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Measurement 39 (2006) 73–79 /locate/measurement A simple VFC based wattmeter suitable for application at industrial frequency Hugo Calleja * ´ Cenidet—Electronics Department, P.O. Box 5-164, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62050, Mexico Received 2 September 2004; received in revised form 7 July 2005; accepted 21 July 2005 Available online 19 October 2005 Abstract In this paper, the design of a simple AC wattmeter is presented. Its main features are that it uses a multiplier built with two voltage-to-frequency converters (VFC), and that it can be easily connected to a digital instrument, without further analogue conditioning. The design process is described in detail, and two design approaches are presented. Tests performed in a prototype validate the suitability of the meter. A limitation is that it can only be used with null-average signals, such as those usually those found in AC metering applications. 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Wattmeter; Multiplier; Voltage-to-frequency converter 1. Introduction based on the magneto-resistive effect [4], the elec- tro optic crystal multiplier [5], and a technique The measurement of power requires the multi- based on a transistor for multiplication and con- plication of voltage and current, followed by the version to the thermal domain [6] are some exam