“…Different approaches have been investigated to simplify the operation of transformerbased bridges using computer controlled IVDs [88,[90][91][92], electronic voltage sources [86,87,89,93,95] or high resolution DACs [94,96,98,99,101,102,166]. Using the adequate algorithm [183], the balance procedure of these digitallyassisted bridges can automati cally be performed within a few minutes [92,101,102] over a broad frequency range from 50 Hz to 50 kHz and with an uncertainty level of few parts in 10 8 .…”