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# Zener Diodes – 3V3 - pack of 5

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** COM2601 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 704256797591
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/zener-diodes-3v3-pack-of-5.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/zener-diodes-3v3-pack-of-5.html.md))

Zener diodes are a handy little companion for all sorts of jobs. They are rated with a fixed breakdown (avalanche) voltage above which, unlike normal...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $2.80 (inc GST) — $2.55 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $2.45 (exc GST) · 25+ $2.36 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Out of stock — the product page offers email notification when it returns.

## Description

Zener diodes are a handy little companion for all sorts of jobs. They are rated with a fixed breakdown (avalanche) voltage above which, unlike normal diodes, they'll allow reverse current flow.

But how could that be useful I hear you ask?

- Protecting micro-controller pins from excess voltage
- Providing a reference voltage
- Clamping signal voltages

We stock both 3V3 and 5V Zener diodes as these are the voltages most Raspberry Pi and Arduino projects will run at.

- Power: 1.3W
- Tolerance: ±5%

Here the Datasheet? Get it [Here](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/BZX85C3V3_SERIES_G1606_354350e4b18.pdf).

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