Tired of hunting short-circuits with a magnifying glass? This clever circuit makes locating a PCB short fast and frustration-free. Build a similar circuit to track down faults with ease. Tired of ...

The sample tester in Figure.1 Detects short circuits on assembled pc boards and also rings out cables and harnesses. The sample tester in Figure.1 Detects short circuits on assembled pc boards and ...

Even the most experienced electronics engineer will undoubtedly come across these: short-circuits in places where they don’t belong. And they naturally occur at times when they’re least welcome. For ...

Almost every meter you find today will have a continuity tester. Connect the probes and it will beep if there is a short and won’t if there isn’t. But where is the short? That’s another problem when ...

This Design Idea presents a low power short circuit finder that capitalizes on the ear’s sensitivity to changes in frequency. The heart of the circuit is a voltage-to-frequency converter (based on ...

Sometimes finding a short-circuit is easy, especially after the magic smoke has escaped. Finding a short on a newly etched or milled board though, can be a maddening task. Many of us have been there – ...