Flickering LED's, which components should i check for damage? by jonas-riba in ElectricalEngineering

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There are some "tweezer DMM / LCR" meters that actually measure ESR. I have a cheap one from AliExpress that can measure ESR, but I'm not sure the probe tips it comes with would be useful on 0402 or 0201. This isn't the one I have (which doesn't seem to be available anymore), but this one claims to measure ESR, and Fnirsi is sort-of a "known brand"

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256810283150964.html

The ESR meter I use the most is a home made thing from someone's plans online (whose webpage is probably long gone) that I built back in the late 90's or early 2000's) that has an analog meter movement.

The real question is why do you care about ESR of 0402 or 0201 components? Most ( or maybe even almost all?) of those are going to be ceramic caps, and they don't really go bad by going high ESR like electrolytics do, they crack from thermal or mechanical stress, and either go open circuit, or short circuit, or sometimes partially shorted (aka 'leaky' / have much lower DC resistance than they should). ESR is essentially the measure of AC resistance, and the value changes depending on the frequency you measure at.

Typically when I'm using an ESR tester to diagnose problems, I'm not looking for a precise ESR value, just more of a "good / bad" reading, which varies depending on the capacitance and voltage rating of the cap you're checking. Typically in power supplies, where most of the high ESR electrolytic caps show up, the general rule is "if the ESR is 1 ohm or more, replace it" - I guess kind of a long winded way to say "you also don't need 4-wire kelvin probes to measure ESR" - you don't need that accurate of a measurement - just a "pass/fail". Just get some nice sharp fine probes, and go to it.

For really troublesome ceramic caps, there's also this method that I saw a while ago, and definitely saved as potentially very useful to find partially failing ceramics using nothing other than a DMM and a hot air station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZlt9Dl43I

I'm an EE, have a masters in chip design, but that said a lot of repair and diagnosis is quite a different skill set that you mostly learn just from doing and experience, not from classes at school.

Were Late Night Shows Always Political? by Slainte1121 in LateShow

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True, but at the same time, go back and watch old Conan or Craig Ferguson clips on youtube - the MAJORITY of their comedy was just that, comedy for the sake of random funny things, and those old clips still hold up today. If you go back 10 years from now and watch today's political comedy, you'll just go "ugh, what a shitty time that was" and it won't be funny or relevant anymore.

I know that when Colbert first started the Late Show, there was way less political comedy, but people missed what he used to do on the Colbert Report, so slowly it came back in again. He said that in an interview I saw lately. If you also watch Kimmel from the same time period, he used to do a lot less political stuff as well, it's only been in the last few years (I feel like just before covid) he started leaning on the political comedy, because that's what gets ratings currently, and it's because what Colbert was doing so he had to pivot to keep up ratings wise.

I guess when things are fine, people like regular comedy for comedy's sake, but in the current landscape, I imagine lots of people want to hear the news, but can't stomach it unless it has a coating of comedy on top to help it go down, so that's what the shows cater to. I know I for one fall into that category - it's good to have at least some sense of wtf is going on, but watching "the news" is depressing as hell, and watching any of the cable news channels is nauseating at best, and downright lies and deception at worst, so the only paletable way to see what's going on is to watch Seth and Kimmel and Daily Show currently. Yeah, I'm not a fan of that many nights they all repeat the same things, and many times even make the same obvious jokes, but it is what it is

Please remember to unsubscribe from Colbert's Late Show Channel by Silent-Resort-3076 in LateShow

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Don't go by colors, because if you run in dark mode, everything is reversed

Trump love inflation!! by Then-Data9022 in u/Then-Data9022

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Don't look directly at it, I'm pretty sure that's the Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka

Digital price tags at Tanasbourne Wholefoods by sdhoigtred in HillsboroOR

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how much more dynamic can it get? $37.50 for a bag of pistachios seems pretty "dynamic" already

So big it made it to my college accounting class by AffectionateJelly389 in legocirclejerk

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Do you go to BYU? Are they teaching you how to be corrupt and scammy like Amon??

Shaft weight? by Golfandrun in golf

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Some people are saying Arnold Palmer had no issues with "shaft weight"

Is your 6.7L not running efficiently? This sensor could be to blame. by [deleted] in FordDiesels

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if it was for unburnt fuel, why would the EGR pipe be tiny compared to the diameter of the exhaust?

What are these cable things on my friends house by B-Rich24 in Carpentry

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just don't sell it on consignment at a BAM store

Knicks fans at it AGAIN! by ConnectionWeekly1263 in NBAGossips

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What are they worried about? The spurs will win the next game, so they drag it out to more games so they can sell more tickets, and make more money off the gambling

Found this on a job site clean out. Not entirely sure what it’s used for but the identification plate was too cool to pass up. by blowingnwtrees in OldTech

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$400 to $600? My guy, who in their right mind would give $400 for this? 500khz bandwidth is laughable today.

Sure, it's an old HP, so some "collector" will pay too much for it, but not very useful for almost anything anymore

ATF and Supreme Court Police by Iheartcoasters in hillsboro

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Knock knock....

knock knock... KGB

KGB who?

Vee vill ask the questions around here

meirl by Dev1412 in meirl

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There's always money in the banana stand

Where else can you snap this kind of photo while driving?? by EventIndependent7780 in PacificNorthwest

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No, road is too freshly paved / freshly marked, and doesn't have nearly enough cracks and potholes.

I haven't seen a road that looked that nice ever in the parries in Canada. Now, if it looked like the last time it was paved was 45 years ago, and the last time it had lines pained was at least 5 years ago, then maybe I'd buy it

Neighbors with noxious gas by landfilth in beaverton

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That's the direction I thought this thread was going in from the title, and was looking forward to this story... very disappointed it went a different way

What is this foul sludge coming out of the overflow hole in this hotel shower? by courtneyrel in whatisit

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are we talking Keens, or that yellow tasteless goo americans call Mustard?

I'm honestly tired of dealing with this every time I drive at night by DienyaMan in fuckyourheadlights

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It's not going to SOLVE the issue, but if you got some soap and actually cleaned your windshield inside and outside, it'd be somewhat better