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The pinout for BC550 / BC560 is:

C-B-E if you look on the flat side, with pins looking downwards.

Pro: If you look at the transistor from the top, it's shape reflects
the schematics symbol. Easy to learn.

Con: If you solder the transistor into your circuit backwards,
C and E are switched, and you might get strange errors because
you still have a working transistor, but with very small current gain.
(Harder to test for an error.)

JH.

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Von: Paul Schreiber <synth1@...>
An: MOTM listserv <motm@yahoogroups.com>; Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)
<noise@...>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2002 21:12
Betreff: Re: [motm] [Q] Basic Electronics


> Shemp *did imply* a specific pin ordering. The BC5xx series are B-C-E
ordering.
>
> Get it...BC >> B-C.... oh well....
>
> Paul S.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@...>
> To: "MOTM listserv" <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:56 PM
> Subject: RE: [motm] [Q] Basic Electronics
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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
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> > 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
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> > > 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
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> > >
> > > 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?
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