Tag: electronic measurements
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Standards Used in Measurements & Their Classifications
For anyone performing a measurement using a particular instrument, it usually matters to know whether the instrument is calibrated or not. Calibration is required, along with precision, to enable accurate measurements to be made. Calibration means observing the instrument’s performance when measuring a standard of some kind. A standard is a physical representation of the…
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Basic Elements of an Electronic Instrument
An electronic instrument is made up of the following key elements: Transducer This is the first sensing element and is needed only when measuring a non-electrical quantity such as pressure or temperature. Its task is to convert the non-electrical physical quantity into an electrical signal. An example of a transducer is a thermocouple for sensing…
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Key Instruments Used By Electronics Engineers
Multimeter This is also called volt-ohm-milliammeter (VOM). It is a general purpose instrument having the circuitry and switching arrangement for measuring ac/dc voltage or ac/dc current or resistance. It is simple, compact and portable instrument because the only power it uses is the battery for the ohm-meter. Multimeters can be analog or digital type. Multimeters…