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Auto ranging bipolar current meter

@gravityx
6 years ago
https://everycircuit.com/circuit/4835962765705216
The scoped output shows an auto ranged voltage proportional to the current that the current source on the top left puts out. The 3 ranges are: 0-50uA > 0-10V (1V/5uA) 50-500uA > 1-10V (1V/50uA) 0.5-5mA > 1-10V (1V/500uA) The voltage developed across the 200R-resistor by the input current is rectified and amplified x10 by the full wave rectifier. That voltage is compared with a threshold (100mV) by the 2 compairing opamps. The FET-switches and logic gates makes a crude analog multiplexer (ie 4052) that sets the gain of the leftmost opamp to x1, x10 or x100. More ranges could be added if more comparators and FET-switches would be used, just keep the relatively high burden voltage developed by the input resistor in mind (up to 1V in this case). I think im gonna breadboard this thing and find out to what extent real-world imperfections like opamp offset voltage and input current will affect accuracy, if it works at all that is :) The input current should be set to under 50uA in order to make the simulation start. EDIT: Bug fixes
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