digital multimeter

How digital multimeter works? Explain with diagram

This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Laboratory Instruments

Before going into the details of how digital multimeter works, let us see its applications. It is widely used laboratory instrument for different types of measurements. Its important features are given below –

  1. It can measure AC/DC voltage, AC/DC current and resistance very accurately.
  2. Accuracy is maximum due to minimum loading effects.
  3. Audio and visual indication for continuity testing in electrical wiring.
  4. Automatic sign indication i.e. (+) or (–) indication.
  5. Automatic null setting.

Working

To understand how digital multimeter works, let us see the block diagram of DMM is given below. The working of each block to measure different types of electrical quantities is as follows.

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Dattaraj Vidyasagar
Dattaraj Vidyasagar

Author on this website. He is veteran of Core Electronics since last 35+ years. ATL Mentor of Change, Niti Ayog, Govt. of India, Google Certified Educator, International Robotics Trainer and author of 17 books on electronics, robotics, programming languages and web designing... ➤➤

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