9 Tips for Making Better Resistance Measurements
Digital multimeters include a lot of features to improve the accuracy of resistance measurements. Unfortunately, most of these features add additional measurement time. In order to make good decisions, trading off speed for accuracy, you need to have a good understanding of each type of measurement error and the features incorporated into the multimeter to limit these errors. Following are nine tips for making better resistance measurements.
Topics
- Tip 1: Removing errors due to lead resistance
- Tip 2: Removing errors due to Thermal EMF (often due to leads)
- Tip 7: Errors in High Resistance Measurements
- Tip 4: Power dissipation effects
- Tip 6: Settling time Effects
- Tip 9: Accessories to make better resistance measurements
- Tip 3: Removing internal error, often due to thermal EMF
- Tip 8: Continuity Test
- Tip 5: Output Voltage Clamping
