It’s been an interesting reconnection with the past to refamiliarise myself with a moving-coil multimeter, and to remember why we all use digital meters today. There is a temptation to look back ...

Analog multimeters use a needle indicator and scale to show readings, while digital multimeters (the dominant style today) show numeric readings on an LCD, LED, or other electronic display.

The rotaty switches don’t use the tag-and ... a useful and accurate multimeter well into its sixth decade. I feel guilty then that I’ve neglected it in favour of a digital meter that cost ...