What is a Digital Instrument?: Digital instrument are rapidly replacing their analog counterparts. The parameters of interest in a laboratory environment are (i) voltage (ii) current (iii) power (iv) frequency, and (v) logic. We shall…
Microprocessor Based Ramp Type DVM: A basic block diagram of a Microprocessor Based Ramp Type DVM and its operating waveform is shown in Fig. 5.17 (a) and (b) respectively. Depending on the command fed to…
Continuous Balance DVM: Continuous Balance DVM - The basic block diagram of a servo balancing potentiometer type DVM is shown in Fig. 5.15. The input voltage is applied to one side of a mechanical chopper…
Successive Approximation Type DVM: The Successive Approximation Type DVM principle can be easily understood using a simple example; the determination of the weight of an object. By using a balance and placing the object on…
Principles of ADC (Analog to Digital Conversion): Principles of ADC - The input signal is compared with an internally generated voltage which is increased in steps starting from zero. The number of steps needed to…
Integrating Type DVM (Voltage to Frequency Conversion): The principle of operation of an Integrating Type DVM is illustrated in Fig. 5.5. A constant input voltage is integrated and the slope of the output ramp is…
Dual Slope Integrating Type DVM (Voltage to Time Conversion): Dual Slope Integrating Type DVM - In ramp techniques, superimposed noise can cause large errors. In the dual ramp technique, noise is averaged out by the…
Ramp Technique of Digital Voltmeter: Ramp Technique - The operating principle is to measure the time that a linear ramp takes to change the input level to the ground level, or vice-versa. This time period…
Digital Voltmeters Features and Characteristics: Digital Voltmeters Features and Characteristics which includes measuring instruments that convert analog voltage signals into a digital or numeric readout. This digital readout can be displayed on the front panel and…
Working Principle of Multimeter: A multimeter is basically a PMMC meter. To measure dc current the meter acts as an ammeter with a low series resistance. Range changing is accomplished by shunts in such a…
