---
title: "Thermal Tools for Circuit Measurements | Workbench Wednesdays"
description: "Digital multimeters are the go-to tool for measurements. Learn the DMM basics with this Bald Engineer video tutorial. It covers voltage, current, and more."
canonical: "https://www.baldengineer.com/thermal-tools-circuit-measurements.html"
author: "James Lewis"
date: "2020-02-23T17:48:14Z"
lastmod: "2022-03-31T16:39:09Z"
categories: ["blog","element14","measurements","workbench-wednesdays","videos"]
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# Thermal Tools for Circuit Measurements | Workbench Wednesdays


Measuring the effectiveness of a heatsink or the thermal load of a CPU requires thermal test tools. In this episode, learn how an IR Thermometer and a Thermocouple could be used on an electronics workbench. Many multimeters (DMMs) include the ability to measure temperature with a K-type thermocouple. See examples of when each measurement could be used.

## Behind the scenes of Thermal Tools Tutorial

Originally intended to use the episode to show how hot the Pi 4 would get. However, by the time I got around to producing it, a new version of Raspbian came out, resolving the temperature issues. To heat up the Pi, I used this toolset from GitHub: XXXXX.

[See show notes on element14](https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-94568/l/workbench-wednesday-20-thermal-tools-for-circuits?ICID=baldengineer)