List of electrical and electronic measuring equipment

Short description: List of measuring devices

Below is the list of measuring instruments used in electrical and electronic work.

Name  | Purpose

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Ammeter (Ampermeter)  | Measures current
Capacitance meter | Measures the capacitance component
Current clamp | Measures current without physical connection
Curve tracer | Applies swept signals to a device and allows display of the response
Cos Phi Meter  | Measures the power factor
Distortionmeter | Measures the distortion added to a circuit
Electricity meter | Measures the amount of energy dissipated
ESR meter | Measures the equivalent series resistance of capacitors
Frequency counter | Measures the frequency of the current
Leakage tester  | Measures leakage across the plates of a capacitor
LCR meter | Measures the inductance, capacitance and resistance of a component
Megger tester  | Measures Resistance of an Winding of Motor or Generator And Measures Earthing's Resistance
Microwave power meter | Measures power at microwave frequencies
Multimeter | General purpose instrument measures voltage, current and resistance (and sometimes other quantities as well)
Network analyzer | Measures network parameters
Ohmmeter | Measures the resistance of a component
Oscilloscope | Displays waveform of a signal, allows measurement of frequency, timing, peak excursion, offset, ...
Psophometer | Measures AF signal level and noise
Q meter | Measures Q factor of the RF circuits
Tachometer | Measures speed of motors
Signal analyzer | Measures both the amplitude and the modulation of a RF signal
Signal generator | Generates signals for testing purposes
Spectrum analyser  | Displays frequency spectrum
Sweep generator | Creates constant-amplitude variable frequency sine waves to test frequency response
Transistor tester | Tests transistors
Tube tester | Tests vacuum tubes (triode, tetrode etc.)
Wattmeter | Measures power in a circuit
Vectorscope | Displays the phase of the colors in color TV
Video signal generator  | Generates video signal for testing purposes
Voltmeter | Measures the potential difference between two points in a circuit. (Includes: DVM and VTVM)
VU meter | Measures the level of AF signals in Volume units
Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO)  | Check transistor

## See also

* E-meter
* List of power engineering measuring equipment

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Electrical and electronic measuring equipment

Metering|

* Ammeter
* Capacitance meter
* Distortionmeter
* Electricity meter
* Frequency counter
* Galvanometer
* LCR meter
* Microwave power meter
* Multimeter
* Megohmmeter
* Ohmmeter
* Peak meter
* Peak programme meter
* Psophometer
* Q meter
* Time-domain reflectometer
* Time-to-digital converter
* Transistor tester
* Tube tester
* Wattmeter
* Voltmeter
* VU meter

Analysis|

* Bus analyzer
* Logic analyzer
* Network analyzer
* Oscilloscope
* Signal analyzer
* Spectrum analyzer
* Waveform monitor
* Vectorscope
* Videoscope

Generation|

* Arbitrary waveform generator
* Digital pattern generator
* Function generator
* Sweep generator
* Signal generator
* Video-signal generator

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