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The New Hotness

  • Nichicon SMD Electrolytic Capacitor Polarity

    Nichicon electrolytic capacitors
    Nichicon electrolytic capacitors

    This should be obvious, but isn’t. The black bar marks the negative terminal and the corner-cut side of the base marks the positive terminal.

    How much would it cost to put little hyphens down the middle of the black bar?

    The data sheet for a related, not identical, series of caps is there.