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Ohmmeter

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An ohmmeter is an electrical instrument that measures electrical resistance, the opposition to an electric current. [1]

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Ammeter

An ammeter (from Ampere Meter) is a measuring instrument used to measure the current in a circuit.

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Analog-to-digital converter

In electronics, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, A/D, or A-to-D) is a system that converts an analog signal, such as a sound picked up by a microphone or light entering a digital camera, into a digital signal.

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Current divider

In electronics, a current divider is a simple linear circuit that produces an output current (IX) that is a fraction of its input current (IT).

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Electric current

An electric current is a flow of electric charge.

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Electrical network

An electrical network is an interconnection of electrical components (e.g. batteries, resistors, inductors, capacitors, switches) or a model of such an interconnection, consisting of electrical elements (e.g. voltage sources, current sources, resistances, inductances, capacitances).

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Electrical resistance and conductance

The electrical resistance of an electrical conductor is a measure of the difficulty to pass an electric current through that conductor.

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Electricity

Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of electric charge.

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Electronic test equipment

Electronic test equipment is used to create signals and capture responses from electronic devices under test (DUTs).

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Electronics

Electronics is the discipline dealing with the development and application of devices and systems involving the flow of electrons in a vacuum, in gaseous media, and in semiconductors.

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Four-terminal sensing

Four-terminal sensing (4T sensing), 4-wire sensing, or 4-point probes method is an electrical impedance measuring technique that uses separate pairs of current-carrying and voltage-sensing electrodes to make more accurate measurements than the simpler and more usual two-terminal (2T) sensing.

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Galvanometer

A galvanometer is an electromechanical instrument used for detecting and indicating electric current.

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Index of electronics articles

This is an index of articles relating to electronics and electricity or natural electricity and things that run on electricity and things that use or conduct electricity.

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Kelvin bridge

A Kelvin bridge, also called a Kelvin double bridge and in some countries a Thomson bridge, is a measuring instrument used to measure unknown electrical resistors below 1 ohm.

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Measuring instrument

A measuring instrument is a device for measuring a physical quantity.

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Megger Group Limited

Megger Group Limited is a company that manufactures electronic test equipment and measuring instruments for electrical power applications.

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Megohmmeter

Megohmmeter is a special type of ohmmeter used to measure the electrical resistance of insulators.

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Microcontroller

A microcontroller (MCU for microcontroller unit, or UC for μ-controller) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.

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Microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit (IC), or at most a few integrated circuits.

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Multimeter

A multimeter or a multitester, also known as a VOM (volt-ohm-milliammeter), is an electronic measuring instrument that combines several measurement functions in one unit.

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Ohm's law

Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

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Omega

Omega (capital: Ω, lowercase: ω; Greek ὦ, later ὦ μέγα, Modern Greek ωμέγα) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet.

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Rheochord

A Rheochord is a wire that can measure or vary the resistance of an electric circuit, or measure the variability of the current.

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Series and parallel circuits

Components of an electrical circuit or electronic circuit can be connected in many different ways.

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Voltage

Voltage, electric potential difference, electric pressure or electric tension (formally denoted or, but more often simply as V or U, for instance in the context of Ohm's or Kirchhoff's circuit laws) is the difference in electric potential between two points.

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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, (26 June 1824 – 17 December 1907) was a Scots-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer who was born in Belfast in 1824.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohmmeter

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