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2N5210

5 circuits use this part. Listed as: BJT transistor, NPN TO-92; BJT transistor, NPN, TO-92.

Substitutes Si NPN transistor

Matched on material, polarity and the limits below from the transistor parameter database. Pinouts and packages are not in that data: check the datasheet before you drop one in, and expect gain to change the sound.

This part

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N5210	250	50 V	50 mA	0.31 W	30 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
2SC1815-GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.4 W	80 MHz	5
2SC2458GR	200	50 V	150 mA	0.2 W	80 MHz	2
BC550	240	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	10
2N6428	200	50 V	200 mA	0.625 W	100 MHz	2
BC107B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	4
BC550B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	2
BC546B	200	65 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	2
BC547B	200	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	11

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2N5234	250	60 V	100 mA	0.33 W
BC290C	250	40 V	100 mA	0.36 W
KSP8097	250	40 V	200 mA	0.625 W
2N2511	240	50 V	50 mA	0.35 W	45 MHz
2SC2545	250	60 V	100 mA	0.4 W	45 MHz
BC524	240	45 V	100 mA	0.625 W
BC524B	240	45 V	100 mA	0.625 W
2N3117	250	60 V	50 mA	0.36 W	60 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Isotope Amp Overdrive 2N5210 · RC4558P · TC1044SCPA CHAR · TL072	IVP Tube Voice	Overdrive	Aion FX	125B	4	$12.50	56
Brass Blender 2N5210	—	Utility	Fuzz Dog	1590BB	3	£52.80	43
Gory Digit 2N5088 · 2N5210 · CD4049UBE	Bloody Finger	Distortion	Fuzz Dog	1590B	2	£42.00	38
IVP Pre 2N5210 · 7660SEPA/LT1054	IVP Preamp / Surveyor	Preamp / Amp-in-a-box	Fuzz Dog	1590B	4	£42.00	44
Topographer Distortion 2N5210 · TC1044SCPA · TL072	Intersound IVP Tube Voice Distortion	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	4	$12.00	47