In this excellent GreatScott! video, Scott looks at ways to examine your discrete components to determine if they’re cheap knock-offs or not.
In the video, Scott examines and tests a collection of MOSFETs and OpAmps to determine their authenticity and performance.
What he finds is that some counterfeits work within the specs of the original, some do not, and some are totally fake with nothing but an empty package.
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