Zeroing in on the right voltage measurement device is critical to achieving the accuracy and speed of measurement required for your voltage measurement task. Common traits of digital multimeters (DMMs ...

If a product uses power, then power consumption and power quality measurements must be made as part of product design and test. These measurements are essential to optimize product design, comply with ...

Measuring resistance doesn’t seem to be a big deal. Put your meter leads across two wires or terminals and read the value, right? Most of the time that is good enough, but sometimes you need better ...

Makers, developers, and hobbyists looking for a way to measure both voltage and current simultaneously may be interested in a new Arduino project published on the official Arduino blog. This project ...

High-capacity, multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) have a property often not well understood by electronic designers: the capacitance of these devices varies with applied DC voltage. This phenomenon ...

The compact P45000 high voltage transducer is designed for measurements of high DC voltages up to 3,900 V DC and AC voltages ...

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You can characterize a semiconductor device to be its own temperature sensor by using an accurate four-wire measurement technique. Semiconductor junctions — from the millions of transistors used in ...

For the past couple of days 2 of the UPS'es in my house have been clicking like there is a line sag. The UPS'es are on completely different circuits in the house, but both are pretty basic "Connext" ...