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So what do you do when you need a modern transistor curve tracer?

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slow_rider:
I'll start with this - The option of buying something used from the olden days is out of the question :)

Modern approach seems to buy source-meter (or a couple) and setup everything in software.

Is there a modern equivalent for a standalone curve tracer that could be used reliably with trusted calibration and easy export of data?

Thanks!

Grandchuck:
This one is only low power.  It is very useful, otherwise, and stores data in a text file.

RoGeorge:
Buy a SMU.

slow_rider:

--- Quote from: RoGeorge on May 05, 2022, 08:18:44 pm ---Buy a SMU.

--- End quote ---

So this is one approach... Keithley offers several but 2 channels max, so you need 2. Also, tracing of 3 terminal devices and is not built in. They want you to pay even more for a software that does that. A setup like could easily go for $8k+ and you have the complexity of running two SMUs for this 1 task.

No one makes new curves tracers professionally anymore?

bob91343:
I have been wanting to build one for some time.  My first need is for a staircase generator.  I would think some ARBs could do this.  The second part is a triangle wave generator; these are common and cheap.  Add a couple of resistors and a scope and you have what you want, just not self contained.

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