The RMS value of a time dependent voltage or current is based on the simple concept of equality of power dissipation; however, its theoretical calculation or instrument implementation may not be easy.
On infrequent occasions, I am asked to design a circuit to measure the RMS value of a current or voltage for some kind of power measurement. Since the work I do is hardly unique, I thought some of you ...
How many times have you poked around a circuit with a digital multimeter (DMM), read an AC voltage value, then gone on your merry way? Ever wonder if your meter is giving you peak value, average value ...