This circuit was taken from an article in Electronics Now magazine in February 1995. The power supply must be dual and other operational amplifier can be used.
In the figure we have the way to implement a 5 to 45 V zener diode with 50 mA of maximum current...
This circuit is from a Radio Electronics magazine from December 1958. The indicator instrument is analog...
These integrated ones consist of class B amplifiers with gain fixed 24 internally for better...