Zhangkun with today's really low voltage CMOS devices, and a board that doesn't have much in the way of resistors across the rails, a meter will charge up the power supply to the point that the transistors start going into the linear region. A supply with a variable current limit and an Ammeter is really a better way to go. Steve. At 08:21 AM 2/4/2006 +0800, zhangkun 29902 wrote: >Dear Andy > >The common multi-meter is of 12V. Is there any multi-meter of other voltage? > >Checking short or not in the PCB is really a problem in power integrity >analysis. We are often afraid that the PCB is short when we are setting >the testing point. > >Best Regards > >Zhangkun >2006.2.4 > > > >****************************************************************************************** > This email and its attachments contain confidential information from > HUAWEI, which is intended only for the person or entity whose address is > listed above. Any use of the information contained herein in any way > (including, but not limited to, total or partial disclosure, > reproduction, or dissemination) by persons other than the intended > recipient(s) is prohibited. If you receive this e-mail in error, please > notify the sender by phone or email immediately and delete it! > >***************************************************************************************** > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Andrew Ingraham <a.ingraham@xxxxxxxx> >Date: Saturday, February 4, 2006 0:38 am >Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: help me > > > > after I have populated that 3 dsp I have checked between the 1Vpwr > > > supply and gnd resistance is only 3 ohms > > > > > > my 1v pwr section is 20A design > > > > "Only 3 ohms?" How much resistance did you expect to measure? > > > > 3 ohms would mean 0.33 A (if the resistance were linear), far less > > than the > > power supply's 20 A. If you expected 10 A in normal operation, the > > resistance should be 0.1 ohm (again, if it were linear) at 1 V. > > > > Because IC components are nonlinear, how much resistance you measure > > strongly depends on the ohmmeter's applied voltage. (Most > > ohmmeters don't > > apply a voltage, so don't expect a fixed value from your meter.) > > > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from si-list: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > > For help: > > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > > > > List technical documents are available at: > > http://www.si-list.org > > > > List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu