There are many electronics/electrical practitioners who have
implicit faith in their measuring instruments and believe anything
displayed on the these, particularly if the display is digital. There is
more to measuring electrical quantities, however, such as
knowledge of the instrument being used and the purpose of the
measurement. With those in mind, it is possible to select the most
suitable instrument for a given measurement. Judging and
interpreting the measurements are the next important steps.
Basically, each and every measuring instrument produces errors.
The magnitude of such errors and how to arrive at meaningful
results is the object of this new series of articles.
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