Topic

current measurement

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   1 How to Make a Shunt Current Sense Resistor

   ElectroBOOM 5 people · 4 months · since Jan 2018

   An ElectroBOOM video on building a shunt to measure large currents, recommended as an entertaining way to learn safe high current measurement.

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   2 #194: What is ammeter burden voltage, and why you should care.

   w2aew 4 people · 3 months · since Nov 2015

   Regularly linked to explain why a meter on its current range reads low in low voltage circuits, because of its own internal resistance.

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   3 How To Test Amperage / Amp Draw and properly measure and fuse a circuit

   Lessco Electronics 3 people · 3 months · since Apr 2015

   Pointed to as a basic demonstration of measuring current with a multimeter, placing the meter in series so you can read a load's actual draw.

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   4 #386 How to measure low Currents for ESP/Arduino? Power Profiler, Otii, µCurrent Gold, Joulescope

   Andreas Spiess 4 people · 3 months · since Jun 2021

   Andreas Spiess compares tools for measuring tiny and pulsed currents, from the Nordic Power Profiler Kit II to the Joulescope; recommended when a multimeter misses ESP32 current spikes.

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   5 How to Determine DC Motor Current/Amp Draw (for beginners)

   philo mech 3 people · 3 months · since Oct 2017

   Measures a DC motor's no-load and stall current with a multimeter to estimate its draw; used by beginners sizing a motor driver.