Ceramic capacitor question

From: CLeyson_at_aol.com <(CLeyson_at_aol.com)>
Date: Tue Jan 8 10:15:01 2002

In a message dated 8/1/2002 Adrian Graham wrote

>The Compukit UK101 has several ceramic capacitors,
>all marked 104Z 25V,which judging by what I've found
>on the web so far makes them .1uF. My local Maplins
>(sorry, that seems to be a swear word in some parts)
>only has 224Z at 25V (I'd guess .2uF?) and 104Z at
>50V, half the size.

>What can I get away with? Or am I right in assuming
>I need to match exactly?

Wow !! I remember the UK101, they were great fun :-)
100nF at 50V or 220nF at 25V in fine for supply
decoupling caps, they're not that critical.

Best Regards
Chris Leyson
Received on Tue Jan 08 2002 - 10:15:01 GMT