I have been reading this thread with interest since Mr RB referred me to it, but I am a bit confused regarding the need to measure absolute capacitance?
Unless the test capacitance is significantly large regards to the parasitic capacitance and inherent errors in the test equipment, how useful is this absolute capacitance reading?
Obviously I am missing something as the best people I know on this forum have answered with a lot of enthusiasm, so I am genuinely curious!
Also - how many of you would be interested in a project that involved making your own LRC meter with ESR testing capibility?
I have been reading a lot of similar projects online and did not see anything good and open.
Ones that seem to be useful are unfortunately in Russian - that I cannot read.
The design would be based on a PIC18F series - perhaps starting off with the Rice LC meter, unless there is specific reason to use something else.
Unless the test capacitance is significantly large regards to the parasitic capacitance and inherent errors in the test equipment, how useful is this absolute capacitance reading?
Obviously I am missing something as the best people I know on this forum have answered with a lot of enthusiasm, so I am genuinely curious!
Also - how many of you would be interested in a project that involved making your own LRC meter with ESR testing capibility?
I have been reading a lot of similar projects online and did not see anything good and open.
Ones that seem to be useful are unfortunately in Russian - that I cannot read.
The design would be based on a PIC18F series - perhaps starting off with the Rice LC meter, unless there is specific reason to use something else.
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