Capacitor Code Calculator
The capacitance of a capacitor is usually represented by a 3 digit-code imprinted on it.
How to calculate capacitance from codeFor a three-digit code, "xyz", the capacitance will be the number represented by the first two digits "xy" multiplied by 10^z pico-farads.
For two-digit and one-digit codes, the number represented directly translates to the number of picofarads.
Therefore, "220" and "22" both represent a capacitance of 22pF.
Often times, a letter follows the numeric code, and this represents the tolerance. A list of tolerances can be seen below.
Input
Output
| Symbol | Tolerance(%) |
| B | ±0.1 |
| C | ±0.25 |
| D | ±0.5 |
| F | ±1 |
| G | ±2 |
| J | ±5 |
| K | ±10 |
| M | ±20 |