Roman wrote:
>Maybe as another suggestion for a competition
>idea, what about a universal semiconductor tester?
>Like three leads, A,B,C, and a 2-line LCD display.
>You can clip it on any transistor or diode and
>it tells which leg is which, NPN, PNP, fet,
>darlington, etc etc, even measures beta and
>saturation drop. All these things would be easy
>to measure if you could adjust voltages and measure
>voltages, say with a 16F876 or even a F628.
>Just an idea. Hey, i'd like one!!

Farnell have one for AU$190 + tax at the moment.
Silicon Chip magazine did one a few years ago.
I probably have the article around here somewhere.
Never did get around to building it - should have. :-)
Regards...

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