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True RMS Digital Voltmeter

with frequency counter

Published in issue 390, June 2009

True RMS Digital Voltmeter
Many simple function generators do not offer the facility to measure either the frequency or the amplitude of the output. The module described here fills that gap, displaying the frequency and RMS amplitude of a signal on a two-line LCD panel. The circuit can also be used as a stand-alone true RMS voltmeter with frequency measurement.

 Main Characteristics
- Four measurement ranges: 0.1 V, 1 V, 10 V, 100 V
- Voltmeter bandwidth: 20 Hz to 1 MHz (basic accuracy ±1.0 % of full scale)
- Frequency counter bandwidth: 1 Hz to 10 MHz (typ.), 25 MHz (max.) (±timebase error)
- Minimum input voltage for counter: approximately 50 mVRMS
- Input impedance: = 1 MO || = 50 pF
- Counter timebase: 100 ms, 1 s
- Adjustable trigger level: approximately ±0.15 V
- Autoranging (may be disabled)
- Offset correction and calibration facility
- Automatic scaling of frequency display
- Voltage displayed as RMS value or peak-to-peak value (for sinusoidal input)
- Crest factor: =4
- Two measurement inputs

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