Test & Measurement: Economically Priced LCR Meter Boasts RS-232 Interface

March 15, 2004

Priced at just $1295, the model 1715 DigiBridge inductance-capacitance-resistance (LCR) meter for benchtop and automated impedance measurements features an RS-232 interface and basic measurement accuracy within 0.2%. There's also an optional IEEE-488/handler interface. The meter has test frequencies of 100 Hz, 120 Hz, 1 kHz, and 10 kHz. It can measure, display, and output two parameters simultaneously, including capacitance, ac resistance, and inductance, in series or in parallel. It also handles dissipation factor, quality factor, impedance, phase angle, and reactance measurements. The price includes a calibration certificate traceable to the National Institute for Standards and Test.

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.