Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot

Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by labster on Monday July 03, 2017 @01:42AM (#14686084)

I assume there's another capacitor inside the blue one too. Matryoshka capacitors!

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Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by qb45 on Monday July 03, 2017 @05:32AM (#14687008)

100pF ceramic disc ;)

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Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by staofbur on Monday July 03, 2017 @07:06AM (#14687372)

And inside that an 0402 MLCC (they do actually do that)

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Re:Ti NE555 – real vs fake: weekend die-shot by aninhumer on Monday July 03, 2017 @08:20AM (#14687706)

If they buy their inner capacitors from a similarly dubious supplier, this might even be possible. Counterfeiters all the way down.

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