Ken Seefried wrote:
I'm going to be working on my 11/730s power
supply, so I'm in the
market for an ESR meter. I've seen some (older) recommendations for
the AnaTek 'Blue' and various 'Dick Smith' derivatives. However, eBay
is flooded with knockoff Mega328 based ESR/Transistor/SCR/etc. testers
all looking like:
http://www.amazon.com/DROK-Multifunction-Mega328-Transistor-Capacitor/dp/B0…
Anyone had any experience with one of these devices?
KJ
I own a old precise russian LCR Bridge and I have two of the modern
Atmega328 based "Transistor Testers" that both will do the job at least for
smaller capacitors, but I mostly use a simple homebuild ESR Meter like
this:
http://ludens.cl/Electron/esr/esr.html
I know, that isn't a precision device but it is what you mostly need: a
fast good/bad test solution.
Because of its small measuring voltage of approx 200mV PN junctions don't
get opened so that you can quick check electrolytics in the circuit w/o
desoldering them fist.
The used transformer in my case is a small ferrite transformer from an old
PC-PSU (driver circuit). I coud use it w/o to change anything.
Regards,
Holm
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