In my opinion, if you are hunting for a short, there is a little to do with the current: it is always the same, better use a voltmeter/millivoltmeter and hunt for the least voltage across capacitors or the greatest voltage drop on traces...
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Geoff Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > On our side of the pond there is/was a device called the "Polar > Toneohm". It used a hall effect device to translate the current > flowing in a track to a tone - rising pitch, higher current. These > could be very effective in finding shorts in power rails etc, also in > multi-layer boards. Google "Toneohm" and you will see. > > Geoff > > -- > ################################################# > Geoff Blake, G8GNZ JO01fq: Chelmsford, Essex, UK > <[email protected]> or <[email protected]> > Using Linux: Ubuntu 11.04 on Intel or Debian on UltraSparc > and even on the NAS. Avoiding Micro$oft like the plague. > ################################################# > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
