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Voltage and Current Probe

The TEEMSS Voltage and Current Probe can measure voltage and current simultaneously. The product of these measurements is Power in Watts and the integration of Power over time is Energy in Joules. The probe measures +/- 20 volts and +/- 2 amps. The different values are reported by the probe simultaneously to both the fast 10-bit and slow 24-bit input channels of the probe port.


Voltage and Current Probe Specifications:

Range Slow, 3Hz Fast, 200Hz Positive Lead Negative Lead
Voltage +/- 20V 40 micro-volts 40 milli-volts Red Black
Current +/- 2A 4 micro-amps 4 milli-amps Yellow Green


The probe and interface only collect voltage and current readings. The CCProbe software can use these data to calculate and display Watts and Joules.


Voltage and Current Probe

Operation:

Two differential instrumentation opamps are used to measure both current and coltage. The current is measured by reading the voltage drop across a 0.01 shunt resistor.



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TEEMSS I - Handheld Screenshot

TEEMSS I - Handheld Screenshot
This screen shows a screen seen on handhelds loaded with the TEEMSS I curriculum software.