I'm very new to these breadboards and such, so go easy on me
I'm using an NI myDAQ, and my multimeter is the DMM from NIelvis. Just using the probes from the myDAQ. Power source is 5V digital from the myDAQ.
I'm doing a lab that involves setting up some circuits and taking measurements. After a few hand-calcs to check on the data accuracy, I figured out I'm doing SOMETHING wrong.
Go back to as basic of a circuit as you can get. A single resistor.
I'm using a 5V digital to ground, one 1KOhm resistor. The 5V and 1KOhm are both verified with the DMM.
I'm getting nearly a 1/4 amp across the resistor
5V / 1000 Ohms = 0.005 A, or 5mA. I'm getting 50 times that
Help!