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2.5 board polarity

PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:20 pm
by hartl0602
i was wondering what do the square pads indicate on the 2.5 board, polarity? if it is polarity what about the capacitors without a square pad?

Re: 2.5 board polarity

PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:01 pm
by jamdat
hartl0602 wrote:i was wondering what do the square pads indicate on the 2.5 board, polarity? if it is polarity what about the capacitors without a square pad?
I believe they just indicate which pin is pin 1. That's on the IC's at least; on other things, it might show the direction of the positive lead. The capacitors that don't have it probably don't need to be installed a certain way.