Someone came to me just recently to discuss a power supply problem in which one particular diode would fail shorted following a mechanical drop test of the unit. Over and over again this would happen.

Pressing “func” repeatedly steps it through individual autoranging resistance, continuity, diode tester, and capacitance modes, and holding the button down turns it off.

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He takes us through the whole process, with full details of his semiconductor manufacture as well as his diode test rig to trace the device’s I/V curve.