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Hioki IM3570 LCR & Impedance Analyzer
KungFuJosh:
I don't wanna be, that sounds invasive! 😉
KungFuJosh:
I gotta send a big thank you out to @mawyatt. Constantly reminding us of the importance of proper open/short correction really helps when trying to find specific characteristics for a component.
For example, getting the open and short distances correct (and remembering to correct the cable length) was essential to get the right values I needed for a 1nF cap for the dissipation factor test on my lcr cal test PCB.
I had to cut a piece of 12AWG copper wire the right length for the 1206 capacitor so the results would make sense. I used a chopstick handle that was about the right size for open compensation. It worked pretty well. 😉
This capacitor model was all too low:
But this one was close to my target of 0.00010:
Thanks, Mike!
-Josh
mawyatt:
You are welcome Josh, that's what we are here for :-+
Nice work with your Hioki IM3570 and hopefully fully calibrated IM3532-50!!
Best,
KungFuJosh:
I decided to screw around with the "LCR Meter Sample Application" from Hioki. The UI is mediocre, but it works. It looks a lot better than the old one, so I'm curious if I can get it to work with the 3532-50.
It also has a sweep direct to Excel function, which is cute. It didn't use the analyzer mode for this, so it seems useful for those without it.
KungFuJosh:
The "LCR Meter Sample Application" is a little goofy with the analyzer features. Scaling is odd. It saves a .jpg but labels it a .bmp so IrfanView gets mad and fixes it.
It seems like a couple steps forward in some ways, and a couple steps backwards compared to the screen captures directly from the device.
ETA: Added screen capture from IM3570.
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