“Being an electronics engineer, I always wanted to have a portable component tester, which could test every electronic component out there. In 2016, I built myself a Component Tester based on AVR TransistorTester by Markus F. and Karl-Heinz Kübbeler. Following that, I redesigned the Component Tester to size of a keychain.
Since makers, engineers and hobbyists have a computer around our work-desk always. So I thought to myself why not build a component tester that could be used as a USB accessory which allow us to test the components. I have designed a software to go along with the USB component tester that displays the required test parameters on display in a minimal design form. The test leads are colour coded and these colours indicate the pin configuration. The software supports three major OS platforms macOS, Windows and Linux.
Supported Components
Resistor
Capacitor
with ESR
Inductor
Diode
Transistor
BJT
UJT
PUT
FET
JFET
MOSFET
IGBT
TRIAC
Thyristor”