Anyone Built the Arduino IC Tester?

Fingolfen · Jan 3, 2023

Found this online: https://www.instructables.com/Smart-IC-Tester/

I'm going to try building one - has anyone else built one of these?

giovanni · Jan 3, 2023

That looks pretty neat! I’m curious to hear your experience. Are you gonna get the pcb?

Fingolfen · Jan 3, 2023

giovanni said:
That looks pretty neat! I’m curious to hear your experience. Are you gonna get the pcb?

Already ordered it - I'll have extras if people want them... (minimum order is 5)

szukalski · Jan 3, 2023

Looks cool. As far as I can see, it’s just checking the pin configuration, so it won’t catch fake ICs.

Bricksnbeatles · Jan 3, 2023

Cool! How does it work— does it only work for certain types of chips?

Fingolfen · Jan 4, 2023

Bricksnbeatles said:
Cool! How does it work— does it only work for certain types of chips?

It looks like there is a database / software on the microSD that compares the chip to the database...

Fingolfen · Jan 20, 2023

I've got some spare boards and sockets if anyone is interested - PM me (the sockets are not soldered yet)!

fontoponto · Feb 9, 2023

So it does only tell you which chip is in the socket right? No other information.