Description.

The micro ampere meter shown here is basically a DC millivolt meter.The circuit gives full scale deflection for 0.1V input.The current to be measured is passed through a known resistance R and the voltage drop across it is measured.Here the IC 1 uA 741 op-amp is wired as a non inverting amplifier.

Circuit diagram with Parts list.

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Notes.

  • Assemble the circuit on a good quality PCB or common board.
  • Use a +9V/-9V dual power supply for powering the circuit.
  • The IC 1 ,uA 741 must be mounted on an IC base.
  • The table given below shows the relationship between different values of R and the current that will give full scale deflection.
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7 Comments

  1. Seetharaman

    R3 should be 3.3K, typographical error
    Hi Thusihta R values
    0 to 1mA for FS R should be 0.1 ohm (100milli ohm)
    0 to 10mA for FS R should be 0.01 ohm (10 milli ohm)
    0 to 100mA for FS R should be 0.001 ohm (1 milli ohm)
    0 to 1 Amp for FS R should be 0.0001 ohm (100 micro ohm)
    0 to 10Amp for FS R should be 0.00001 ohm (10 micro ohm)

  2. Er H.M.Rai

    SIR
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