1) For the size, Priority Mail Flat Rate is $3.85; the envelope could be
distorted more by adding padding. As long as one can fit something in
that envelope and seal it, there is no limit to the weight.
Theoretically, one could ship about 42 pounds of pure osmimum (the most
dense element known).
2) ?Five? digits? Forget it.
a) Impossible for capacitors and impractical as the best accuracy one
could possibly find in an SMD capacitor might be 5%. Stray capacitance
around the probe leads can add anything from 0.2pF to 5-10pF. The PCB,
the PCB traces, and all parts in parallel with the capacitor to be
?measured? can add another 2-20pF on strays alone.
b) Impossible for non-PCB resistors; maybe 3 digits for the low values
as the probe is *not* kelvin - and maybe 4 digits for higher values to a
few megs. If the resistors are on a PCB, then there are too many parts
that can be in parallel, and the reading can me orders of magnitude off.
c) Inductors: maybe 2 digits at best in a PCB environment. The stray
capacitances mentioned previously can royally mess up readings.
3) Parts sorting - Possible; 3 digits at most.
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Now i see their specs; the best is 1%, which absolutely KILLs 5
digits and underscores my 3 digit statement above.
I see the hoopla concerning Ac waveforms, but one must note that
there is *no* specification concerning AC!
Good curiosity item, not too good (especially at the price) for
debugging an assembled PCB as most failures would be in the ICs after
useage.