Test and measurement instruments evolve over time. The banner improvements come in performance, things like measurement bandwidth and dynamic range. These always make the trade press headlines, but ...
Source measurement units (SMUs) are instruments that can source current and measure voltage or source voltage and measure current. Since their introduction more than 20 years ago, they have evolved ...
One application that uses a precision power supply and DMM involves characterizing the current drawn by a device or circuit board at different voltage levels. Figure 1 shows a typical setup. Engineers ...