Chapter 4

Digital Instruments

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 Analog VS Digital Instruments

Analog Instruments Digital Instruments

• No Power Supply • Offer high accuracy, high input

• Give better visual indication of
changes
• Suffer less from electric noise
and isolation problem
• Simple and inexpensive
impedance
• Smaller size
• Unambiguous reading at
greater viewing distance
• The output available is
electrical
 Classes of Digital Meters

Panel Meters
Bench type meters
System meters
Block Diagram of Digital Instruments
Digital Multimeter
Detail Block Diagram of DMM
Advantages of Digital Multimeter
 Specifications of DMM
Display Digits and Count

Resolution
Sensitivity
Accuracy, Uncertainty and Repeatability
Speed and Settling Time
Overload Protection
Automatic polarity indication
Autoranging
Automatic zeroing
Block Diagram of Digital Kilo Watt Hour
Meter
Advantages of Digital Multimeter
Block Diagram of Digital Phase Meter
Advantages of Digital Phase Meter
Block Diagram of Digital Tachometer
Block Diagram of Digital Ultrasonic Meter

Hand held Digital Ultrasonic Meter

Block Diagram of Digital Thermometer