Application Note, AN101, is a six (6) page, in depth, presentation of why RMS (the Root-Mean-Square) approach is used to accurately determine effective values of voltage or current in AC signals. Besides being a very good technical paper on True RMS, it presents information on Dataforth's True RMS input signal conditioners. These products use the same IC that is used in many hand-held True RMS reading digital multimeters! This instrument accuracy is available from Dataforth in a DIN mount or panel mount package.
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