"NSM" writes:

"Sidney" wrote in message
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| I now use my TEK465 oscilloscope's calibration output to generate
| ringing pulses to test flybacks,yokes,transformers and video heads.I
| also now use it to test ESR on electroyltic capacitors but would like
| to build a simple and effective way to test transistors,diodes and
| resistors like maybe a curve tracer or use my oscilloscope to test
| them.
| Anyone have a simple effective design for a curve tracer either a
| stand alone device or using my TEK465 oscilloscope?.Thanks in advance.

See if your local library has a collection of electronics magazines. You'll
have to go back about 20 years or more, but there were some designs
published. US "Radio Electronics" or UK "Wireless World" or Elektor would be
good places to look. Some tech colleges have libraries also.

Building a curve tracer to demonstrate the principle of a curve tracer is
easy and quick. Building one that is actually a useful test instrument
is a lot more difficult and time consuming.

Let's have a show of hands.... How many really find a curve tracer to be
a piece of test equipment you use regularly and would dearly miss if you
didn't have one.

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