5Amperemeter,VoltmeterOhmmeter（课本实验19Expt.pptVIP

What is a meter? /vol_1/chpt_8/1.html Table of Contents: What is a meter? Voltmeter design Voltmeter impact on measured circuit Ammeter design Ammeter impact on measured circuit Ohmmeter design High voltage ohmmeters Multimeters Kelvin (4-wire) resistance measurement Bridge circuits Wattmeter design Creating custom calibration resistances What is a Meter?/vol_1/chpt_8/1.html Meter: A meter is any device built to accurately detect and display an electrical quantity in a form readable by a human being. Digital Meter - their readable display is in the form of numerical digits. Movement Meter - Older designs of meters are mechanical in nature, using some kind of pointer device to show quantity of measurement. ?In either case, the principles applied in adapting a display unit to the measurement of (relatively) large quantities of voltage, current, or resistance are the same. The Display Mechanism of a Meter It often referred to as a movement, borrowing from its mechanical nature to move a pointer along a scale so that a measured value may be read. Though modern digital meters have no moving parts, the term movement may be applied to the same basic device performing the display function. Most mechanical movements are based on the principle of electromagnetism: 1. The electric current through a conductor produces a magnetic field perpendicular to the axis of electron flow. ?The greater the electric current, the stronger the magnetic field produced. 2. If the magnetic field formed by the conductor is allowed to interact with another magnetic field, a physical force will be generated between the two sources of fields. 3. If one of these sources is free to move with respect to the other, it will do so as current is conducted through the wire, the motion (usually against the resistance of a spring) being proportional to strength of current. Most meter movements are polarity-sensitive, one direction of current driving the needle to the right and the o