[MRCA] Technoweenie Stocking Stuffer

[Al Klase]

Gang,

I just took delivery of this component tester.


You don't even have to know what component.  Just stick something in the 
zero-insertion-force socket, push the button, and the tin brain inside 
figures it out.  Does resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and 
bipolar and FET transistors.

The best part:  It's 15 bucks shipped from Duluth, GA. -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221961865013?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

There are a bunch of these floating around on E-bay, but this appears to 
be the latest revision, with a really nice display and rugged battery 
holder.  You'll likely want to install in in some sort of box to carry 
around.

All this is made possible by a modern microcontroller that has analog 
inputs and outputs built in, so it can make the appropriate measurements.
uC data sheet here: ATmega48A, ATmega48PA, ATmega88A, ATmega88PA, 
ATmega168A, ATmega1688PA, ATmega328, ATmega328P datasheet - 
atmel-8271-8-bit-avr-microcontroller-atmega48a-48pa-88a-88pa-168a-168pa-328-328p_datasheet_complete.pdf 
<http://www.atmel.com/images/atmel-8271-8-bit-avr-microcontroller-atmega48a-48pa-88a-88pa-168a-168pa-328-328p_datasheet_complete.pdf>

Not much on the circuit board except the processor and an 8MHz crystal.  
Everything else in SMOP. (Simply a Matter Of Programming) Welcome to the 
21st Century!

My apologies for the freak out,
Al

-- 
Al Klase -- N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

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