I got one of the passive detectors from thinkgeek and it does a pretty decent job. I can tell you which corner of a geode system-on-a-chip has the bits that are working hardest, for example. Or when I need to let my brakes cool off after doing laps at the race track.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/8024/ CK On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Everybody > > I tried to use a cheap IR thermometer to do some quick, pre-circuit > analysis tests, a couple of years ago on a particular job. > > It went bad, the laser did not even line up with the area being > measured, I missed a burning hot capacitor and wasted a lot of time. > > I was thinking about buying a better one this time. Does anyone have any > suggestions? Do you think they are useless for PCB tests? Caps should > not be hot and power resistors and transistors should not be cold right? > but the spot size to laser ratio on most of these are not good, are they > still useful? > > I had a hell of a time trying to read my Son's temperature last night > when he had a fever, anyone tried one of these out on their children? > > Thanks in advance-Patrick > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too? _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.