Resistor or Capacitor Please Help!!

[giovesjo]

Hi everyone...
I have a very good question that for the most of you will sound stupid maybe....
Is this little boy in the photo a Resistor or a Capacitor?

thanks in advance

[mariush]

It could be an inductor.

If not, most likely it's a capacitor.

Why not use a multimeter to check resistance across the pads?

[giovesjo]

I checked and it gave me 0.2 ohms but this is also the value of the Multimeter if I connect the leads togheter.
thanks for your answer!!

[helius]

In that case, it is likely an inductor (the gray color also indicates that, as inductors are made from ferrites or iron alloys).
Some resistors are made to be 0 ohms, effectively a short jumper, but SMD resistors are most often colored black.

[giovesjo]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

[Zero999]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

Not entirely. It could be a 0.2Ohm resistor, but it's unlikely.

[Psi]

Usually you can tell resistor apart because their height is quite a bit less than their width.
With capacitors/inductors their height is closer to their width.

The material also looks different. Capacitors 'look' a bit waxy while resistors look a bit like painted cardboard.

Inductors vs capacitors is a little more tricky, often inductors are black/dark colours but not always.
Capacitors are often a brown/beige colour.

[radiolistener]

Looks like ferrite bead (inductor with high loss, designed in order to filter power voltage from high frequency noise). It should be near zero Ohm at DC and about 200-600 Ohm at 100 MHz AC.

For example: https://www.murata.com/en-global/api/pdfdownloadapi?cate=&partno=BLM02BC220SN1%23

[wraper]

No chance being resistor. If color as looks on the picture is correct, should be ferrite bead or varistor. Also could be inductor but not very likely being located like this.

[wraper]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

Not entirely. It could be a 0.2Ohm resistor, but it's unlikely.

Only if you use ferrite beads as resistors  .

[Zero999]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

Not entirely. It could be a 0.2Ohm resistor, but it's unlikely.

Only if you use ferrite beads as resistors  .

It could be used as a resistor, but it won't be a very good one. Yes, you're right. It's a ferrite bead of course!

[giovesjo]

thanks for your answer very clear.

[giovesjo]

I think you nailed it...thanks man!!

[Arjunan M R]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

Not entirely. It could be a 0.2Ohm resistor, but it's unlikely.

If it is a 200mΩ resistor it will be a current shunt(not sure(thats the only purpose for 200mΩ as i know)).I dont think current shunts will be made that small(lower power rating).I think it will be an inductor.

[wraper]

So you will exclude that is a resistor?

Not entirely. It could be a 0.2Ohm resistor, but it's unlikely.

If it is a 200mΩ resistor it will be a current shunt(not sure(thats the only purpose for 200mΩ as i know)).I dont think current shunts will be made that small(lower power rating).I think it will be an inductor.

It's not a resistor/current shunt but there is no issue of small resistor being current shunt. For example 0.2 ohm 0402 resistor can pass up to 0.5A current.