https://www.baldengineer.com/tag/tmworldRecent content in tmworld on Bald EngineerHugoen-USWed, 07 Dec 2016 17:21:51 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/tmw-whats-a-half-digit-anyway.htmlWed, 18 Jul 2012 09:30:45 +0000https://www.baldengineer.com/?p=1028<p><a href="https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DMM_Ziffernrollen.jpg"><img src="https://www.baldengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DMM_Ziffernrollen.jpg" alt="Digital meter display showing 021916 and a partial half digit"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/measurementblue">Martin Rowe</a> over at <a href="http://www.tmworld.com">Test &amp; Measurement World</a> published an article quite some time ago (1994) that explains what it means when a DMM claims to have &ldquo;½&rdquo; digits in their display.  Intuitively, to me anyway, when I heard this I always thought of gas-pumps and how we pay for 9/10 of a penny with every gallon of gas (in the United States).</p>