Thanks Adam, I will be keeping this message as future
reference.

Thanks again,
John


--- "M. Adam Davis" <stienman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Resistors generally look like the ends were dipped
> in lead, rather
> than having a wire bar coming out of them as in the
> picture.
> resistors larger than 0402 have a 3 or 4 digit
> number printed on the
> top.  0402 and smaller (0201, 01005 )don't have
> anything printed on
> the top.  They appear black on the top, and usually
> white on the
> bottom.
> 
> Ceramic capacitors look like a solid block of yellow
> or tan, with ends
> dipped in lead.
> 
> Electrolytic caps almost always look black with
> solid bars of wire
> coming out the ends, then bending underneath.  They
> are also usually
> large enough for printing, along with a polarity
> marker (beveled edge,
> white band, etc)
> 
> -Adam
> 
> On 4/17/07, John Chung <kravnus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > How about the resistors? Any hints?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > --- "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > >Guys, how do you tell what is what? From the
> > > numbers?
> > >
> > > Diodes and polarised caps are "relatively" easy
> as
> > > they have a polarising
> > > band on them. Also caps tend to be bulkier than
> > > diodes. High current diodes
> > > tend to come in quite different packages to
> those in
> > > the photo.
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