Timeline for Does a DMM alter the real value of current flow, when measuring current?
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| Jan 15, 2017 at 10:53 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | Less significant than if the device were running of a 1.3 supply, certainly. The effect is below the precision of your DMM. If you're concerned, and you have a variable PSU, see what the difference is between 6.0V supply, and 6.5V (this will be an over estimate of the real current). | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 10:42 | comment | added | Jacob Smeaton | If I measured the voltage drop across the multimeter (measuring current) to be 4mV, and the voltage drop across my device to be ≈6V, can we then assume that the current it is also offsetting it by is relatively insignificant? | |
| Jan 15, 2017 at 10:27 | history | answered | Sean Houlihane | CC BY-SA 3.0 |