IMHO, I would seriously doubt that if you analyzed all of the costs involved
that you could find a "cost effective" means to measure and re-label chip
capacitors. Unless you had a large quantity that you knew were all of the
same value and you sampled a small quantity to identify them, I think you
will find the cost of measuring, bagging and labeling exceeds the cost of
purchasing new parts. Of course, if you have people that are being paid and
have time, that's another story.

I saw a review for B&K capacitance meters and it indicated that these units
have an optional SMT probe. You might want to check it out. The review was
at:

http://www.chipcenter.com/TestandMeasurement/products_301-400/prod317.html

Blair Hogg

-----Original Message-----
From: Houston, Terri [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 4:00 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Looking for a capacitance meter


Hi Folks,

I'm searching for a "cost effective" capacitance meter to use for measuring
chip capacitors.

Seems the low-end designs have probes that won't work well with small size
parts, and the high-end models have more bells and whistles than we need.
I'm just looking for something to verify cap values for parts that become
separated from their labeled bags.

If you could offer any advice on models that would fit the bill, I'd
appreciate your input.

Thanks,
Terri

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