So i discovered something last week or so ago while building power amplifiers. Its a total pain the the butt to be pulling everything apart to wire in the DMM to measure current when setting the bias for fet devices. Also that the meters in my Chinese power supplies are just about useless for anything less than an amp.
So with that in mind, i grabbed out a couple of analog panel meters that I have had sitting here for just about for forever, drew up some artwork in my favorite 2d design package and then went out into the garage to cut and bend some sheet aluminum into something that resembles a case.
Yeah the case is not my best work, but its perfectly serviceable and does the job that its meant to do. IE it houses and protects the meters. So now i can plug this into the power supply, plug the device under test into this and monitor both current and voltage while keeping my DMM free to be used for other jobs.
Yeah I know that you can use 2DMM and achieve the same result, but why spend a lot on an expensive DMM that is going to sit doing nothing most of the time, when for about $10 you can make a bit of test gear that will be good enough.
73, Rob.
