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Benchtop current sense amplifier?
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I mean what you are describing sounds like an exact match for oscilloscope current probes : https://www.digikey.com/en/articles/understanding-selecting-effectively-using-current-probes They are expensive, but convert AC and DC current to a voltage range reasonable for a scope and do so in an isolated manner. Bandwidth is basically as much as you are willing to pay for.
For current shunts there is the EEVblog uCurrent but it's not isolated, just a very low burden voltage shunt and amplifier essentially> https://www.eevblog.com/projects/ucurrent/
I swear I remember seeing the uCurrent before and TBH that's probably what unconsciously inspired most of my wishlist. Thanks for the reminder. Seems to be unavailable (out of stock) currently...and I kind of wish it had a greater range. I'm semi-inclined to make my own.
For my immediate purposes I just ordered a few INA169 breakouts which will work well enough.