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PANEL METERS

Bristol Instruments offers a wide selection of high-performance panel meters designed to measure and display voltage, current, resistance, temperature, frequency, and other process signals. Whether your application requires a DC voltmeter, an AC ammeter, a load cell display, temperature monitor or a process monitor with relay outputs, we provide panel meters that deliver both accuracy and flexibility.

Our panel meters are built to integrate seamlessly into a variety of industrial systems and control panels. They feature programmable inputs, bright digital LED displays, and scalable outputs that support a wide range of measurement environments and signal types. Learn more.

What Is a Panel Meter?

A panel meter is an instrument mounted in a control panel that displays the real-time value of an input signal. These signals can include voltage, current, resistance, frequency, and temperature. Panel meters are commonly used in process monitoring, equipment diagnostics, and automation systems where accurate, immediate feedback is essential.

Depending on your needs, Bristol Instruments offers panel meters with analog or digital outputs, programmable functions, linearization, and filtering capabilities for precise and customizable measurements.


Key Features of Our Panel Meters

● High-resolution LED displays in multiple sizes and digit configurations
● Support for AC or DC voltage and current inputs
● Compatibility with RTDs, thermocouples, potentiometers, load cells, and more
● Programmable linearization, filtering, mathematical and scaling functions
● Optional relays, analog outputs, and digital communication interfaces
● Panel mount options for easy integration into control systems


Applications

Panel meters from Bristol Instruments are suitable for:
● Process control and monitoring
● Laboratory instrumentation
● HVAC and energy systems
● Manufacturing and test equipment
● Industrial automation panels


Choosing the Right Model

To select the best panel meter for your application, consider:
● Input signal type and measurement range
● Desired display resolution and digit height
● Output requirements (analog, relay, digital)
● Mounting size and panel compatibility
● Environmental factors such as lighting and power supply
● Viewing distance
● Programming requirements

Browse our panel meter categories below to view features, specifications, and
configuration options.


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Types of Panel Meters

  • Digital Panel Meters

    Bristol Instruments offers one of the widest ranges of panel meters with five-year warranties, widest input types and range options, high accuracy and one the fastest response times and easiest to set up using our OM Link software and adapter.

  • DC Volt Meters & Ammeter Panel Meters

    Our Panel Meter products include those designed to measure or monitor DC voltage and current are found in this category. Bristol Instruments carries five panel meters of various sizes and number of digits displayed. The models range from 3½ to six digits displayed. Accuracy is as tight as ±0.1% depending on model. View products, features and specifications in this category here. View these meters.

  • Process Monitors

    Highly accurate meters often designed to monitor, alert and control a process in industry define this category. Some are loop-powered panel meters. Relay output options as well as analog or digital outputs are available for panel meters in this category. View products, features and specifications in this category: View these meters.

  • AC Volt & Ammeter Panel Meters

    These products that are designed to measure or monitor AC voltage and current are found in this category. Bristol Instruments carries three panel meters of various sizes and number of digits displayed including AC network analyzer. The input ranges include 0 to 60 mV, up to 450 V AC and 0 to 1 up to 5 A AC—depending on the model. Accuracy is as tight as ±0.1% depending on model. Current transformers are shown on our Accessories page. These convert high current sources to be measured into typically a few hundred millivolts to apply to a meter input which can be easily scaled in the meter software. View these meters.

  • Temperature Monitors

    Discrete temperature monitors are meters that are designed to accept a temperature sensor for an input. Our meters go further with some models that can apply a linearization function or user entered points to apply a linearization formula to the input. They are also designed to accept 50/100/500/1,000 Pt and 50/100 Cu RTDs, thermocouples of types J/K/T/E/B/S/R/N/L and 1,000/10,000 Ni temperature sensors. View these meters.

  • Load Cell Panel Meters

    Designed to connect to strain gauge bridges for weight measurements, these panel meters can be configured to accept 1 to 4 mV/V, 2 to 8 mV/V or 4 to 16 mV/V input ranges with a 4-wire or a 6-wire connection for +/- input, +/- sense and +/- supply. They also have a shield input. Tare, filters and linearization can be applied as well. View these meters.

  • Potentiometers / Position Sensor Panel Meters

    All of our universal panel meters are designed with specific inputs for linear potentiometers. Nearly all have excitation for applications that require it. View these meters.

  • Integrator Panel Meters

    Our 502I meter provides both instantaneous and time-integral output values in response to one of several ranges of current or voltage inputs to these integrating panel meters. View these meters.

  • Large Format Displays

    Our meters all have LED digital displays for high readability in various lighting environments. Display brightness is settable on most models. Several models offer different digit heights and our large displays are designed to be read from a distance and work indoors or outdoors. View these displays.

  • Linearizer Panel Meters

    All of our universal panel meters have programmable linearization and filtering capability. View these meters.

  • Counters/Timers/Frequency Panel Meters

    This class of our panel meters accepts TTL, NPN/PNP and frequency inputs within various voltage ranges depending on the model. Some are simple displays while others are programmable with selectable measuring modes as well as relay, analog and digital output options. View these meters.

  • PID Controllers

    If you need a PID controller, ours is specifically designed to be easy to use, has a 24-bit A/D converter for high accuracy and fully programmable. To see products, features and specifications in this category: view controllers.

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PM: Panel meters
AO: Analog output
DO: Digital output
FA: With Form A relays
FC: With Form C relays
OC: With Form open collector relays
Bst: With bistable relays
SR: With solid state relays

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