Capacitor for snuffing interference to GPS antenna

Felix Mahnke fspmc at web.de
Mon Jul 21 22:47:12 CEST 2008


Hi Jim,

you should get one at your local parts dealer. Buying one cercap via
internet is pretty expensive.

Anyway, farnell sells stuff like this:
http://export.farnell.com/1327626/passives/product.us0?sku=avx-04025a100dat2a

regards, Felix


2008/7/21 Jim Colton <jimcolt at gmail.com>:

> Tommi,
>
> Did you get the recommended cap (0402) from OpenMoko?   Please refer me to
> the source if so.
>
> Thank you,
> Jim
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Tommi Kärkkäinen <
> tommi.karkkainen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tim Schmidt kirjoitti:
>> > On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Jim Colton <jimcolt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> http://www.westfloridacomponents.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MON001&Category_Code=MonolithicCapacitors-Chip-SurfaceMount&Store_Code=wfc
>> >
>> > Looks like that's 10uF (micro Farad), not 10pF (pico Farad) as
>> > recommended by OpenMoko.
>>
>> Also, it's physically too big. That's a 1206 package, the recommended
>> cap is 0402.
>>
>> I'm sorry but I must say that the fact that you had to ask this suggests
>> that you might not have the experience required to solder the capacitor.
>> The 0402 package *is* very small.
>>
>>
>> Tommi
>>
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