I built this L / C meter to sort out some inductors and caps in drawers. Practically everything that could go wrong with this project did. I will post more about the project if anybody is interested.
I love diy tools like this. Its awesome to try to bootstrap a lab from a couple off the shelf tools and lots of diy widgets (that sometimes even work lol). It’s almost like a small machine shop
You could buy a Mega328 component tester to double check your project’s readings. Mega328 measures inductance, capacitance, resistance AND ALSO transistor beta, transistor Vbe, diode Vfwd {handy for LEDs!}, capacitor ESR, and much more. For thirteen dollars.
I built this L / C meter to sort out some inductors and caps in drawers. Practically everything that could go wrong with this project did. I will post more about the project if anybody is interested.
I would love some details on this!
I actually was thinking about building my own so good timing.
I love diy tools like this. Its awesome to try to bootstrap a lab from a couple off the shelf tools and lots of diy widgets (that sometimes even work lol). It’s almost like a small machine shop
I’ve been wanting to build one for myself too. I’m curious about a few points if you don’t mind.
What principle do you use to measure it? A set frequency measuring voltage, a variable frequency, doing a charge up measuring time or…?
How would it deal with msasuring something that’s both signficantly inductive and capacitive? Say an LC tank?
You could buy a Mega328 component tester to double check your project’s readings. Mega328 measures inductance, capacitance, resistance AND ALSO transistor beta, transistor Vbe, diode Vfwd {handy for LEDs!}, capacitor ESR, and much more. For thirteen dollars.
[(amazon link)](https://www.amazon.com/Organizer-Multifunction-Transistor-Capacitor-Inductance/dp/B07T6FKHM6)
https://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/rivz3o/inductancecapacitance_meter_saga/ <- OP’s second post