MVP 2.0 Voltage/Resistance Display

[mooreted]

Just a kind of quirk about the MVP 2.0. Why is voltage designated by a "U" and resistance is designated by an "A"?

At first I thought the "A" meant amps; confused the crap outta me.

 

[DateVapist]

The voltage is a U but I think it's supposed to be a V, the display on the MVP can't really make a proper V. I always took it as A for atomizer or an R for resistance.

 

[SnowDog]

I have no idea really but I think it has something to do with the country they are made in.

 

[HecticEnergy]

I really wish they'd put out a MVP3 with a better screen and menuing system. Its a GREAT budget device, but thats one of the little things that really bugs me about it...


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[mooreted]

Yeah, it's great. No other issues with it. Thought someone might have some trivia about that. Maybe it is a language thing.

 

[Iffy]

They use an older digital display which is why ya don't pay a higher price fer a very solid device.

Use your imagination instead of da wallet...

 

[roxynoodle]

I thought it was an R for resistance.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

Yeah, it's great. No other issues with it. Thought someone might have some trivia about that. Maybe it is a language thing.

Each LED display only has 7 segments that can be turned on/off to so it's limited as to what characters it can portray. It's good for numbers but some letters of the alphabet can be a challenge:

 

[readeuler]

I think it's fairly common in physics land for potential energy to be denoted by U, and voltage is just a difference in potential energy.

But, it's probably just what Kodiak said, the 7 line display that's to blame; that would be very plausible, considering R and A look pretty similar as well as U and V.

 

[SnowDog]

Each LED display only has 7 segments that can be turned on/off to so it's limited as to what characters it can portray. It's good for numbers but some letters of the alphabet can be a challenge:

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I think it's fairly common in physics land for potential energy to be denoted by U, and voltage is just a difference in potential energy.

But, it's probably just what Kodiak said, the 7 line display that's to blame; that would be very plausible, considering R and A look pretty similar as well as U and V.

This explains a lot but it leaves me wondering why the VW button is stamped with "P".

 

[mooreted]

P is for power

 

[readeuler]

The watt is a measure of Power (in the physics sense of "rate at which work is done"), which might explain the P. I have no idea though, maybe they just like mysterious labeling!

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

This explains a lot but it leaves me wondering why the VW button is stamped with "P".

P=Power (Watts is the unit Power)