> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:26:59 +0300 > From: "Peter L. Peres" > > [...] > tasks that would not require previous knowledge of the specific equipment > you are really using. Like 'how would you make and test a 5% 30 miliohm > shunt given 0.5 ohm/meter resistance wire, a common DVM that is only > accurate to the nearest 0.1 ohm on the 200 ohm scale, a 10R 10W resistor > and a laboratory power supply'. > [...] Forgive my ignorance, Peter, but how do you do this? Maybe I'm just not clear on the vocabulary - what exactly is a '30 milliohm shunt'? Just curious, --Jim jmorash@mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.