Hello Terry.
how about small, battery powered, light-weight, can be placed on top
of the toroid and wired between the toroid surface and breakpoint,
optocoupled (NOT fiber optic) current probe? something like this:
http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/2002/August/msg01391.html
"You need to make up a Voltage-to-Frequency converter for the sending
end and a Frequency-to-Voltage converter for the receiving end. The
circuits are pretty simple and a whole slew of manufacturers make ICs
for that purpose."
substitute "voltage" by "current". if i only live near you i`d even
buy such thing from you. seriously.
i think such device will be much more useful than el cheapo primitive
lc meter. coz anybody can tune the coil "for maximum smoke" - you
never need any equipment at all to do that.
>>> > Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >
>>> > Hi All,
>>> >
>>> > Making an oscillator with a 555 timer to measure capacitance is on my
>>> > mind. I "think" it could do inductance easily too...
>>> >
>>> > I was thinking of a trivial LM555C timer circuit powered by a 9V
>>> > battery
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