Tiny Auto-measuring Cap Seven Segment With Mini

by David_Lin in Circuits > Arduino

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Tiny Auto-measuring Cap Seven Segment With Mini

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If you have learned about the capacitor(RF CIRCUIT).

the H bridge seems too complex, too many to adjust,

too many to change and too many to read for

just balancing the bridge ! (not include S.G and CALCULATES yet)

LOOK HERE !

you don't even use one single finger, it's just tell how

many uF OR nf indeed the cap is whatever !

and

Portable !

Material

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i use 2 SSDs and 2 LEDs

to display the value and scale

for all resistor i use 330 OHM to limits the current down.

because the arduino mini have the MAX current limits !

and then the 1 LED is for the decimal point,

the other LED is as uF indicator.

Tools

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Open the Phone Line Box and Clean All

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use the "+" screw driver to remove all the copper bars and all the screws.

Cutout the Hole for SSD

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use the cutter to cut the cover of phone line box.

in order to embed the Seven Segment Displayer parts.

Use the hand drill to drill 2 holes in order to show

the u led and to show the point led.

Soldering the SSD and the Resisters

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use cutter to shorten the PCB, in order to fit it into the cover.

i didn't connect to the second digit to display

the "F" because the MAX current limits too !

Testing

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after soldering the resistors and mini.

And make some test.(10uF, 4.7uF, 1uF, 10nF, 47nF)

PS:

1)C<99.9 uF then turn ON c', d', e' .

in order to show the "u".

2)C<1 uF then turn ON c', e', g' .

in order to show the "n".

Fixed the PCB With Hot Glue

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use the hot glue gun to fixed the PCB on the cover.

Coding

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i use 3 know how to coding :

1)multi-task

i use the library to display.

#include Multiplex7Seg.h

2)i turn the charge pin ON for 10 uS as a aquare wave

to ensure the min C >= 0.005 nF

in order to avoid mini crashing !

T = RC

if C=0

T/0 = divide by zero (error) !

so let the c(min) > 0.005 nF

3)i slow down the charge speed by increase R.
R = 240K. OHM, c = 1uF

so the T = 240 *1E3 *1E-6

T = 0.24 s

in order to increase accuracy.

Downloads

Embedding the 3v Battery Into the Box

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a bit feature:

Since you could auto-measuring the capacitors, and then

the next thing you could do is making a network (RF TANK)

auto-turning(adjusting) !