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Eh?  Base is always base, and collector is always collector, whether its PNP or NPN, right?  I wasn't implying anything about pin order (although I can see how that might ave been interpretted).

--PBr

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:59 AM
To: MOTM listserv; Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)
Subject: Re: [motm] [Q] Basic Electronics


Except the BC parts are NOT E-B-C as you look across the flat side :)

Paul S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@...>
To: "MOTM listserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: RE: [motm] [Q] Basic Electronics


> E = Emitter
> B = Base
> C = Collecter
> 
> Now you know everything I know.  ;)
> 
> --PBr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tentochi [mailto:tentochi2003@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:36 AM
> To: MOTM listserv
> Subject: [motm] [Q] Basic Electronics
> 
> 
> One of the standard formats for transistors is EBC
> which the BC550 and BC560 (among many others) both
> conform to.  I know that this is the labeling of the
> pins from left to right as you are facing the flat
> part of the transistor.  What do E, B and C stand for?