If you were to ask a random Hackaday reader what their most fundamental piece of electronic test equipment was, it’s likely that they would respond with “multimeter”. If you asked them to ...

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 ...

A multimeter is an easy prospect, right? Back in the day you could make one fairly easily with a decent panel meter and a set of precision resistors, and now a digital one can be had for throwaway ...

A manual range multimeter requires the user to select the range of the value being tested (200Ω, 20kΩ, 200kΩ, etc).

Analog multimeters are instruments that are used to measure electrical quantities such as voltage, current, resistance, frequency and signal power. Basic functionality includes measurement of ...

Basic functionality includes measurement of potential in volts, resistance in ohms, and current in amps. Multimeters are used to find electronic and electrical problems. Advanced units come with more ...

A multimeter is an essential piece of equipment when you’re doing work on your car’s electrics. It’ll measure electrical values, which allows you to check a battery’s state, or keep an eye ...