Christian SeligNeed a new multimeter and holy crap what a rabbit hole this is
I was planning on treating myself to a Fluke, but finally wanted one with a DC clamp meter (and ideally logging). The 325 seems great for this, but loses fine measurements for electronics use (no mV/mA measurements) :(
Okay, punting on the DC clamp meter functionality for now and down to the Fluke 117 and the EEVBlog/Brymen BM235
BM235 benefits:
- Data logging
- Slightly higher precision
- Temperature measurements
117 benefits:
- It's a Fluke
Ben Kirton@christianselig I don’t think the 117 has uA, so don’t know that it’s what you are after.
I have the EEVBlog BM786 and the Fluke 179 with the EDA2 kit.
The EDA kit is nice as it has additional thin probes you can push straight into bread board holes, but ultimately, I prefer the BM unless I need to provide certified measurements, which I don’t.
@bjkirton Microvolts would be cool but yeah not really needed. Why do you prefer the BM overall?
@christianselig Honestly, the main reason is because it remembers the function you were last using when you turn the dial.
I bought the Fluke because it’s a Fluke, and I could. But I have nothing to recommend it for other than I do quite like the EDA2 kit probes. Both sets are better for electronics than standard MM probes but both sets are not exactly exclusive to Fluke and the BM ones have the removable banana plug things that I find pretty useful as well.
@christianselig I think I would rather 2 or 3 BMs than 1 Fluke as I often need current and voltage at the same time.
I also bought an oscilloscope which is the best thing ever, and if I could do it over, would spend what I did on the Fluke on a waveform generator :)
@bjkirton What do you use the oscilloscope for? I've heard a lot of recommendations for those but I've never personally needed one, wonder if I'm missing out
@christianselig My son got into robotics and then I decided to do a Mech Eng degree for fun with a robotics major and so playing around with Arduino’s and basically anything with electronics and the o-scope lets you actually see what’s happening.
Seeing an input signal and an output at the same time and being able to see the transients etc really helps learning and understanding.
Seeing an input signal and an output at the same time and being able to see the transients etc really helps learning and understanding.
@christianselig When dealing with power being on/off and how many volts, MM can be fine, but any type of signalling, amplification, etc and the o-scope makes it 100x easier to see and understand.
I got the Siglent 1104X-E and did the firmware hacks to get all the features. No regats.
I got the Siglent 1104X-E and did the firmware hacks to get all the features. No regats.
@bjkirton interesting, interesting. Thank you!