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 ...

It's evident right in the name why a multimeter can be so handy — it measures multiple things, including voltage, current, and electric resistance. This makes it useful whether you're a professional ...

iDVM from Redfish Instruments, www.redfishinstruments.com. Price $295, $195 through December 25, 2011. Sometimes, you just need to measure voltage, current, or resistance from afar. Options include ...

Back in the early days of electricity, lab workers could measure electric current in a circuit using an ammeter (galvanometer) and voltage using a voltmeter. From there, they could calculate ...

This document describes in detail how you build a Bluetooth enabled PDA digital multimeter using the LabVIEW PDA Module and the NI PCMCIA-4050 driver for PDA devices. Similar to stand-alone ...

With USB Type-C becoming the new standard, there are a number of companies getting product out in the form of chargers, cables, and more. Unfortunately, not all of these meet the new USB-IF standards ...

While USB Type-C is the new standard and is slowly making its way to newer devices, it hasn’t been without its issues. Namely poor quality non-compliant third party cables that have the potential to ...

If you are looking for a smartphone multimeter, the new Voltset might be worth more investigation as it has been specifically designed to be the world’s smartest smartphone multimeter, says it ...

There will be many obstacles on the way to the promised single cable type USB-C utopia: new standards that aren’t backwards compatible; USB-C sockets that outwardly look the same, but aren’t ...

Over the past five to six years, many local and national government officials and utility company executives throughout the world have announced plans for major installations of smart meters.