Keysight University Live: https://bit.ly/LFTL_GreatScott Previous video: https://youtu.be/KKK-gFkBHbE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greatscottlab Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreatScottLab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.scott.lab/ Support me for more videos: https://www.patreon.com/GreatScott?ty=h Altium Designer: https://altium.com/yt/greatscott! Attention!: I accuse none of the shown component sellers that they sell fake components. The tests were simply not enough so there is a chance that the shown components were all original. You can get the shown transistor tester here ;-) (Affiliate links): Aliexpress: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_AYQh7t Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/3yRjgrv Amazon.de: https://amzn.to/39KSoz7 In this video we will be having a closer look at electrical components because there is definitely a possibility that your components are fake/counterfeit. So I will show you why fake components exist, what their problems are and how you can spot them/test them. Let's get started! Websites/Pictures which were shown/used in the video: https://www.statista.com/chart/17410/counterfeit-and-pirated-products-by-category/ https://www.newport.com/n/semiconductor-manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_(integrated_circuit)#/media/File:SN7400_1965.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_(integrated_circuit) https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm358b.pdf?ts=1652792868118&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-IRLZ34N-DataSheet-v01_01-EN.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a40153567206892720 https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-IRF540N-DataSheet-v01_01-EN.pdf?fileId=5546d462533600a4015355e39f0d19a1 Thanks to Keysight for sponsoring this video. 0:00 Fake Components? 1:23 Intro 2:00 How Fake Components come to be 3:11 MOSFET Fake Testing 6:12 OpAmp Fake Testing 8:50 Verdict