This device is a digital USB voltmeter that allows you to measure voltage automatically. It can provide quite accurate digital measures for low DC voltage (0.01 Volt accuracy), but works as well for higher voltage, including AC, up to 250V (RMS), with an accuracy of 3%. This device is isolated, which means that the sensor part is electrically disconnected from the USB part: you can measure any voltage difference between -250V and 250V, without risk of frying your computer. The modules provides immediate reading on USB, and can also store measures on the device internal flash for later retrieval when connected again by USB.
This device can be connected directly to an Ethernet network using a YoctoHub-Ethernet, to a WiFi network using a YoctoHub-Wireless-n and to a GSM network using a YoctoHub-GSM.
USB cables and enclosures to be ordered separately.
WOW! I've been looking for this product for years. This seems to be the only one of its kind. I can't wait to get one. The Visual .NET support will be extremely helpful!
bought the 5v version. needed to measure millivolts. feeding amp readings into pc, and pc is looking after batteries/solar/generator. its been working since Feb2014. the manual for visual basic was extremely helpful including the high level API. I hope you guys come up with a 500v version as well, i need it! Would also be nice to have a 200mv version for better millivolt accuracy over the 5v version. appart from that, very satisfied with the purchase. Highly recommend!
@matter45: thx for your nice comment. There is no plan for a 500V version, but you could use a small transformer and the Yocto-Volt calibration feature (see user manual, Advanced programming chapter). Regarding the 200mV version, your wish might be granted pretty soon :-)
Hi just wondering but does anyone know if this device comes with the measuring prongs used to measure the voltage?
@huntfalow: nope, no probe included. You get the electronic board only.
Any plans to release a PCI Express mini-card version? That would be sweet-- I could install it in my laptop and leave it there.
@chris j: It's an interesting idea, but no.
I want to use this in VBA (Excel), but the DLL needs to be compiled as "COM visible." I don't have access to Visual Studio-- could you do it for me? Here's a quick how-to: http://www.geeksengine.com/article/create-dll.html
Forget that previous comment -- I found something in the blog that will help me. Thanks!
Is the reading of the voltage permanent, or does that happen only when the value is requested? I'm wondering if having the device permanently connected could not have a negative effect on the rest of my installation, like upsetting the solar-controller/charger, or possibly drain the battery? Basically I have a Camper Van, and I need to remotely check the status of the batteries (24v AGM) and in case of problem send a notification, but I would rather not have the check itself make the problem happen faster :)
@dbug: The voltage input is not switched, so it always stay a very small amount of current on the measured object. How much ? The Yocto-Volt has a 330 KOhm impedance, so current = 24 V / 330 KOhm = 0.073mA, so the voltmeter would drain a 10Ah battery in 137'000 hours or 5700 days. If you want to completely avoid that effect, you can work around this issue by using a Yocto-Relay to connect the voltmeter to the battery only at the time you perform a measurement. Or, you can add a 3 MOhm resistor between the Voltmeter and the battery to create a voltage divider that will divide the measure by 10, the measured value by 10 and the stealed current by 10 as well.
Dear Sir, it's possible Yocto-Volt connect to Arduino board?
@anges: No. Mainly because Arduino boards dont have USB host support.
This device is really great! I'm using it to detect when an intercom speaker becomes active (makes a buzz). It works very well, but I've run into a small issue that perhaps the API developers can help with. When I daemonize my code in python, I see the device arrival and removal happen and then it stops working correctly. I assume this has something to do with the fork and USB device permissions. I am running as root though. Please help if you can. 2017-05-31 14:15:59,677 - __main__ - INFO - May 31 18:15:59 2017-05-31 14:15:59,677 - __main__ - INFO - Device arrival : VOLTAGE1-90A2B 2017-05-31 14:15:59,678 - __main__ - INFO - - VOLTAGE1-90A2B.voltage2 2017-05-31 14:16:02,003 - __main__ - INFO - Device removal : VOLTAGE1-90A2B 2017-05-31 14:16:02,003 - __main__ - INFO - VOLTAGE1-90A2B.voltage2: 0 !INVALID! (new value)
I figured out my issue. I needed to instantiate the yocto API after the daemonization.
@mrd: ok, next time just contact Yoctopuce support directly. :-)
Hello, Can I connect ifiok_okonna@yahoo.com Yocto-Volt to raspberry pi?
@wiz: Yes you can, have a look at this: www.yoctopuce.com/EN/article/turn-your-raspberry-pi-into-a-network-multimeter
Sweet! Thank you very much. You guys have put an end to my search :)
Looking into building an LPM with this device with an Ophir 20Y-1-A sensor, however will the configuration allow me to change units directly in firmware? 0.01V=10mW 0.1V=100mW 1V=1000mW/1W of output Thank you for your response
@cjw : what is the voltage ouput range of this Ophir 20Y-1-A sensor? if it's less than 10V, a Yocto-0-10V-rx might be a better choice. Feel free to contact Yoctopuce support directly for further discussions.
The Ophir sensor requires 20V to work the full range of the input capability, so the Yocto-0-10v-Rx would only allow 10W of measurement. 1Vdc : 1W of optical input --
@cjw : you can use the Yocto-Volt internal calibration system to map measured values to whatever you want. But you won't be able to change the unit. The device will always report the unit as Volts.
By Internal calibration you are meaning the firmware... but I can't change the reported units. So this will always report as volts or mV. This is what you are explaining? I'm after something I can change the reported units, taking a mV or V reading and report into a given unit but that can go to 20Vdc input. I'd like to be able to dump the output into a .CSV file or using the gauging in Yocto-graph.
@cjw: Yoctopuce firmware source code is not public. But all Yoctopuce sensors feature a user configurable calibration system, see www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/yocto-volt/doc/VOLTAGE1.usermanual.html#CHAP21SEC3 You will find an example with proper user interface called Prog-Calibration in C#, Delphi and VB libraries. There is also the article about calibration with a web based tool here: www.yoctopuce.com/EN/article/calibrating-a-yoctopuce-sensor That being said, in the case of the Yocto-Volt, one cannot change the reported unit, ie the get_unit() function will always return "V" no matter the calibration. I believe this is not really in inconvenience if you plan to dump data in a CSV file, worst case scenario a simple search and replace will do the trick.
Thank you for the detailed explanation regarding the Yoctovolt! I see what you are saying now. I was also hoping to using Yocto-Graph to report voltage to mW / W in real time when testing various Class IIIb and Class IV laser diodes with an Ophir 20C LPM. .CSV exporting is also just as important. My only hope seems like the 10V sensor module at this point.
Why does this module has 2 voltages in the api response if it only has one input ?
@brunozp: voltage1 channel is for DC and Voltage2 is for AC. More details can be found in the user manual: www.yoctopuce.com/EN/products/yocto-volt/doc/VOLTAGE1.usermanual.html#CHAP3 If you need to find out which one is what by software, use their get_unit() method.
After adding yocto_voltage.cs to my exising VS project and installing the Yoctopure.YoctoLib with nuget manager, I have (2) errors in yocto_voltage.cs: in the get_enabled() function: "YAPI" does not contain a definition for '_yapiContext' In the FindVoltage() function: "YAPI" does not contain a definition for 'globalLock' Please advise how we can fix this. Thank you.
Sorry, we just removed the yocto_voltage.cs function from the project and the calls to the components that we need work from the NuGet package we installed. Please ignore my last post.
Is this device CE certified?
@roverdog: the product has been designed to satisfy all essential requirements for CE marking as part of a solution for laboratory equipment, industrial process-control equipment and similar applications in residential or commercial environment. Send a mail to support if you need a copy of the EMI test lab results. Be aware however that the Yocto-Volt itself is however just one part of your solution, and the CE mark process requires that you assert the compliance of your solution as a whole, including the enclosure, the interconnects, etc. as there are many factor exterior to the Yocto-Volt that can affect compliance with the standards.
In case someone hits the same problem: the problem reported by @sal just above was caused by manually adding a recent version of the file yocto_voltage.cs while an older version of the base library was installed via nuget. Removing the added file was enough to solve the problem. In case you hit a technical issue of this kind, don't hesitate to send a mail to support@yoctopuce.com