You Can Measure Both True-Rms and Average-Rectified Values With This Circuit

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INPUT SCALE FACTOR

R1 VCC CF
69.8k 5V 0.47 ␮F
1% 1 C
VIN C COM 8
R2 R3 R4 R5
C1 AD737JR 78.7k 80.6k
5k 7 5k
0.47 ␮F 2
VIN +VS
OUTPUT
C2 ZERO 5V 0.01 ␮F
0.01 ␮F
3 POWER 6 2 1
DOWN OUTPUT ⫺
4 5 7
⫺VS CAV VOUT
AD8541AR 6
Figure 1 CAV
3
33 ␮F AVG S1 RMS + 5
+
C3 4
0.01 ␮F
R6 5V
100k VCC
C4
R7
2.2 ␮F
100k
2.5V
C5
1 ␮F
R8
100k

⫺3-dB BANDWIDTH (Hz) CAV (␮F) CF* (␮F) *CAV IS DISCONNECTED IN THE AVERAGE-VALUE MODE.
10 68 0.82 THEREFORE, THE OUTPUT RIPPLE IS NOTICEABLY
HIGHER AT VERY LOW FREQUENCIES.
20 33 0.47
SIMPLY INCREASE THE VALUE OF CF TO
100 6.8 0.1 REDUCE RIPPLE TO THE DESIRED LEVEL.

You can measure both true-rms and average-rectified values with this circuit.

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