On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > > > Gene, > > > > Here's a really good ESR checker, for a whole lot less (if you buy it > > in kit form, takes less than an hour to solder and assemble): > > > > http://www.flippers.com/BlueEsr.html > > > > Mark > > Interesting Mark. I saw one comment about its lack of static protection, > and I noted it uses a 100 millivolt signal, doesn't say what frequency. > The 100 millivolt can turn on some of the schotkey diodes in the various > semiconductors which may effect ts accuracy. Also, the high priced model > has a single cable probe that splits into two probes that are heavily gold > plated to reduce the chance of a bad contact, and has an analogue taut > band meter for instant response. I suppose the digitals 4 samples a > second could be gotten used to. Given those limitations, its not that > badly priced. At 80 bucks for the kit it should be a very helpful tool. > But I'd see about getting a decent gold plate on the probes, AND hard wire > them into the circuit, those banana like panel connectors can make a less > than optimum connection at that low a voltage. > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > Gene, The 100 millivolts is the peak probe voltage at full scale. The rest of the time it's <100 mV when testing. If I remember right, from the doccy's, it's 100 hz. I may be off on that though, I'll have to look. AFAIK, the BlueESR is the only one available from flipper now, and I don't see a kit that has a single cable? I only see one model with two options - one as a kit, and one as assembled. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
