Re: Fw: (ET) Diode Check my multi-meter checks voltage not resistance

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

On 23 Apr 2005 at 20:27, Herb Crary wrote:

> What in the world is a sand based meter?

That was a little electronics pun.  Sand = silicon (I guess ;-).  Most 
semiconductors today are doped silicon: therefore a sand-based meter is a 
semiconductor-based meter.  Typically, that'd be a digital multimeter 
(DMM), 
but it could also be an older analog meter with a high gain, high 
impedance 
gain stage on the input.  (Or even a VTVM - and if you're old enough to 
remember those, give yourself a nice birthday present next time round. 
Bonus 
points if you've actually used one.  ;-)


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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