Compound instruments that can measure inductance, capacitance and resistance find many uses in a typical electronics workshop. They can help you to decipher an unreadable code on a component, or select a specific value component from within a tolerance band.

They're also very useful when you want to fine-tune your carefully crafted inductor, current shunt or the like. And of course, they can quickly tell you if the value of a component is what it's supposed to be.

Traditionally, instruments with sufficient accuracy and range to perform all of these functions well have been expensive and difficult to use. Peak Electronic Design appear to have satisfied all of these requirements with their Atlas LCR Passive Component Analyser.

Ranges 1mH to 10H inductance (±1% ±0.8μH accuracy) 0.4pF to 10μF capacitance at ±1% ±0.3pF accuracy) 1Ω to 2MΩ resistance at (±1% ±0.6Ω accuracy)