Published June 6, 2020 © GPL3+

DIY Autorange Ohmmeter

The device is sufficiently accurate and uses minimum number of external components.

BeginnerFull instructions provided15,220

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3

Adafruit Standard LCD - 16x2 White on Blue

1N4148 – General Purpose Fast Switching

Single Turn Potentiometer- 10k ohms

Resistor 221 ohm

Resistor 1k ohm

Resistor 10k ohm

Resistor 4.75k ohm

Through Hole Resistor, 560 ohm

resistor 2k2

Resistor 22.1k ohm

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Soldering iron (generic)

Story

This is a simple auto-ranging ohmmeter using Arduino. The measured resistance is displayed using a 16×2 LCD display. The device is sufficiently accurate and uses minimum number of external components. Easy way to measure an unknown resistance is to use a voltage divider. You apply a known voltage across two series resistors, one known, one unknown, and measure the voltage at the junction. The current through two resistors will be equal.The voltage across the unknown resistance is measured using the ADC of the arduino(A5). With Ohm's law we can easy calculate value of unknown resistor.

The idea for the project as well as the code are taken from the Circuits Today website, where there are more detailed explanations about the operation and mathematical calculations. What we need here is a scheme for estimating the value of Rx roughly and then putting a matching resistor in place of R1 and this method is called auto ranging. The circuit given below demonstrates auto ranging.

The accuracy of the instrument is the largest in the range from 10 Ohm to 100 KOhms and is about +/- 5% which is a good result, considering that the device is relatively simple to build. It is desirable to supply the instrument from a stable source for maximum accuracy.

Code

Code

#include<LiquidCrystal.h>
int vin=A5;

int t=1;
int u=6;
int v=7;
int w=8;
int x=9;
int y=10;
int z=13;

int at;
int au;
int av;
int aw;
int ax;
int ay;
int az;
int a;
double vx;
float rx;
double i;
LiquidCrystal lcd(12, 11, 5, 4, 3, 2);
void setup()
{
pinMode(vin,INPUT);
lcd.begin(16,2);

pinMode(t,OUTPUT);
pinMode(u,OUTPUT);
pinMode(v,OUTPUT);
pinMode(w,OUTPUT);
pinMode(x,OUTPUT);
pinMode(y,OUTPUT);
pinMode(z,OUTPUT);

digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
}
void loop()
{

digitalWrite(t,HIGH);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
at=analogRead(vin);




digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,HIGH);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
au=analogRead(vin);
digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,HIGH);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
av=analogRead(vin);



digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,HIGH);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
aw=analogRead(vin);


digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,HIGH);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
ax=analogRead(vin);


digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,HIGH);
digitalWrite(z,LOW);
delay(100);
ay=analogRead(vin);



digitalWrite(t,LOW);
digitalWrite(u,LOW);
digitalWrite(v,LOW);
digitalWrite(w,LOW);
digitalWrite(x,LOW);
digitalWrite(y,LOW);
digitalWrite(z,HIGH);
delay(100);
az=analogRead(vin);

if(az>=450)
{
vx=az*0.00489;
i=(5-vx-0.55)/22000;
rx=(vx/i);
}
if(ay>=450 && az<450)
{
vx=ay*0.00489;
i=(5-vx-0.55)/10000;
rx=(vx/i);
}
if(ax>=448 && ay<448 && az<448)
{
vx=ax*0.00489;
i=(5-vx-0.55)/4700;
rx=(vx/i);
}

if(aw>=439 && ax<439 && ay<439 && az<439)
{
vx=aw*0.00489;
i=(5-vx-0.55)/2200;
rx=(vx/i);
}

if(av>=439 && aw<439 && ax<439 && ay<439 && az<439)
{
vx=av*0.00489;
i=(4.8-vx-0.55)/1000;
rx=(vx/i);
}

if(au>=430 && av<430 && aw<430 && ax<430 && ay<430 && az<430)
{
vx=au*0.00489;
i=(4.5-vx-0.55)/560;
rx=(vx/i);
}

if(at>=430 && au<430 && av<430 && aw<430 && ax<430 && ay<430 && az<430 )
{
vx=at*0.00489;
i=(4.5-vx-0.55)/220;
rx=(vx/i);
}

if(at<430 && au<430 && av<430 && aw<430 && ax<430 && ay<430 && az<430 )
{
vx=at*0.00489;
i=(4.5-vx-0.55)/220;
rx=(vx/i);
}
lcd.setCursor(0,0);

if(vx>4.8)
{
lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(0,0);
lcd.print("----INFINITY----");
}
else
{
if(rx<1000)
{
lcd.clear();
lcd.setCursor(0,0);
lcd.print(rx);
lcd.setCursor(7,0);
lcd.print((char)244);
}
else
{
lcd.clear();
rx=rx/1000;
lcd.setCursor(0,0);
lcd.print(rx);
lcd.setCursor(6,0);
lcd.print("k");
lcd.print((char)244);
}
}
lcd.setCursor(0,1);
lcd.print("Arduino Ohmmeter");
}

Credits

Mirko Pavleski

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