-- by Carl J. Bergquist
Test equipment is among the most important tools that can be used by electronics hobbyists and professionals. Not only does test equipment help you while constructing or troubleshooting electronics, building your own test equipment can carry you a long way toward understanding electronics in general. In addition, building your own allows you to customize the equipment to your actual needs.
Build Your Own Test Equipment contains information on how to build several pragmatic testing devices. Each and every device is designed to be highly practical and space conscious, and use commonly-available components.
Projects include:
Prototype Lab
Multi-Output Test Bench Power Supply
Signal Generator and Tester
Tri-State Logic Probe
Bipolar Transistor Tester
IC Tester
Portable Digital Capacitance Meter
Four-Digit Counter
Digital Multimeter
Digital Function Generator
Eight-Digit Frequency Counter
Solid-State Oscilloscope
286 pages. © 1998, published by Delmar Publishers.
(ISBN: 0-7906-1130-9) #8604 -- $62.95
New price $62.95, effective April 16, 2009.
Build Your Own Test Equipment