Measuring Current

Jan 02, 2007 2 Replies

Hi,



I've come accross this component:

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Which says that it uses a hall effect sensor to measure the current.



In theory, if I were to tape a hall effect sensor to the wire, would it work just as well? Obviously it would take a bit of calibration, but would that be the only difference?



Cheers,



Michael


Hall effect devices can be used to measure Lorentz force. That's how a clamp on ammeter works. You'd actually be measuring the voltage produce by the Hall effect sensor which increases with current increase.

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