18 Jul 2015

Review: Cheap eBay transistor tester

A review, test, and teardown of a cheap transistor / component tester purchased on eBay.

eBay item:
LCD ESR Meter Transistor Tester Capacitance Inductance Diode Triode MOS NPN PNP
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171753821157

Here’s the original review and teardown video:

Here’s a follow up video where I test some old germanium transistors:

About the Author:

Hardware and software engineer with experience in product development and building automation. Director at Cabot Technologies and Product Manager at NEX Data Management Systems.

2 comments

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