Tag: Digital Multimeters

How to use a digital multimeter (DMM)

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How to use a digital multimeter (DMM)

Bernard Ang 2022.06.14

Multimeters have come a long way since the invention of galvanometers, an analog needle-pointing display measuring voltage and resistance in the 1820s. Digital multimeters (DMMs) started replacing ana

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Benchtop vs. Handheld Digital Multimeters

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Benchtop vs. Handheld Digital Multimeters

Bernard Ang 2020.07.17

Digital multimeters (DMMs) come in at least three forms: benchtops with a front-panel display, modular cards (without a front-panel display) that slot into a card cage, and handheld portable devices t

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Small-Current, Low-Noise, High-Accuracy DMM Measurements

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Small-Current, Low-Noise, High-Accuracy DMM Measurements

Bernard Ang 2020.07.02

Many applications, especially portable devices, operate in very low power to extend the battery. When designing and testing such devices, you need an instrument that can measure very small currents, l

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Digital Multimeters Are Different by Design

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Digital Multimeters Are Different by Design

Bernard Ang 2020.01.02

When you, as a product designer, buy a digital multimeter (DMM), the last thing you want to worry about is the quality of your measurement. Your focus should be on the product you are designing, makin

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Automate Your DMM Measurements Without the Programming Complexities

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Automate Your DMM Measurements Without the Programming Complexities

Bernard Ang 2019.12.11

Dreading the need to write test programs to automate testing of your new prototype units? Have unfinished product simulations, hardware designs, and plenty of incomplete data analysis work? No worries

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Advanced Triggering and Fast Measurement Throughput with a Multimeter

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Advanced Triggering and Fast Measurement Throughput with a Multimeter

Choon-Hin Chang 2019.09.05

Advanced Triggering Traditional DMMs gives you essential triggering functions. They typically make measurements right after you configure and execute the measurement using the immediate auto-trigger,

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