Unfortunately, the interpretation of the measurements is subjective because of differences in diodes, non-linearity in diodes as well as differences in test equipment. This little exercise will help ...

But this review isn’t over, because I also bought those SMD tweezer test probes for my multimeter. If you’re a really frugal engineer, how do they rack up against a dedicated instrument?

For all of you who have a multimeter thrown in a drawer or toolbox but don’t know how to use it, these instructions will help in your search for missing voltage.