It's evident right in the name why a multimeter can be so handy — it measures multiple things, including voltage, current, and electric resistance. This makes it useful whether you're a professional ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One tool you'll find stashed in all the best electrician's tool backpacks is a multimeter. Most modern multimeters are of the digital variety, ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) makes a foray into the test and measurement world. An AI assistant trained across the NI software suite and built on Emerson’s secure cloud network can analyze code, offer ...

With any switchboard or switchgear lineup, you can order ammeters, voltmeters, frequency meters, etc. These meters come with factory-installed instrument transformers, which are needed to convert the ...

While using a digital multimeter to diagnose electrical problems on customers’ equipment, I frequently hear the comment, “I’ve got one of those multimeter things, but I never learned how to use it.” ...

Abstract: Defibrillators use electrical pulses to the heart of patients to make hearts beating normally again. There are mainly 3 types of defibrillators, monophasic wave, biphasic wave, and ...

When your car doesn’t start, often a low or dead battery is the culprit. Unfortunately, most vehicle owners do not check their battery until it fails. As preventative maintenance, the suggested best ...

A sneak preview of LabVIEW’s AI Assistant is open to a select group of users. Some of the capabilities like writing unit tests, creating new virtual instruments (VIs) from prompts, and diagnosing VIs ...

Have you ever wondered whether your USB ports are really delivering maximum power? There are several ways to find out. Windows offers you built-in functions to check the performance of your USB ports.

The instrument which probably the greatest number of Hackaday readers own is likely to be the humble digital multimeter. They’re cheap and useful, but they’re single-channel, and difficult to ...

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