> Hmm, wonder how you will get on with SMD capacitors that
> don't have markings - not even colour bands ...

That's odd that caps are left blank. They can be the same size as
marked resistors, and are generally brown, resistors are black, so
it's unlikely you'd confuse two components with the same number

I scavenge SMT ceramics to sprinkle around boards for decoupling
and don't think I've seen a non-polarised cap yet with a value printed
on it

A quick Google doesn't provide an answer why, but all the mftrs
seem to do it

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