I have an idea!
We should make a badcaps.net ESR and capacitance meter!
Not the old analog types, but a fancy digital one.
1.
My idea is that you can upload these series tables to it, which are for different series from different manufacturers.
Example:
The meter has an ESR chart for the Panasonic FR series loaded into it's memory.
You tell it that the DUT (device under test, aka the capacitor) is a panasonic FR, marked as having 100uF.
The meter then reads the ESR and capacitance, and tells you if the capacitor is good, and what the actual capacitance and ESR values are.
2.
Since the above manufacturer and series settings would get annoying for testing a lot of capacitors one after another, there could be some 'generic' tables which could be for 'general-purpose' capacitors, or for 'low-esr' capacitors. Usually commercial ESR meters will have a table printed on them just for this.
3.
The meter would have the option to simply make it read the ESR and capacitance directly, not requiring the manufacturer, series, and capacitance info! Therefore it could be used like any other digital ESR/capacitance meter, which in certain cases might be necessary, especially if you need to check a large amount of capacitors!
4.
The meter could always provide more info about the selected capacitor series, like, temp rating, size(s), lifetime, etc...
So yeah, feel free to add anything you have to say. This is just an idea, but I think it would be neat
We should make a badcaps.net ESR and capacitance meter!
Not the old analog types, but a fancy digital one.
1.
My idea is that you can upload these series tables to it, which are for different series from different manufacturers.
Example:
The meter has an ESR chart for the Panasonic FR series loaded into it's memory.
You tell it that the DUT (device under test, aka the capacitor) is a panasonic FR, marked as having 100uF.
The meter then reads the ESR and capacitance, and tells you if the capacitor is good, and what the actual capacitance and ESR values are.
2.
Since the above manufacturer and series settings would get annoying for testing a lot of capacitors one after another, there could be some 'generic' tables which could be for 'general-purpose' capacitors, or for 'low-esr' capacitors. Usually commercial ESR meters will have a table printed on them just for this.
3.
The meter would have the option to simply make it read the ESR and capacitance directly, not requiring the manufacturer, series, and capacitance info! Therefore it could be used like any other digital ESR/capacitance meter, which in certain cases might be necessary, especially if you need to check a large amount of capacitors!
4.
The meter could always provide more info about the selected capacitor series, like, temp rating, size(s), lifetime, etc...
So yeah, feel free to add anything you have to say. This is just an idea, but I think it would be neat
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