ICStation LC100-A High Precision Digital Inductance Capacitance

1. Product Features
Compared with other inductance capacitance measuring instrument, this one
has the advantage of low cost and high precision. This item is based on LC resonance
principle, and equipped with the precision measurement calculation function, it can
measure the inductance under 1uH and the small capacitance under 1pF which is
also the biggest characteristic of this meter, it is very suitable for microwave and
switching power supply, filtering inductance measurement, etc.

1. C model..Capacitance(0.01pF-10uF)
2. L model..Inductance(0.001uH-100mH)
3. HL modelLarge inductance(0.001mH-100H)
4. HC modelLarge capacitance(1uF-100mF)

This model has auto range function so it is very convenient to use it. As a
result, LC 100A - ICSH014A can completely replace any other kind of inductance
capacitance measuring instrument on the market compared from the measurement
range and measurement precision perspective. The performance parameters of this
item is closed to the digital bridge.

2. Parameters
Subject

Parameters
0.01pF-1pF

5%

1pF-1uF

1%

1uF-10uF

5%

Precision of capacitance
measurements

Capacitance measurement resolution(Cx)

0.01pF

Precision of inductance

0.001uH-1uH

5%

measurements

1uH-100mH

1%

Inductance measurement resolution (Lx)

0.001uH

Precision of large inductance

100mH-1H

1%

measurements

1H-100H

5%

Inductance measurement resolution (HL)

Precision of large
Capacitance measurements

1uF-100mF

Capacitance measurement resolution (HC)

0.001mH
5%
0.01uF

Lx/Cx

500kHz

HL

50kHz

Measurement frequency

LxCxHL measurement method

HC measurement method
Display mode

LC oscillation
Charge and discharge
LCD1602

The power supply interface

Micro USB and 5VDC socket

Power supply voltage

5V

3. Item description
When using this item, you can use Micro USB cable to connect with the computer
USB for power supply, it can also use the mobile phone charger which has USB or
the power adapter which has DC 5V pin. If you use the DC power adapter, please
make sure the inner hole is positive polarity, the external is cathode, while you will
not have problem with the polarity when you use the Micro USB power.

4. Instrument structure:

There are six buttons on this item,

"Reset" Function key, large capacitor "HC",

large inductance "HL", "L/C" choice button and the side power switch. The HC, the
HL and L/C selection are with self-locking function, pressed means 1, loosen to 0, X
represents an arbitrary, the functions are as following:
LC100A - ICSH014A function table
HC

HL

L/C

FUNCTION

Capacitance (Cx)

Inductance (Lx)

Large Inductance (HL)

Error

Large Capacitance (HC)

5. Usage
1. Connect to the computer to get power, and turn on the power.
2. Choose the right model according to the test components
Inductance Measure Lx 0.000uH
CapacitanceMeasure Cx 0.00pF
Large inductanceMeasure HL
Large capacitanceMeasure HL

0.000mH
0.00uF

3. The testing principle of the HC model is different with others, so next we talk
about the using manner of the LX, CX and the HL first:
When Under these three kinds of model, you should reset this module. The make
zero

method

is

different

between

the

capacitance

and

the

inductance.

When in the Cx mode to measure terminal open circuit state, press "Func" button,
then press the Reset button after the frequency changed with decades of Hz,
loosening the button until it displays SettingOK, and then the LCD should
displays 0.00pF, it means we have finish the making zero

When in HL Lx mode, in the case of terminal short circuit, press the "Func"
button, press the Reset button after the frequency changes within dozens of HZ ,
press the "Reset" button loosening the button after the LCD displays Setting... "OK",
and then the second line of the LCD should show "0.000 mH" and "uH" 0.000, After
open the terminal the LCD shows "Over Range!". Then you can connect under test
capacitance or inductance with this module.
When the LCD displays the testing result, press the Func button, it will show the
current testing frequency.
When in HC mode, please make sure the under test capacitor is fully discharge,
then connect the red test clamp with the anode, black test clip with the cathode. We
can find the test results from the LCD.

We should note when test the larger

capacitance (more than 10 mf), the test time will be more than 1 second, the larger
the capacitance is, the longer time of the testing, it will cost 7-8 second to test
100mF capacitance.
6. Notes
1. When using the HC model to measure the electrolytic capacitor, pay attention to
the polarity, red stands for anode, black stands for cathode.
2. Before measuring, we need to reset it to avoid negative value because the 1602
would not display negative value.
3. Do not press the reset button when there is any item under testing, this will lead
to complete wrong result.
4. Do not measure the capacitance when there is no discharge, this may do harm to
the measurement instrument.
5. Make sure the inner hole is positive polarity, the peripheral is cathode when we
use the 5V power adapter to provide power, or it will harm this module.