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component testing

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   1 #49: Simple Component Tester using Oscilloscope - Octopus Curve Tracer

   w2aew 5 people · 5 months · since May 2013

   Builds a simple octopus curve tracer that plots component I-V curves on an oscilloscope; recommended as a cheap way to see a diode's knee voltage.

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   2 EEVblog #626 - Ceramic Capacitor Voltage Dependency

   EEVblog 4 people · 4 months · since Oct 2012

   Dave Jones demonstrates how ceramic capacitor value falls under DC bias, cited whenever someone asks about swapping or uprating capacitors.

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   3 #132: How to test MOSFETs with a DMM - a few methods...

   w2aew 3 people · 3 months · since Jun 2014

   A practical way to check a MOSFET out of circuit with a multimeter, routinely suggested to beginners trying to work out whether a transistor has failed.