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.

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 ... he’s using an FPGA ...