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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #250 on: May 08, 2020, 01:21:04 pm »
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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #251 on: May 15, 2020, 01:34:40 am »
I have powered up my variant of Jay_Diddy_B's ESR meter, and it is performing very nicely indeed.

The IA certainly allows easy setup up for 0 milliohm (+/- less than 0.1 milliohm) and 1.000V for 1 ohm 1%, and appears to be dead accurate down to the 47 milliohm 1% reference I have, when using a nice 30cm long Kelvin clip lead set with 4mm plugs.

I haven't yet played with the 555 oscillator, which is running at 18kHz, to see if the setup can support similar results at 100kHz.

Aiming to set up the IA gain for 1V/ohm and 0.1V/ohm to allow up to about 16 ohm max range (open circuit reads about 1.65V at the moment), and use switched fixed resistors and a trimpot for gain setup with sufficient offset trim range (which I aim to change to fixed and trimpot to reduce the present trimpot sensitivity when setting 0 ohm end).

I found a practical 'zero ohm' link to keep the Kelvin clip contact faces flat over their entire length, in the form of an 8mm wide, 0.9mm thick flat bar that had a previous life as a contact link bar in a high current contactor.  There are a few parts that show some temperature sensitivity (a few milliohm change when squirted), so packaging the circuitry to minimise local temperature changes seems worthwhile.

PS. it does work with capacitors, even the bigger ones with readings down around 10 milliohm, although ESR of a cap may be quite temp sensitive and so absolute ESR should really note the temp, and comparisons should use caps at the same ambient temp.

 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #252 on: October 24, 2020, 09:05:03 pm »
As ESR Meter Adapter is safe to measure charged capacitors, most likely it can be used to measure ESR of the batteries too. I would love universal battery/capacitor ESR meter. Hint: LTC6900 as configurable by resistor(s), clock. Please do not hesitate to post if you are interested in measuring ESR of the batteries.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #253 on: October 26, 2020, 06:51:06 pm »
Hi group,

I have looked at measuring the ESR of cells before. You can find the message in this thread:

Link: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/esr-meter-adapter-design-and-construction/msg2798498/#msg2798498

ESR Meter Adapter - Modification for 1 kHz (nominal)

Now I am going to share modifications that can be made to the ESR Meter Adapter to lower the frequency from the 100kHz, normally used for electrolytic capacitors, to 1 kHz for batteries and cells.

LTspice Model




I have indicated the changes and addition on the LTspice schematic.

The LTspice model shows an output of 100mV /  \$\Omega\$




This is nice and linear just like the 100kHz version.

Modified Circuit Board




All of the parts will fit the original except for the 100uF electrolytic capacitor.

Testing




Here I am using the test resistors described here:

Link: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/esr-meter-adapter-design-and-construction/msg343855/#msg343855

to confirm the operation.

Attachments

I have attached a pdf of the modified schematic and the LTspice model.

Regards,
Jay_Diddy_B

* Modified sch 1kHz.pdf (150 kB - downloaded 258 times.)
* 4053 esr meter 1KHz.asc (7.24 kB - downloaded 178 times.)
 
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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #254 on: October 27, 2020, 02:37:30 am »
ESR Meter Adapter - Modification for 1 kHz (nominal)

Now I am going to share modifications that can be made to the ESR Meter Adapter to lower the frequency from the 100kHz, normally used for electrolytic capacitors, to 1 kHz for batteries and cells.

Wow, you are so fast! Thanx. Any chances to have 200 mOhm or at least 1 Ohm range? 20 Ohm is good for CR2032 and similar low capacity cells.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #255 on: October 27, 2020, 07:49:31 pm »
It looks like the output voltage is not quite linear below 2 ohm ... ;)
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #256 on: October 27, 2020, 08:09:04 pm »
I've often wondered why this meter intentionally has such high output impedance with R3  :-//
Usually you want to pump some current, several mA's or more through the DUT to swamp out wet effects. In the case of lead-acid battery ESR I would think the measurement is corrupted. Car battery ESR measurements are several amp pulses for this reason I think.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #257 on: October 28, 2020, 08:42:01 am »
Hi group,

Here are some test results using Li-ion cells.

Laptop Battery Pack




I broke apart an old Asus battery pack and separated four of the cells.




I have numbered the cells 1 to 4.

HP 4328A Measurement

This is a 1 kHz (+/- 100 Hz) sinewave ac coupled milli-ohmmeter.

Sample reading:




1 kHz ESR Meter Adapter




The adapter was read with a Fluke 289. The Fluke 289 has been set relative to remove the offset.




Results

The two methods gave very similar results. The difference are probably from the connections made with the 4328A.


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Regards,
Jay_Diddy_B

« Last Edit: October 28, 2020, 08:54:38 am by Jay_Diddy_B »
 
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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #258 on: October 28, 2020, 04:38:43 pm »
I broke apart an old Asus battery pack and separated four of the cells.
Wow, very promising results. Difference between instruments below 10% and battery impedance spread below 10% as well - cell pack looks like well-balanced. Any chance for you to discharge one cell and measure ESR with both tools again? Asking to disassemble all the battery packs around until you find one with bad cell would be asking too much :)
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #259 on: February 12, 2021, 03:14:37 pm »
@Jay
is it possible to use the schematic for the 1KHz version (bigger capacitors)
and using a switch to change the oscillator frequency, still be able to use the 100KHz ?
this would allow us to have one device to measure both batteries internal resistance and capacitors esr.
thanks.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #260 on: February 12, 2021, 06:01:31 pm »
@Jay
is it possible to use the schematic for the 1KHz version (bigger capacitors)
and using a switch to change the oscillator frequency, still be able to use the 100KHz ?
this would allow us to have one device to measure both batteries internal resistance and capacitors esr.
thanks.

Hi,

You can add a switch in the oscillator so that it can do 1kHz and 100kHz. It will work fine.
The larger values of capacitors in the coupling network, will reduce the protection from applied voltage or charged capacitors. The coupling capacitors had a 500V rating in the original design.

Does this help?

Jay_Diddy_B



 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #261 on: February 12, 2021, 06:25:09 pm »
yes it helps ! thanks.
I assume it is only for the first protection capacitor 10uF/500v would be pretty big. the second 100nF is already available @ 500v for the 100khz version.
may be a DPDT switch to change the protection capacitor, and the oscillator at the same time.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #262 on: February 22, 2021, 09:49:56 pm »
Hi,

Do you have a STL of case for this ESR Meter Adapter? I would really appreciate if you share it to me. Thank you.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #263 on: April 04, 2021, 05:25:41 pm »
as I just made the pcb for my shorty-with-display project, I also made a pcb for my jay_diddy_b esr meter variation
more to come in a few weeks months. ;)
« Last Edit: August 21, 2021, 06:47:55 pm by kripton2035 »
 
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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #264 on: April 14, 2021, 06:46:09 am »
any chance someone can do a thru hole version of this for decrepid dinosoars like me?,my eyes aint what they used to be at 54yrs old!!
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #265 on: April 14, 2021, 09:48:27 am »
I'm planning on making either a pcb with all smd components already soldered (via jlcpcb) and sell them
or once the prototype pcb is fully working another pcb with thru holes.
but be aware that the adc is in sot323 only (can use a prebuild breakboard at least)
and the aop is only soic8. so the thru-holes will have still some smd parts.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #266 on: April 19, 2021, 08:41:26 am »
Unfortunatly not a lot of help as to the question i asked,i hate smd stuff!!
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #267 on: April 19, 2021, 04:55:43 pm »
any chance someone can do a thru hole version of this for decrepid dinosoars like me?,my eyes aint what they used to be at 54yrs old!!

At 54 years old, I would seriously recommend a visit to a decent optician to check whether you have any medical issues that need to be referred. They shouldn't be that bad.

Either that or you're not using any visual aids, a magnifier, even a pair of cheap reading glasses would help.
Best Regards, Chris
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #268 on: April 19, 2021, 07:47:51 pm »
Hi,

The board that I designed uses 1206 and bigger components. The smallest parts are SOD123 diodes. Here is photograph of the board:



These should be relatively easy to solder. You need a good pair of tweezers. I put solder on one pad. Position the part, solder that end and then solder the other end.

The op-amp used, LTC6241 is not available in thru-hole.

Regards,
Jay_Diddy_B


 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #269 on: June 03, 2021, 07:24:55 am »
For  Jay_Diddy_B,


Just completed   construction  of  your   original  design   and   compared  to  my   measurements  using  a  function  gen   and  oscilloscope ......   very  good    agreement...   
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #270 on: June 03, 2021, 07:43:22 am »
I   am   68  years old ... used  5x  magnifier to  solder   the surface mount  components    for  the board made by  JLCPCB... The   two  signal  diodes  1N4148  in  surface  mount  are in    back   order  from  DigiKey..........      about   6 months...



 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #271 on: June 03, 2021, 11:20:01 pm »
sarbog,

The 1N4148 diode is a very common small-signal switching diode. I did a quick check on Digikey.

Try this part number: 1N4148WQ-7-F   or 1N4148W-G RHG

What you need is a small-signal diode, in a SOD-123 package.

It is great to see people building the project that I posted. Thank you for sharing.

Regards,

Jay_Diddy_B
 
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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #272 on: June 04, 2021, 12:22:45 am »
Thanks,  I  will add a few of the diodes to my next Digital-Key order.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #273 on: September 01, 2021, 03:01:30 pm »
@Jay_Diddy,
I have a question about the schematic @1KHz (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/esr-meter-adapter-design-and-construction/msg3296986/#msg3296986)
Why did you add the 100µF capacitor C1 ?
thanks.
 

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Re: ESR Meter Adapter Design and Construction
« Reply #274 on: September 02, 2021, 07:10:09 pm »
@Jay_Diddy,
I have a question about the schematic @1KHz (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/projects/esr-meter-adapter-design-and-construction/msg3296986/#msg3296986)
Why did you add the 100µF capacitor C1 ?
thanks.

Hi Kripton2035,

The resistors R13 and R14 form a mid-point between +5V and 0V. The capacitor lowers the impedance for ac currents. A higher value capacitor is needed, to get the same impedance when the circuit was modified for 1kHz.

If you want to make a dual frequency version, you can leave the 100uF capacitor in place when operating at 100kHz.

Jay_Diddy_B

 


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