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Atlas ESR Capacitance and Equivalent Series Resistance Meter Model ESR60 (Enhanced) User Guide © Peak Electronic Design Limited

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 10 Care of your Atlas ESR The Peak Atlas ESR should provide many years of service if used in acc

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 11 Appendix A - Troubleshooting Problem Cause / Possible Solution ESR value when probes are short

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 12 Appendix B - Technical Specifications All values are at 25°C unless otherwise specified. Param

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 13 Appendix C - Warranty Information Peak Satisfaction Guarantee If for any reason you are not co

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 14 Appendix D - Disposal Information WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment), Recy

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 2 Want to use it now? We understand that you want to use your Atlas ESR right now. The unit is rea

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 3 Introduction The Atlas ESR is an advanced instrument designed specifically for the analysis of c

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 4 Safety Considerations WARNING: This instrument must NEVER be connected to powered equipment/co

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 5 Notes on ESR ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance), as it’s acronym implies, is the value of resist

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 6 Analysing Capacitors The Peak Atlas ESR is designed to analyse capacitor ESR in or out of circui

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 7 Analysing Capacitors continued… Once a valid ESR reading has been obtained, the results are disp

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 8 Typical Values of ESR It is not possible to provide a definitive rule for values of ESR that are

Atlas ESR User Guide February 2008 – Rev 4 Page 9 Probe Compensation To ensure good repeatable readings, particularly for low values of ESR, it ma