Check out this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology
SMD = Surface Mount Device, a component part that falls within the
family of SMT ... Surface Mount Technology.
After reading that link, you will have learned among other things,
that a "1206" component measures about .12" by .06" which is where the
moniker "1206" comes from. And an 0805 component will measure about
how big? Yup, .08" by .05"!
I'll let Ken correct me if I'm off-base but I believe that "monoblock"
refers to a capacitor that is contained within a rectangular plastic
housing with the connecting leads sticking out the bottom of the part.
(A "Radial" mounted component.) The small plastic housing that
encompasses the capacitor is filled with a plastic goo that hardens
during the manufacturing process. That makes for a monolithic
structure. Since the capacitor looks like a "block" and cannot be
dissected in to its constituent parts (monolithic) it is called a
"monoblock".
Go to Mouser.com and search for "wima" without the quotes. Those, I
believe, are the capacitors to which Ken referred. ("Wima" is a brand
name by the way.)
Peace.
Tom Farrand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-mount_technology
SMD = Surface Mount Device, a component part that falls within the
family of SMT ... Surface Mount Technology.
After reading that link, you will have learned among other things,
that a "1206" component measures about .12" by .06" which is where the
moniker "1206" comes from. And an 0805 component will measure about
how big? Yup, .08" by .05"!
I'll let Ken correct me if I'm off-base but I believe that "monoblock"
refers to a capacitor that is contained within a rectangular plastic
housing with the connecting leads sticking out the bottom of the part.
(A "Radial" mounted component.) The small plastic housing that
encompasses the capacitor is filled with a plastic goo that hardens
during the manufacturing process. That makes for a monolithic
structure. Since the capacitor looks like a "block" and cannot be
dissected in to its constituent parts (monolithic) it is called a
"monoblock".
Go to Mouser.com and search for "wima" without the quotes. Those, I
believe, are the capacitors to which Ken referred. ("Wima" is a brand
name by the way.)
Peace.
Tom Farrand
--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "stuadh" <stuadh@...> wrote:
>
> Ken,
>
> I'm buying in supplies for the Programmer. Can you explain what the
> 1206 SMD (Static Memory Device?) and the Monoblock capacitors are,
please.
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