Precision picoammeter webinar: picoamp I-V measurements — webinar with Johannes Sturz
Elektor is running a live online webinar on ultra-low current measurement and I-V curve work, hosted by Brian Tristam Williams with presenter Johannes Sturz.
Precision picoammeter webinar: what’s covered
The focus is practical picoamp measurement: what breaks down at these current levels, what “good practice” actually looks like on the bench, and how to get repeatable results when leakage and noise are no longer theoretical problems. Sturz will walk through the Precision Picoammeter Labs project and the design approach behind measuring current across 10 decades (pA to mA) using nine ranges, plus a programmable ±5 V source intended for automated I-V sweeps and curve-tracer-style characterisation.
Elektor also says the session includes a demo of the browser-based GUI workflow used to plot results and export data, which is the kind of detail that matters if you’re trying to build a measurement routine rather than taking one heroic reading that you can’t reproduce.
Why picoamp measurements go wrong
Picoamp work is where the “system” becomes the instrument: fixtures, cabling, guarding, shielding, cleanliness, and time spent chasing down leakage paths. The webinar is positioned around that reality, with coverage of low-leakage, low-noise technique, plus calibration and ranging choices. If you want a quick commercial-reference sanity check on what’s possible at the low end, eeNews Europe previously looked at a USB picoammeter measuring from 1 pA to 2.499 mA.
Precision picoammeter webinar details
Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026
Time: 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC / 07:00 AM ET)
Registration is via the link on Elektor’s event page, and Elektor says attendees will receive access to the full recording afterwards if they can’t make it live.
As a side note, Elektor is also running a giveaway tied to the session: three copies of Burkhard Kainka’s book The Arduino-Inside Measurement Lab, pitched as an Arduino-based 8-in-1 measurement setup.
In short, if you’re fighting sub-nanoamp measurements in real hardware, this precision picoammeter webinar looks geared towards the messy bits: leakage, setup discipline, and getting I-V sweeps you can trust.
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