Looks like a crystal, but you should be able to follow traces from =20
this to the processor and see what pins it goes to.

Cheers,
-Neil.


Quoting Dr Skip <drskip@gmail.com>:

>
>
> I need some help identifying a component in the attached pic (size and
> quality reduced to list-acceptable numbers, so hopefully still clear
> enough). I don't usually use components this small, and we won't even
> go into my eyesight... ;)
>
> This is a key fob camera/recorder. It's been flaky since purchase and
> while it had random 'bad' periods, it's unresponsive now, so I opened it
> up. Under the battery is a large smd microcontroller. Upper left is a
> mini usb and upper right is an micro SD card slot.
>
> Funny thing is, there is an unattached component lying on top
> of the SD card holder (see pic). It's a long thin 'can' with 2 leads.
> Pulling the battery back, I see an outline of the same shape screened
> onto the pcb, with 2 pads that match this escapee component perfectly.
> [see the area between usb and SD card]
> However, there are only smudged minimal markings on the component (and
> very, very tiny at that), and none other on the pcb.
>
> I can probably solder it in place, maybe, with some luck that my hand
> holds steady enough. Big solder-glob potential I think... My guess is
> it's a crystal or a cap. Can anyone confirm by sight and also let me
> know if there might be a polarization issue, or can I put it in either
> way? IIRC, a crystal won't care, but are there polarized caps this small
> these days?
>
> The leads bend toward one direction, but I'm not sure if that's because
> they were pre-formed and it never got soldered, or it bent backward
> after soldering and broke loose and flipped over prior to case closure,
> bending the leads the other way. Each way would cause the leads to bend
> opposite from the other, so if it was a polarized component, I stand a
> chance of flipping it wrongly.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> -Skip
>
>




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