Multimeter Tutorial, Part 2: Resistance!

Get your ohmmeters out, kids. It’s time for part 2 of how to use a multimeter, this time for all of your resistor-measuring needs.

You will Learn:

  • How to measure resistors (duh)
  • The difference between auto-ranging and ranged meters and what to watch out for
  • How to characterize and test potentiometers and certain sensors.

I also attempt to uncover the reason why all meter ranges start with the number 2.

Click here to read the tutorial!

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  1. David
    August 9, 2007 at 7:17 am

    Thank you so much for posting all of these, I am a senior in high school considering either EE or a double major in EE with Computer Science, and these really help me get a good background into the field. You rock 😉

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