necromonster Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 You can get the same information most of the SMD tools can get you, much much easier on your pocket book with some math, and oscilloscope, and 1 or 2 multimeters. The prices of some entry level o-scopes are quite low in comparison to what they used to be... And about 20lbs lighter too... Learning how to use the o-scope can open your electronics knowledge up to many many other fields of interest too. I bought 2 o-scopes from a ham radio buddy of mine a few years agof for $30 And last year I bought a ds-nano pocket o-scope on Amazon for $109 Between my job as a copier tech, my ham radio hobby, and car audio passion I've found a lot of the knowledge to be interchangeable. As for the OP's question I've always thought if you could measure your current draw and output voltage you could calculate a rough estimate of power. Of course that would be at 100% efficiency, and we All know an amplifier like that doesn't exist. But it may be close enough for your application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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