Joulescopeβ’ enables designers, engineers, and makers to quickly and easily optimize the energy consumption and battery life of a target device. Joulescope is designed to automatically handle wide current ranges and rapid changes in energy consumption, while allowing the target device to run normally. Jetperch LLC writes:
Measuring energy consumption during product development is crucial, especially for battery powered and always-on devices. However, measuring energy consumption accurately has been expensive, tedious or error-prone
Low voltage drop: Β Most multimeters and current meters have a significant voltage drop (sometimes called burden voltage or insertion loss) which effects the actual voltage delivered to the device under test. Joulescope has a total voltage drop of 25 mV at 1 A, which keeps your target device running correctly. Β Joulescopeβs extremely fast current range switching maintains low voltage drop even under rapidly varying current demands.
Amazing dynamic range: Β Joulescope accurately measures electrical current over 9 orders of magnitude from amps down to nanoamps. This wide range allows accurate and precise current measurement for modern devices. Β Sleep modes are often just nanoamps (nA) or microamps (Β΅A). Β Active modes are often milliamps (mA) or amps (A).
Makes the invisible visible: Β Joulescope measures current and voltage 2 million times per second with 250 kHz bandwidth. Β This high sampling rate makes the power consumption of interrupt service routines, inrush currents and other short events visible.
Easy to use: Β Joulescope reports cumulative energy consumption along with real-time current, voltage, and power. The multimeter view clearly shows the most recent value while the oscilloscope view allows you to explore changes over time. Β Much simpler and more accurate than anything in its class!
Customizable: Β The Joulescope host software is open source on github. Β You can also swap the banana jack front panel with front panels that have other connector types! Β The front panels are open source on github. Β We open source.
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