For more than a century, scientists have relied on separate tools to measure the three core building blocks of electricity: volts, ohms, and amps. Each describes a different piece of how electricity ...

What do a Rogowski coil, a magnetic core, and a hall effect sensor have in common? They are all ways you can make oscilloscope probes that measure current. If you think of a scope as a voltage ...

The standard unit of electric current, the ampere, is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units. But measuring a current exactly in amperes is not an easy task. In fact, in 1990 ...

Industry expert Jason Chonko shares strategies for overcoming challenges in high-resistance and low-signal electrical ...

Sponsored by: Texas Instruments. The current-sense amplifier, which includes specialized features crafted to handle the most demanding applications, can play a key role in meeting efficiency goals for ...

Fluxgate current sensors have emerged as a robust technology for the measurement of both alternating and direct currents, harnessing the non-linear magnetic characteristics of ferromagnetic materials.

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Monitoring the current consumed in electronic systems has become critical as more functionality packs into tighter ...

Current sensing has become an essential part of the protection scheme in many circuits. By measuring the current, a myriad of different protection methods can be implemented. It is a good preventive ...

If you want to measure resistance and you know Ohm’s law, it seems like you have an easy answer, right? Feed a known current through the thing you want to measure and read the voltage required. A ...