Measuring Capacitors

[Paul Perry]

At 01:37 PM 19/12/00 +0000, John Blacet wrote:
>A lot of inexpensive DMMs have a capacitance function these days. I have
>noticed that they tend to be real inaccurate below 250 pF.

If it's critical, I get a known 'good' cap near the indicated value & 
measure it immediately after, just to check that the meter is OK.
One bit of gear that I like is an old RadioShack cap meter I found in
a pile of garbage (really). Looks like shit, works great.

paul perry melbourne australia