Homebrew PCBs

I've seen some ceramic chip caps with writing on them, but it's very
rare, about as rare as resistors without lettering.

They could be laser marked, but I suppose nobody paid for it.

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On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Leon Heller <leon355@...> wrote:
> On 05/03/2010 17:22, sailingto wrote:
>> Subject says it all - most all the SMD chips have ID marking - except for caps, some inductors, and maybe a few others.  BUT resistors, transistors, large inductors, diodes, etc - almost everything has some sort of ID marking...
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>> Why does caps not have ID marking?  It sure would help!!  Even that tiny marking is ok - I can look under microscope to read.
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> It must be something to do with the ceramic material they are made from,
> I don't think that it can be written on using a laser.
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