sry, i posted this in the wrong section, ill justify it by asking a project question too.....but first:
1:
ive had a few different multimeters, and ive never been able to figure out the milliamps feature. the one i use now has 2ma, 20ma, 200ma and a 10 amp setting. the 10 amp works great, i dont know what i would do without it. but no matter how i connect the leads to test small current, i dont get a reading. i tried connecting the + supply to the V,ohms,diode,mA jack and the COM jack to my load. i tried connecting it as if i were reading a voltage it just dun make sense! its probally a stupid mistake, maybe i shouldnt have tossed the directions after i opened th box lmao!
2:
is there a somewhat simple way to sense the amount of current flowing through a load and turn the reading into say a binary or voltage output? ive been thinking of using my OOPic as an automatic battery charger control. eg: on startup the controller would set to charge voltage and after a current threshold was reached it would switch over to float.
1:
ive had a few different multimeters, and ive never been able to figure out the milliamps feature. the one i use now has 2ma, 20ma, 200ma and a 10 amp setting. the 10 amp works great, i dont know what i would do without it. but no matter how i connect the leads to test small current, i dont get a reading. i tried connecting the + supply to the V,ohms,diode,mA jack and the COM jack to my load. i tried connecting it as if i were reading a voltage it just dun make sense! its probally a stupid mistake, maybe i shouldnt have tossed the directions after i opened th box lmao!
2:
is there a somewhat simple way to sense the amount of current flowing through a load and turn the reading into say a binary or voltage output? ive been thinking of using my OOPic as an automatic battery charger control. eg: on startup the controller would set to charge voltage and after a current threshold was reached it would switch over to float.