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Now that I’ve looked at the basics of flyback topology converters and performed some basic measurements, it’s time to start some experiments. But unlike most posts, somehow I woke up this morning and chose violence against flyback transformers . This…

In the last blog, I mainly looked at the specifications and unboxing of the transformers included in this Experimenting With Design Challenge. In this section, I’ll be tackling questions about what a “Flyback” is and doing some basic measurements of parameters…

To have won the grand prize for the Experimenting with Thermal Switches design challenge was a great honour - it was the first such design challenge I had ever entered. But I couldn't help but give the Experimenting with Current Sense Amplifiers design…

Table of Contents Introduction High-Level View Principle of Operation Circuit Diagram DSP Block Diagram Building It Programming It Using It Calculations Results Result A – 10 ohm DUT Result B: 10 ohm and 220nF in Parallel …

In this post, I present a DIY 3D printed adapter for 4-wire Kelvin measurement of SMD components with an LCR meter. The adapter has been tested with the Multicomp Pro handheld LCR meter (rebranded Hantek 1833C) and should work with the DER DE-5000 LCR…

In this post, I am going to show the process I went through to build SMD test measurement tweezers. Will they work? I started with loose goals in mind, iterated, and made something physical daily with what was at hand. 18 July 2021 I have this idea for…

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This is a follow-up to my review of the Multicomp Pro Handheld LCR Meter Multicomp Pro Handheld LCR Meter . In that review it was noted that the meter does not come with Kelvin clamps and that the manufacturer did not appear to offer them. In this post…

I am posting my initial impressions of the Multicomp Pro Handheld LCR Meter Multicomp Pro Handheld LCR Meter . My objectives are to get familiar with the capabilities and use of the meter, do some comparisons to other instruments in my possession, and…

Introduction Recently there's been lots of interest in capacitor equivalent series resistance (ESR) and many other capacitor topics (e.g. see Deep Dive into ESR, Introduction and Capacitor Leakage Experiments and Experimenting with Polymer Capacitors…

Introduction Background Why does ESR matter and why measure it? Differences between the BA6010 and LCR Meters Is it worth using the BA6010 for measuring Capacitors? Capacitors and Specifications Results Tantalum…