High impedance voltmeter

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doctordiode

Joined Apr 5, 2011
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Am new to electronics. The high impedance voltmeter is analog right? How high does the voltmeter reading go? Is it only 9 volts? I see see the Tlo82 Op amp but not the other Op amp in the circuit?
 

Jaguarjoe

Joined Apr 7, 2010
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The impedance of a simple analog voltmeter depends upon the sensitivity of the meter movement and the range the meter is set to. For a typical 20,000ohm/volt sensitivity VOM (Volt-Ohm-Milliamp Meter) On the 1v range, the input impedance will be 20,000*1 or 20,000 ohms. On the 100v range, it will be 20,000*100 or 2 megohms. Some really cheap meters could be 1000 ohms/volt. For meters with signal conditioning circuits, like a digital multimeter (DMM) the input impedance is normally a constant value, like 10 megohms irregardless of its range.
 

eblc1388

Joined Nov 28, 2008
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It will be different for different meters. Better check for confirmation.

My Fluke has 10MΩ input impedance at most DC ranges but only 2.3MΩ at 300mV range.
 
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