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Originally Posted by [527]phil
I've recently started using surface mounted components for my circuits. But I'm having a hard time differentiating between capacitors and resistors, I've googled it but none of the pictures we're of any help. Does anyone else use surface mount electronics, and can help me?
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Just finished a nice learning kit on SMC from Chaney electronics. Their quote is that all smc resistors are marked with the resistance. Capacitors are unmarked but may have one pole marked for polarity( forgot the polarity right now). If you can find this kit online it sells for a little over $20.00USD and has a small practice circuit board and lots of chips to practice identifying and then soldering to the board using the methods outlined in the lesson plan. After completing the practice placing and soldering there is a second small funtional circuit that flashes two LED's. I haven't finished it yet but with the help of a magnifier light from Harbor Freight it is a complete intro to using SMC mount components for circuit development. LRU.
The kit is their Delux SMC soldering kit. Try this link:
http://www.chaneyelectronics.com/
The Chaney site has many kits there for intro training (for First Team members just starting out). Best wishes.