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Resins for loads. Technique for protecting the fragile leads of capacitors, resistors and inductors which are used for testing. Fit them with connectors and then encapsulate them in casting resin.
AUDIO ELECTRONICS 2/2000 [Mar 2000] (v.31#2) pg. 54

Build a reactive load to test the behavior of amp designs. This 4-ohm design combines a resistive, inductive, and capacitive load all in one unit.
AUDIOXPRESS Aug 2003 (v.34#8) pg. 48

Build this self-calibrating L/C meter. This microcontroller-based digital inductance and capacitance meter features a measurement range of 0.001 to 100 microhenrys and 0.010 picofarads to 1 microfarad. Est. cost: $80 (kit).
ELECTRONICS NOW Jun 1996 (v.67#6) pg. 31
Correction ELECTRONICS NOW Nov 1996 (v.67#11) pg. 11

Simple set up to perform a ringing test on a coil (inductor) or transformer of any type using a square wave generator and an oscilloscope.
ELECTRONICS NOW Jan 1998 (v.69#1) pg. 12

Measuring inductors and capacitors at RF frequencies. Several different methods are described.
ELECTRONICS NOW Jul 1999 (v.70#7) pg. 40

Instant patch box provides a shielded method of substituting resistance, capacitance or inductance into a circuit with a minimum of problems.
ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS Sep-Oct 1973 (v.13#5) pg. 58

Circuit to check the inductance of homemade electronic coils.
ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS Nov-Dec 1980 (v.20#6) pg. 68

Build a Maxwell inductance bridge to measure unmarked RF chokes, torroids, audio chokes, and power-supply filter chokes. Reads values from 500 microhenries to 90 henries.
HANDS-ON ELECTRONICS Feb 1988 (v.5#2) pg. 31

An in-circuit component tester. Simple oscilloscope accessory speeds up in-circuit testing of resistors, capacitors, inductors, and transistor and diode junctions.
MODERN ELECTRONICS [2] Apr 1987 (v.4#4) pg. 30

Inductance meter adapter. Measure inductance from 3 microhenrys to 7 millihenrys with this add-on circuit and an ordinary digital multimeter (DMM). Est. cost: $15 (kit).
POPTRONIX EXPERIMENTER HANDBOOK Summer 1997 pg. 46

Build this self-calibrating L/C (inductance/capacitance) meter. Features a measurement range of 0.001 to 100 microhenrys and 0.010 picofarads to 1 microfarad. Est. cost: $80 (kit)
POPTRONIX EXPERIMENTER HANDBOOK Summer 1997 pg. 61

L-bridge, a multi-range inductance tester to find unknown values of RF, IF, audio and filter coils and chokes.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Jan 1965 (v.22#1) pg. 61

Inductance checker. Two-transistor circuit measures r-f inductance of chokes and coils using a conventional shortwave receiver.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Aug 1973 (v.4#2) pg. 98

Curve tracer checks semiconductor quality from breakdown voltage to beta. Used with an oscilloscope. Also can check capacitors and inductors.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1976 (v.9#3) pg. 58
Added Info POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Oct 1976 (v.10#4) pg. 6

Perform complete impedance measurements with this R-F bridge. Build this inexpensive impedance bridge which measures R and X components over a wide frequency range (3.5 to 54 MHz).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] May 1979 (v.15#5) pg. 63

Build a reactance measuring set to measure inductance from 1 microhenry to 1 henry, as well as capacitance from 1 picofarad to 1 microfarad. Est. cost: $130.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [1] Mar 1981 (v.19#3) pg. 67

Measuring inductance on a capacitance meter. How to convert capacitance readings to inductance for the Beckman DM25L meter. Process may be adapted to other meters.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Jul 1989 (v.6#7) pg. 35
Added Info POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Oct 1989 (v.6#10) pg. 4

Build an inductance meter adapter to measure inductance with an ordinary DMM (digital multimeter). Est. cost: $15 (kit).
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Nov 1996 (v.13#11) pg. 50

Circuit for a Shorted Turns and Ringing (STAR) inductance tester. Use with an oscilloscope to check all types of transformers and inductors.
POPULAR ELECTRONICS [2] Dec 1998 (v.15#12) pg. 62

Tips on measuring capacitance and inductance using a grid dip meter.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Jul 1984 (v.55#7) pg. 72

Build this L/C meter to accurately measure inductance and capacitance. Est. cost: $150. Part 1. Theory.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Jul 1988 (v.59#7) pg. 41, 68
Added Info RADIO-ELECTRONICS Nov 1988 (v.59#11) pg. 16

Build this L/C meter to accurately measure inductance and capacitance. Part 2. Construction and use.
RADIO-ELECTRONICS Aug 1988 (v.59#8) pg. 50

How to measure the inductance of open-air and ferrite-core coils (chokes) for use in crossovers.
SPEAKER BUILDER 1/1986 [Apr 1986] (v.7#1) pg. 57

Technique to measure inductance (and approximate Q) of chokes used in passive crossovers. Includes a simple BASIC program to perform the needed computations.
SPEAKER BUILDER 6/1988 [Nov 1988] (v.9#6) pg. 43

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