Semiconductor Measurements -- Workbench Wednesdays 12

Semiconductor Measurements

element14 Presents | Bald Engineer: James Lewis' VCP Profile | Workbench Wednesdays

The PEAK DCA Pro is a compact semiconductor analyzer. The DCA75 finds pinouts, determines specs and does curve tracing. Oh, and it is fast. In this video, James shows how well it works with BJTs, MOSFETs, LEDs, and even Voltage regulators.

James talks more about MOSFET datasheets, the curves you find, and how to read them in this element14 post. Check it out: Reading MOSFET Curves

Supplemental Content:

ESR70 Capacitance and ESR Analyzer

TLC, How Transistors Work

TLC, How FETs function

TLC, How Diodes Work

Bill of Materials

Product Name	Manufacturer	Quantity	Buy KitBuy Kit
DCA Pro Semiconductor Analyzer	PEAK Electronics	1	Buy NowBuy Now
IRFZ44NPBF MOSFET 55V, 49A, TO-220	Infineon	1	Buy NowBuy Now
J112 JFET, -35V, TO-92	ON Semi	1	Buy NowBuy Now
SSL-LX3059IGW, Red-Green, Through-hole Bi-Color LED (3mm)	Lumex	1	Buy NowBuy Now
LND150, Depletion Mode N-Channel MOSFET	Microchip	1	Buy NowBuy Now
Zener Diode, 5V DO-204AH	ON-Semi	1	Buy NowBuy Now

Attachments:

Data from DCAPro.zip

Top Comments

baldengineer over 5 years ago in reply to enantiomer

IKEA Algot. Unfortuantely, they are discontinuing the system. I found out when I went to expand the bench. Hopefully it gets replaced with something similar.

At this point, the phase out has been over a year and no announced replacement.
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enantiomer over 5 years ago

Superb video.
To bad that the PEAK device does not have include interpolation (on the Windows graph).
The lines are kind-a-sharp (sorry, but I'm spoiled w/the Keysight B1500A).

However, for the money - this device is great.

Again, love your video!

What kind of workbench is that in the background (brand)?
Great lookin' bench!

Thanks again, Jim
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baldengineer over 5 years ago in reply to rickseiden

Great idea. No kididng, my mom sent me a message saying, "that gift idea would be really nice for me to know what to get you!" So I'll take those two votes as a thumbs up.
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rickseiden over 5 years ago

If you make that video of tools that make great gift ideas, can you make your target audience the people who love the people who love the tools? I could pass a video like that along to my wife. If you aim it at the people who love tools, my wife would have no idea what's going on, and i wouldn't get any gifts.

Thanks
Rick
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