Electronics > Metrology
Nice little Milliohm Meter over at Circuit Cellar
MisterDiodes:
For those of you who you haven't seen it yet, there is a nice DIY milliohm meter article in the Sept 2016 issue Circuit Cellar. Worst case error budget is around ~0.5%, which really isn't too bad for an inexpensive milliohm meter. Accuracy drops off at the low end of range, as is usual - but at a few mOhm's it becomes difficult to attach leads to just about anything for a repeatable measure.
My suggestion when using this circuit on lowest end of range is to add a known accurate 50 or 100 mOhm into your circuit and then take your measure from that known offset.
Handy for tracing out shorts and bad bypass caps too.
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Vgkid:
Thanks for that link, I will look into it tonight.
EmmanuelFaure:
Very nice. The idea of driving the "force" leads by sharing current between several IOs is clever.
It might be built with a greater accuracy ADC (MCP3553, LTC2440...), requiring only some minor adjustments in software, to achieve even lower noise.
casinada:
http://www.barbouri.com/2016/05/27/milliohm-meter/
:)
VintageNut:
Offset compensation? If not, source(s) of error are large when measuring low ohms.
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