Slightly shonky voltage probe (Patreon)
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I promise, this is the last vehicular themed video for a while.
It's a low voltage probe with built in digital voltage meter, that could be used for many applications and not just automotive.
I get the feeling the circuitry may be based around either a dedicated meter chip, or a microcontroller mass programmed for this application. It's pleasingly minimalist, but astonishingly accurate. I tested it with a Fluke meter as a reference.
I reckon the mystery diode is to prevent the regulator being reverse biased by the tiny leakage current via the sense resistor network if the probe is applied to the wrong polarity.