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Day: March 13, 2007

Simple Capacitance Meter

March 13, 2007 by Will O'Brien 10 Comments


[Mike] sent in a project he’s been working on lately. This little circuit can measure the capacitance of a capacitor by generating a frequency that’s inversely related to the capacitance. He originally got it working with his o-scope, and followed up by building a stand alone version that uses an ATTiny2313 and a text LCD.

Posted in Misc HacksTagged attiny, diy capacitance meter, DiyCapacitanceMeter, microcontroller

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