors are widely used in electronic circuits for various applications such as decoupling, filtering, oscillation circuits, timing circuits, etc.diode

The reading method for ceramic capacitors is mainly to determine their capacitance value, withstand voltage level, and accuracy level by observing the code marked on the EP1S10F484C6 capacitor. The common ways of marking ceramic capacitors include digital code marking, color code marking, and text marking.diode

1. Digital code marking

A numerical code typically consists of three digits, with the first two digits representing significant values and the third digit representing a power of 10, measured in picofarads (pF). For example, a capacitor labeled "104" represents 10 times 10 to the fourth power, which is 100000pF or 100nF (nanofarads).diode

2. Color code marking

Color code marking is less commonly used for ceramic capacitors, and this approach draws inspiration from the color ring code of resistors. Each color represents a specific number, and the sequentially arranged color rings can represent capacitance values and tolerances.diode