TBLEN10003: Commonly used component abbreviations for Electronic Components on PCBs
A list of Abbreviation used on PCBs (= Printed circuit boards)
| A | Sub-assembly or plug-in module |
| AE | Antenna |
| BT | Battery |
| C | Capacitor |
| D | Diode |
| DS | Display |
| DB | Diode Bridge |
| EC | Electrolitic capacitor |
| F | Fuse |
| FB | Ferrite bead |
| FD | Fiducial |
| FL | Filter |
| GND | Ground, 0 Volt reference |
| H | Hardware (e.g. mounting screws) |
| HS | ? |
| IC | Integrated circuit |
| J | Jack or connector (or fixed part of a connector pair) |
| JP | Jumper or link |
| K | Relay |
| L | Inductor, ferrite bead or coil |
| LED | Light emmiting diode |
| LS | Loudspeaker, buzzer |
| M | Motor |
| MK | Microphone |
| OSC | Oscilator |
| P | Pad, Pin, Header, Plug, Pushbutton or movable part of a connector pair |
| Q | Transistor |
| R | Resistor |
| RP | ? |
| RN | Resistor network |
| RT | Thermistor |
| RV | Varistor |
| SC | Stress cut piezoelectric crystal |
| SW | Switch |
| T | Transformer |
| TC | Thermocouple |
| TH | Thermal Fuse |
| TP | Test point |
| TR | ? |
| U | Integrated circuit (also IC) |
| VCC | Voltage common collector |
| VR | Variable Resistor |
| X | Crystal |
| Y | Crystal oscillator |
| Z | Zener diode |
| ZD | Zener diode |
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Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 06/01/2023 | Comment: