has anybody used one of these testers???

[mattstolte]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221342035862...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

i bought it off ebay its in chinese so i cant seem to figure it out, has anybody ever used one?

[Agent24]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

Looks like you just hook up your DUT to any of the terminals and press the test button - the tester will automatically analyse and tell you the device type, pinout, and other information.

The 4th picture in the listing tells you which buttons are which

Edit: Looks like these testers may have originally came from this project: http://www.mikrocontroller.net/artic...ansistortester

Current project files: http://www.mikrocontroller.net/svnbr...nsistortester/

More information: http://www.avrtester.tode.cz/

Added current v1.11k user manual I found

[popeye]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

hi

From what I can see of it you just connect the leads to componant in any order it will automaticaly show what the item is and display the results and pin outs

[Ltank]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

All the button labels are Japanese. Is there another version?

[ecking767]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

I have one that is similar, the one with the smaller display which work great. This one have a nice case but If I was to buy another one I would buy this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12864-LCD-Tr...item41807dfdcb

The zero force insert socket and surface mount pad will help a lot when testing transistors and SMD.

[stj]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

there will probably be a new china model soon,
because the open-source design now has a variable voltage source for testing zener diodes!

[Dans2530]

Re: has anybody used one of these testers???

I got the $16 DIY solder it yourself version of this without that fancy case direct from china. I threw it in a cheap $5 jiffy box from jaycar. It only has the two line lcd though.
It works better than you would think and it has all those functions. It also has an ESR test for electrolytics, but doesn't work in circuit and I'm not really sure of the readings, seems right but I wouldn't trust it as 100% accurate.
I use it mostly for checking transistors/mosfets for pinouts and caps to see if they are good as those tests are surprisingly accurate. I checked a bulged capacitor once and it read as a diode! So obviously bad.