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  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 30919
    • Albion

    #121
    Re: ESR meter upgrades

    you solder the 6pin / 10pin header to some pins under the socket and hook the usb programmer to it.

    then you open a shell / console with avrdude installed.
    https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...0e8896b305.pdf

    and type or cut-n-paste this.
    avrdude -c USBasp -P usb -p m328p -U flash:w:TransistorTester.hex \-U eeprom:w:TransistorTester.eep \-U lfuse:w:0xf7:m \-U hfuse:w:0xd9:m \-U efuse:w:0xfc:m
    that's all.
    Last edited by stj; 04-02-2016, 11:06 AM.

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    • xelectech
      retired tech
      • Nov 2014
      • 238
      • USA

      #122
      Re: ESR meter upgrades

      Originally posted by stj
      you solder the 6pin / 10pin header to some pins under the socket and hook the usb programmer to it.

      then you open a shell / console with avrdude installed.
      https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...0e8896b305.pdf

      and type or cut-n-paste this.

      that's all.
      I must have been editing my last while you were replying.
      I sure appreciate your help, I'll have to do some reading up on avrdude.

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      • stj
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        • Dec 2009
        • 30919
        • Albion

        #123
        Re: ESR meter upgrades

        can you ask the sellers for a copy of the makefile.
        they are obliged to share it under the open-source license anyway.

        i want to compare it to the one i just put together.

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        • xelectech
          retired tech
          • Nov 2014
          • 238
          • USA

          #124
          Re: ESR meter upgrades

          Originally posted by stj
          can you ask the sellers for a copy of the makefile.
          they are obliged to share it under the open-source license anyway.

          i want to compare it to the one i just put together.
          I'm afraid I can't - the last time I sent an email trying to get help from them they sent it back as undeliverable, before that they (she? I suspect it's a one person operation) was non-responsive to my questions and there were no links listed for either troubleshooting,
          faqs or software for it. At the end of calibration it says it's v 1.12. Here's a link if you want to have a look around:

          http://electronics-diy.com/store.php...&sub=esr_meter

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          • stj
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            • Dec 2009
            • 30919
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            #125
            Re: ESR meter upgrades

            there are currently 664 versions of v1.12k

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            • xelectech
              retired tech
              • Nov 2014
              • 238
              • USA

              #126
              Re: ESR meter upgrades

              Originally posted by stj
              there are currently 664 versions of v1.12k
              No kidding? Where they at? (just kidding) Any of the titles sound even vaguely related to electronics-diy?

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              • stj
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                • Dec 2009
                • 30919
                • Albion

                #127
                Re: ESR meter upgrades

                i mean sequential updates on each other!
                https://github.com/svn2github/transistortester

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                • stj
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                  • Dec 2009
                  • 30919
                  • Albion

                  #128
                  Re: ESR meter upgrades

                  i now have a test-build for e-diy, let me know when you have a cpu & crystal
                  you may want to replace the regulator with a MCP1702-5002E/TO aswell

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                  • xelectech
                    retired tech
                    • Nov 2014
                    • 238
                    • USA

                    #129
                    Re: ESR meter upgrades

                    Originally posted by stj
                    i now have a test-build for e-diy, let me know when you have a cpu & crystal
                    you may want to replace the regulator with a MCP1702-5002E/TO aswell
                    Cool! Where did you find that at? Is it much, or any, different from what's initially running on the newer ones (like you've got)?

                    Anyway, thanks, it'll probably be a few weeks before I'm set to update this thing

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                    • stj
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                      • Dec 2009
                      • 30919
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                      #130
                      Re: ESR meter upgrades

                      i didnt find it, i made notes from the crappy schematic and then adapted the makefile to get close to it.

                      16x2 lcd
                      no contrast control
                      no power control
                      no crystal
                      strip-grid pinout
                      no v-ref
                      bat monitor is standard.

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                      • xelectech
                        retired tech
                        • Nov 2014
                        • 238
                        • USA

                        #131
                        Re: ESR meter upgrades

                        Originally posted by stj
                        i didnt find it, i made notes from the crappy schematic and then adapted the makefile to get close to it.


                        Most ingenious; however, I was hoping you'd found your way into the inner realms of e-diy. Oh well, probably not missing much...

                        Actually, there is a contrast pot, it's called p1 and is 10k

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                        • stj
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                          #132
                          Re: ESR meter upgrades

                          i know that, the note was refering to software control.

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                          • xelectech
                            retired tech
                            • Nov 2014
                            • 238
                            • USA

                            #133
                            Re: ESR meter upgrades

                            Originally posted by stj
                            i know that, the note was refering to software control.
                            Oops, beg your problem...

                            I'm curious, does that (contrast info) go in the file and it may be commented out, or not, depending on the kind of LCD it has? just wondering how different the software is between the two versions of meter.

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                            • stj
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                              #134
                              Re: ESR meter upgrades

                              if you downloaded any of those zip's - look at the included makefile for the options.

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                              • xelectech
                                retired tech
                                • Nov 2014
                                • 238
                                • USA

                                #135
                                Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                Originally posted by stj
                                if you downloaded any of those zip's - look at the included makefile for the options.
                                I think I have a mental block or something, it all looks rather daunting, what with three different kinds of files that all seem somehow to be related to the actual program, if it wasn't for utube I don't think I'd have any chance at all of ever getting any thing programmed, at least not without going back to school.

                                That being said, I got an Arduino Uno so I'm wondering what you think of this link:

                                http://www.instructables.com/id/AVR-...-gcc/?ALLSTEPS

                                I figure it would be handy to have the means to make some kind of custom controller set up for a few motion sensors and cameras once I'm thru messing with the
                                esr meter.
                                Last edited by xelectech; 04-05-2016, 05:22 AM.

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                                • stj
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                                  #136
                                  Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                  if you want to learn to program wih an arduino,
                                  first rule - dont play around, take it serious.

                                  learn some C and go here:
                                  http://www.codeblocks.org/

                                  when you run out of power (your arduino that is!), get one of these 32bit monsters:
                                  http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/...N1847/PF262063
                                  they only cost $10 !!!

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                                  • xelectech
                                    retired tech
                                    • Nov 2014
                                    • 238
                                    • USA

                                    #137
                                    Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                    Originally posted by stj
                                    if you want to learn to program wih an arduino,
                                    first rule - dont play around, take it serious.

                                    when you run out of power (your arduino that is!), get one of these 32bit monsters:
                                    http://www.st.com/web/catalog/tools/...N1847/PF262063
                                    they only cost $10 !!!
                                    Let me guess, the more I play around the more costly it'll be? Anyway, thanks for the links,
                                    seems odd that a 32 bit controller can be so cheap, it doesn't look like they're from China.

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                                    • stj
                                      Great Sage 齊天大聖
                                      • Dec 2009
                                      • 30919
                                      • Albion

                                      #138
                                      Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                      no, $10 gets you a 32bit board with built in usb programmer / debugging port.
                                      all software is free.

                                      it's simple, ST is making the boards to sell at cost to get designers to design stuff with their chips and not atmel or TI's
                                      $17 get's one much more powerfull with 144pins and onboard ethernet!!!
                                      not that most people would use either - so go with a $10 type.

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                                      • stj
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                                        • Dec 2009
                                        • 30919
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                                        #139
                                        Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                        opto-isolater adapter just got posted
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                                        • bc989
                                          Member
                                          • Oct 2015
                                          • 21
                                          • Asia

                                          #140
                                          Re: ESR meter upgrades

                                          Originally posted by stj
                                          i'm not sure why 3 people downloaded the T4 code without posting answers to my questions afterwards - that code is not tuned or complete!
                                          I'm very keen to upgrade to your T4 code and provide answer. Can it work on my "LCR-T4 Graphical Multi-Function Tester"?

                                          It display "MTester" only, no version number, no branding, no words, letters or numbers to ID it... like a nameless clone of a clone.

                                          I also ordered a 40cents rotary encoder:

                                          http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-...655246773.html
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                                          Last edited by bc989; 04-29-2016, 09:41 PM.

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