• Original publication: Elektor Magazine 2/2018 (March & April) on page116
  • Author: Karsten Böhme
  • Free download expires: Friday 13 March 2020
  • Original article production number: 150170
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Commercial current clamp devices certainly are able to measure current by potential-free means but they are not suitable for capturing rapid alterations in current over time. In addition, many low-cost examples of these do not provide an output for connecting to an oscilloscope. Here now comes a DIY alternative.









 
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