Auto ranging in multimeters is far from a new thing. It has been with us for a couple of years and it is becoming better and better as we speak. The main advantage of this system is in the simplicity. It is much easier for an average user to use auto ranging than the manual alternative.

Autoranging is a great advantage to have on a digital multimeter. Autoranging saves you the hassle of having to know which range of value the resistance, capacitance, voltage or whatever electrical characteristic you’re finding falls under. The multimeter finds the value for you.