This paper first introduces the development status quo of digital voltmeter and subject background and significance. This design is mainly divided into two parts: hardware circuit design, software system design. Which, in the hardware part, A detailed discussion of the single chip microcomputer circuit design, STC89C52 SCM feature description, A/D conversion circuit, at the same time, to introduce to each part of the interface circuit; In software part, introduces the software using programming languages and program flow chart. In this paper, design of digital voltmeter, the hardware circuit is used less components, low cost, simple adjustment; Software using C language programming, its high flexibility and strong readability.