Patent ID: 8198884

Claim:
A digital multimeter, comprising: a display for displaying measurement values associated with at least one electrical characteristic of an electrical circuit; a user interface for receiving a user input to select a mode governing a display format of the measurement values; a memory for storing an indication of the mode; and a processor for retrieving the indication of the mode from the memory, determining measurement values associated with the electrical circuit based on input to the multimeter, and generating display data for the measurement values in accordance with the mode, wherein, live actual measurement values of the electrical characteristic are displayed in a first font size in the display in a live measurement mode, and the live actual measurement values of the electrical characteristic are displayed in a second font size in the display in a non-live measurement mode while at least one non-live measurement value associated with the electrical characteristic is displayed in the display, wherein a warning condition and the live actual measurement values are displayed in the non-live measurement mode in response to the live actual measurement values exceeding threshold values, and wherein the second font size is smaller than the first font size.