At 04.00 2011.11.11, you wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Kerry Wentworth
><kwentworth@skunkworksnh.com> wrote:
>> I don't know if it would work in this application or not.  I DO know
>> that I'd try it before I bought a $1200 camera to do the job!  Even if I
>> had to put the circuit in a light proof box and take a really long expos=
ure.
>
>
>Good luck.
>
>There is thermochromic paint that can be used in this application.
>Expensive but unlike retasking a visible/NIR camera approach it has a
>chance of working.
>
>
>HP made a current pulser and current tracker probe set in the 80's
>that are particularly good at finding shorts.
>You can find them on Ebay once in a while.

If it pulses then it doesn't have the time to cause damage to the (still
sane) components, but it can still be detected. Right?

I use my current limited bench supply a lot too, it has saved me from
smelling the magic smoke (tm) a lot of times. It's very prudent to set
the current limit only slightly above the foreseen current absorption
of the (sane version) circuit.



>HP 545A Logic Probe $360.
>HP 546A Logic Pulser $450.
>HP 547A Digital Current Tracer $880. Accessories (HP 545A, 546A, 547A)
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