RE: Keithley DMM6500: TSP Script Example - Measure Power

Jan Cumps — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:21:56 GMT

for the next blog:

Measuring consumption of a microcontroller in different power modes, in amp-hours

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It's Keithley's app note Data Logging of Power Profiles from Wireless IoT and Other Low-Power Devices.

The script in this app note either runs stand-alone on the instrument using the touch screen, or in combination with a computer using python to stream data.

RE: Keithley DMM6500: TSP Script Example - Measure Power

genebren — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:23:36 GMT

Interesting write-up. I too would like an easy way to test the efficiency of circuits like a boost converter. I have manually tested a few points to check the efficiency, but it would be nice to automatically test a broader range of points. With a nice meter (like the DMM6500), programmable load and all of your work in LabView, it seems like you are close to having all the right tools to do this.

Well done!

Gene