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Scratchy beep means you had too much coffee.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Jason Tribbeck
<Jason.Tribbeck at ascom.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> while im on the subject, how do you test traces on the PCB with a DMM?
>>
>> i assume you look at the resistance and if you get zero ohms then its
>> good, or is it more complex than this?
>
> I don't do a lot of this, but I generally use a DMM which has a
> continuity test beep (so I can concentrate on where the probes are,
> rather than periodically looking at the display).
>
> If it beeps when I'm not expecting, I swap the two ends (in case there's
> a diode or similar in the way). If it still beeps, it's time to
> investigate some more.
>
> If there's a short beep, then there's a capacitor across the two probes.
> --
> Jason Tribbeck
>
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