How to Test a Resistor with a Multimeter and the KickStart DMM App

The practical limitations of cost-effective device manufacture require that resistors be assigned a tolerance range by their manufacturers. As such, digital multimeters are often used to confirm whether a given resistor falls within its specified tolerance range. When testing many resistors, it is helpful to use an instrument that can automatically check if a resistor is within its tolerance specifications and record this data. This can be done through custom code development, but code creation is an expensive and time-consuming investment. KickStart Software offers an easy, no-code solution to testing resistor tolerances using its DMM App. In this application note, we will go over how to test resistor tolerances using a Keithley DMM6500 6.5-digit Digital Multimeter with KickStart Software and how to access and interpret the data.