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BC849C

Si NPN BJT SOT-23 SMD.3 circuits use this part.

Datasheet · from assets.nexperia.com

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
BC849C	520	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	300 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC850C	520	45 V	100 mA	0.2 W	300 MHz	1
BC847C	520	45 V	100 mA	0.2 W	300 MHz	1
BC184C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	15
BC183C	450	30 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	6
2SC1583	500	50 V	100 mA	0.4 W	150 MHz	3
BC413C	380	30 V	100 mA	0.3 W	250 MHz	1
ZTX383C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.45 W	150 MHz	1
BC549C	420	30 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	171

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC848C	520	30 V	100 mA	0.2 W	300 MHz
BC410	450	30 V	50 mA	0.2 W
BCW33L	420	32 V	100 mA	0.225 W
BCW33LT1G	420	32 V	100 mA	0.225 W	300 MHz
BCW33LT3G	420	32 V	100 mA	0.225 W	300 MHz
BCF33	420	32 V	100 mA	0.35 W	300 MHz
BCF33R	420	32 V	100 mA	0.35 W	300 MHz
BCW83C	450	30 V	100 mA	0.225 W	150 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
HappySheep 1458 · 4558 · BC849C · LM1458N KarDian Serotonin	KarDian Serotonin	Overdrive	Sheepylove	—	4	€10.00	41
Petite Mouton BC849C Celestial Engineering Piccola Figa	Celestial Engineering Piccola Figa	Distortion	Sheepylove	—	3	€10.00	33
Supreme Fart Machine 2N2222 · BC849C · MMBF170 Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker Fuzz	Electro-Harmonix Ripped Speaker Fuzz	Fuzz	Sheepylove	—	4	€10.00	41