Bought this device based on your review. Agree with all you said in this vblog. Paid $ 200 AUS including delivery. Think its worth every cent at this price. Thanks Dave for such authentic blogs. Have been very happy with the device and use it weekly to fault find in various electronic devices and have found it to reduce my time in repairs. Very happy with the device and couldn't recommend it more highly.
@ka7cev We use 2 units here. Case is solid and the battery lasts like 8 month or so. So there is little reason to touch the screws. Yes, we stripped threads on one unit but Advance Devices sent a free replacement part.
when testing really low value components especially inductors, it works better if you lock it manually to the mode of the components, i found auto ranging ties its self in knots with small inductors and caps. putting it on inductor or capacitor for the relevant component solves this.
Wonderfully explain this. Thanks for your video and I like your explanation especially when you do fun. That is why I feel joy when I see your video. Thumbs up
@@edinfific2576 I tried, but TH-cam deletes my links instantly even if I replace symbols in it. Try searching in Russian segment with this keyword "пинцет-мультиметр НВ17".
£££$$$Money money money , Great video though, i only have these on my wish list , as i mainly use Apple iPhones etc , it is very difficult to get ahold of any service data or schematics , so so I'm pretty screwed until i get these ... Dave it sounds like you could make them with your tweaks you mentioned , and maybe make them for a better more reasonable price , you would probably sell a lot more and make a lot of people very happy 🤔👍🤗💰🤑
+Aurelius R I have the next model, it worth all the money, how did I lived without one untill now... i do not even have the old lcr meter and give away the bob parker esr...
The price is not set by how many parts are in the product! There are things to consider such as the NRE costs associated with writing the software, designing the custom chips and mechanical parts, marketing, and so on. They will not sell millions of these. So, all in all, the selling price of a device is not set by how much is inside it. It is mostly determined by the value of the product. Another example: examine an expensive pocket calculator. It could have only a couple of chips and not much else. But that chip could have millions of dollars of NRE costs to recover before the product just breaks even! It is a tricky game. Whether the price is too high or too low depends on whether you are the buyer or the seller!
Great Review again Dave! I'm glad I stuck around for the explanation at the end. A request? Can you add 32:40 to your next "How to entertain a Nerd compilation?!? (thumbs up if you agree ;)
Anyone know who makes the Jog / Shuttle dial? From the video it looks like it has 1133 / 6274 stamped on it, but I couldn't find it on digikey or mouser.
@japroach Thanks! It's not bad for $2.. I've found that similar joystick-like switches cost twice as much. I'm working on a design ala uCurrent, very homebrew, and on the cheap!
if you want to know if they are really totally Canuck made and designed, submerge the tweezer tips into a mug of beer and it should read temp and ph, etc. lol
Someone in our lab bought one of those, and it basically never got used, I think it was around $500 with the accessories. Needless to say complete waste of money. It was on a bench with well over $100K of high end HP test gear and the engineer that wanted it didn’t like using standard probes so found the tweezers useful. Unfortunately it was extremely slow, not all that accurate. It would be useful if it was $75 or less, $500 for it with the case and charging stand was ridiculous. The tweezer tips were also low quality...
Simialr item *Pinzetta Multimetro Smart SMD Tester AP-990C* at 22 eur on amazon. Not this 200 eur + rubbish... Be great if you did a review on this Dave!!!
It depends how much resolution and precision do you need. The one you mention gives 0.1 ohm resolution, while this one gives 0.01 MILLI-ohm resolution, which is 10 000 times! Measuring how good an ESR of an electrolytic capacitor is, you need at least a 0.01 ohm resolution for the larger (100+ uF) ones.
Is that the freaking Canadian flag they have there 7:04 wow !! ain't that like hmm r4cist or something, like n4zi.. hmm weird, I need to talk with my local woke temple to hear what we think about that. This product gotta be before Trudeau fascist regime took center. Great product, and kudos for the secondary info, though the priced seems fluked
You can buy the exact copy for less than $30 US from china... I know what your going to say.... I was born and raised in Canada before joining the US Army and becoming a US citizen but I must say this. Even our hockey pucks are made in china.... The unit I have cost me $23.00 US including shipping. It is worth the investment. When I become rich and famous creating the next electronic slice of bread I will buy this product. Not to use but to hang on my wall. Made in Canada! Probably the first product ever..... Im sorry Eh!
Bought this device based on your review. Agree with all you said in this vblog. Paid $ 200 AUS including delivery. Think its worth every cent at this price. Thanks Dave for such authentic blogs. Have been very happy with the device and use it weekly to fault find in various electronic devices and have found it to reduce my time in repairs.
Very happy with the device and couldn't recommend it more highly.
I have a similar instrument. It's one of those "how did I live without this" products.
SMD debugging used to be a huge pain...
@ka7cev We use 2 units here. Case is solid and the battery lasts like 8 month or so. So there is little reason to touch the screws. Yes, we stripped threads on one unit but Advance Devices sent a free replacement part.
I looked up these tweezers on line as it has been awhile since this blog - $484 US! I can buy a Fluke 87-5 for $400. I question the value of these.
when testing really low value components especially inductors, it works better if you lock it manually to the mode of the components, i found auto ranging ties its self in knots with small inductors and caps.
putting it on inductor or capacitor for the relevant component solves this.
Love the way every sentence goes up in pitch ! Like he's suppressed
Wonderfully explain this. Thanks for your video and I like your explanation especially when you do fun. That is why I feel joy when I see your video. Thumbs up
A very interesting device and quite well engineered.
Hi Dave, I need some help in repairing my ST5 Smart tweezers. I blew it testing cap which I forgot to discharge. Can you help?
You didn't do the obligatory plug-it-in-to-230V-and-see-if-it-still-works test.
Hi Dave, which meter you think is better, this smart tweezers or the atlas lcr 45 meter.
have you tried to ohm mode and probe the LED?
Russian-made LCR-meter tweezers NV17 looks and does pretty the same, has measure frequencies range from 100 Hz to 100 kHz and about 3 times cheaper.
Can you give us a link? I can't seem to find it.
@@edinfific2576 I tried, but TH-cam deletes my links instantly even if I replace symbols in it. Try searching in Russian segment with this keyword "пинцет-мультиметр НВ17".
How do they synthesize the excitation sine wave? Are they using a separate DDS chip? Or are they doing it with the microcontroller?
@@NickAlexeev I haven't opened it yet bro! No idea, sorry!
Does this LCR meter use FFT to measure phase?
£££$$$Money money money , Great video though, i only have these on my wish list , as i mainly use Apple iPhones etc , it is very difficult to get ahold of any service data or schematics , so so I'm pretty screwed until i get these ...
Dave it sounds like you could make them with your tweaks you mentioned , and maybe make them for a better more reasonable price , you would probably sell a lot more and make a lot of people very happy 🤔👍🤗💰🤑
hi could you please help me repaire my devices because i damaged it by teting capacitor without discharge it
Christ, not much in there for $399!!! That price is beyond crazy.
+Aurelius R I have the next model, it worth all the money, how did I lived without one untill now... i do not even have the old lcr meter and give away the bob parker esr...
The price is not set by how many parts are in the product! There are things to consider such as the NRE costs associated with writing the software, designing the custom chips and mechanical parts, marketing, and so on. They will not sell millions of these. So, all in all, the selling price of a device is not set by how much is inside it. It is mostly determined by the value of the product. Another example: examine an expensive pocket calculator. It could have only a couple of chips and not much else. But that chip could have millions of dollars of NRE costs to recover before the product just breaks even! It is a tricky game. Whether the price is too high or too low depends on whether you are the buyer or the seller!
His name is Dave, not Christ...
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maybe Juda?
Leading current should indicate capacitive load. And lagging current inductive.
Yeah, noticed that one too!
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Great Review again Dave!
I'm glad I stuck around for the explanation at the end.
A request?
Can you add 32:40 to your next "How to entertain a Nerd compilation?!?
(thumbs up if you agree ;)
Anyone know who makes the Jog / Shuttle dial? From the video it looks like it has 1133 / 6274 stamped on it, but I couldn't find it on digikey or mouser.
Great end tutorial Dave.
I like them but they are way too expensive.
They should think about a more affordable version.
03:10 please add this video segment to all the new videos
man..i wish you were my teacher. cool videos!
@japroach Thanks! It's not bad for $2.. I've found that similar joystick-like switches cost twice as much. I'm working on a design ala uCurrent, very homebrew, and on the cheap!
Ok, you caracterized por preço in mecadory ?
Quite nice review!
Nice video again Dave. Thanks much!
Hmm, smart tool, dumb price.
btw, Have u never had ATI video cards? they were made in Canada, before being bought by the americans.
Ummm. No they weren't. They did R&D in Ontario and outsourced for everything else. That's not a criticism btw - it's the way of the World.
if you want to know if they are really totally Canuck made and designed, submerge the tweezer tips into a mug of beer and it should read temp and ph, etc. lol
Someone in our lab bought one of those, and it basically never got used, I think it was around $500 with the accessories. Needless to say complete waste of money. It was on a bench with well over $100K of high end HP test gear and the engineer that wanted it didn’t like using standard probes so found the tweezers useful. Unfortunately it was extremely slow, not all that accurate. It would be useful if it was $75 or less, $500 for it with the case and charging stand was ridiculous. The tweezer tips were also low quality...
Fix the desc u wrote LCD lol
good review!
Simialr item *Pinzetta Multimetro Smart SMD Tester AP-990C* at 22 eur on amazon. Not this 200 eur + rubbish...
Be great if you did a review on this Dave!!!
It depends how much resolution and precision do you need.
The one you mention gives 0.1 ohm resolution, while this one gives 0.01 MILLI-ohm resolution, which is 10 000 times!
Measuring how good an ESR of an electrolytic capacitor is, you need at least a 0.01 ohm resolution for the larger (100+ uF) ones.
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Nice toy, bur not nice enough for the 350Euro I would habe to pay for it over here. And 50Euro for a pair of spare tweezer blades, wtf?
@enliteneer search part number: TPC1133GLFG on digikey.
Stainless steel is mildly magnetic.
cheers just because its made in Canada
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Friend, send me that LCR? :-)
All that math makes my brain hurt.
Is that the freaking Canadian flag they have there 7:04
wow !! ain't that like hmm r4cist or something, like n4zi.. hmm weird, I need to talk with my local woke temple to hear what we think about that.
This product gotta be before Trudeau fascist regime took center.
Great product, and kudos for the secondary info, though the priced seems fluked
The price is too high. Even at half price... it's a bit high. Not going to buy until the price drops.
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You can buy the exact copy for less than $30 US from china... I know what your going to say.... I was born and raised in Canada before joining the US Army and becoming a US citizen but I must say this. Even our hockey pucks are made in china.... The unit I have cost me $23.00 US including shipping. It is worth the investment. When I become rich and famous creating the next electronic slice of bread I will buy this product. Not to use but to hang on my wall. Made in Canada! Probably the first product ever..... Im sorry Eh!
Those cheep china ones are really rubbish , there just a toy version of these Smart Tweezers
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