Re: PC based measurements

From: Robert Stankowic (pcdoktor999_at_read_this_reversemoc.liamehcet)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 06:56:37 +0200

Indroneel Ganguly wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
> I am trying to use my PC to measure resistance, capacitance and
> inductance of the
> respective components.
> I would like to use the parallel or serial port to do it.
> Do I need to have a ADC circuit to do it ?

Yes, and a lot more hardware and software, including parallel port
driver and a software packet to display/store thr results.

> I would appreciate any advice on this.

I think you will be better off with a DVM with serial output and the
related software.

http://www.linuxtoys.org/dvm/dvm.html
might get you started

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