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Smart Tweezers ST5: Measure at Will
World renowned LCR-meter,
all-new model ST5
Now with USB Charger Port and Li-Ion Battery, 6 times higher accuracy, semi-automatic offset subtraction, component sorting, diode and continuity test!
Smart Tweezers Calibration Jig Certificate
Smart Tweezers: All You Need is Touch!
The title says it all, Smart Tweezers will show you component value right when you touch it, no adjustments needed such as type, range, test frequency, test signal, etc. Not only will it show the main impedance component L, C or R but also the parasitics, such as R for L, C and C for R.
Smart Tweezers: LCR Meter built for Surface Mount Technology
From the very beginning Smart Tweezers was designed as a new type of a fully-automatic LCR-meter specifically aiming characterization of Surface Mount Devices. The key feature is a combination of gold-plated set of tweezers and a digital multimeter integrated into a light-weight nearly pen-size unit. The benefit of such a design is two-fold: ultimate ease-of-use and very low and well known parasitics.
The high-precision gold plated tweezers allow to easily handle components of as smal as 0201 size. The low value parasitics are about 1 pF capacitance and 30 mOhms resistance of the tweezer tips. The parasitic capacitance varies from 0.5 to 1.2 pF depending on the measured component size. This value can be automatically subtracted from the measured value by selecting automatic offset subtraction.
This feature makes Smart Tweezers an unrivaled characterization tool for small capacitances and resistances. Without any additional calibration in addition to the offset subtraction it can measure capacitances of the order of 1 pF and resistance of 10 mOhms.
The higher accuracy compared to the previous model of Smart Tweezers was achieved mainly by using a four-wire connection up-to the very gold-plated tweezer tips. It significantly reduces the noise as well as the parasitic capacitance of the probes by more than a factor of two.
The newly introduced features in Smart Tweezers ST5 is component sorting, adjustable test signal level of 0.2, 0.5 and 1 Volt and automatic offset subtraction. The ability to use 1 Volt test signal is of crucial importance for testing ceramic capacitors (X5R type and similar). The older models used to read about 30% lower than actual capacitance value due to a non-linearity of this type of capacitors. On the- other hand compared to the older models of Smart tweezers voltage measurement was eliminated.
The new Smart Tweezers model ST5 is powered by a rechargeable Li-Ion batteries with a USB port Charger. By using Li-Ion batteries, in contrast to the older rechargeable model STIC-SB, about 10 times higher battery life-time was achieved. The use of a cable connection in contrast to the inductive charger used in STIC-SB drastically improved the charger robustness.
A detailed comparison of features of the old and new models of Smart Tweezers is presented in this Comparison Table:
Comparison with older models - PDF
Feature Summary
- Fully automatic measurement of Inductance, Capacitance and Resistance
- Basic Accuracy of 0.2%
- Automatic selection of the best range
- Component sorting with 1, 5, 10 an 20% tolerance
- Lithium-Ion battery and USB Charger
- Continuity and Diode test
- Semi-automatic offset subtraction
- Weight of 52 gramms (less than 2 oz)
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SALE PRICE - CA $399.99 (US $399.99)
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