Teardown of Fluke 101 kit

[awardcat]

cheap,small,smart,safe
w/o magnetic strap CNY199 w/o tex in China,about USD33
w magnetic strap CNY249 w/o tax in China,about USD40
close case calibration,firmware can be upgrade(contact Fluke)
TL75 test leads
AAA battery for more than 500hrs use
easy to attach on sth
600V CATIII with any function
just 1.5x tobacco box size
nice CNC Terminals
very fast auto range . full range just 1sec on all function(only large caps 10 secs)
20-2kHz for AC measure
one hand use

no light,no touch hold,no VChek,no Amps measure,no DC mV

http://translate.google.com.hk/translate?hl=zh-CN&prev=_dd&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http://bbs.38hot.net/thread-57988-1-1.html
this link is this teardown in Chinese and translated to English using Google translate
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note1:carmar's color temp not adjusted ,so some pic's color not accurate
note2:my English is poor,so I use Google translate to write ,so some meaning of some expression may be inaccurate

[Napalm2002]

I like it. It makes me want one

[daveshah]

Have you seen if any data is output on those calibration pins?

[andtfoot]

To my inexperienced eyes it looks pretty nicely done, although I don't know if I like the method of attaching the input terminals to the board.
Was there any thread-lock/star washers/etc on those screws? I'd be concerned about them slackening off and giving an intermittent connection.

[Napalm2002]

Hey awardcat, if u figure out what it would cost to ship to the us I would PayPal u money bec I would love to have the meter and a pack of your cigarettes!

[Zbig]

Cute as it is, the lack of even a basic, sub-1A ammeter function is a deal breaker for me.

[retiredcaps]

For those who haven't seen the other link, check out

http://bbs.38hot.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=57988&extra=page%3D1

Nice teardown and comments.

Can I ask you a favour and take a close up high resolution picture of the area in red?  I'm trying to figure out what IC Fluke used and if I can see the connected components, I may be able to deduce the IC?

[awardcat]

@retiredcaps
the original size of the block,if is not clear enouth,I will take new photo late

I post that trardown in Chinese ,but I can not use English accurately express the meaning of all,so I just post some of all photo here . if some one can read Chinese,you can get more from that link , or use  Google translate

[awardcat]

@Napalm2002
I'm sorry,For the following reasons , I unable to receive cash from paypal,cost of ship maybe more than USD30 even use EMS/USPS
Users Manual on fluke is in 14 languages , so I think it is a product for Worldwide Sale ,maybe just wait sometime,it will on the US market

[retiredcaps]

@retiredcaps
the original size of the block,if is not clear enouth,I will take new photo late

If you can make it 2 or 3 times bigger so I can read all the SMD markings that would be great.  Ideally, I would like to be able to see where each trace from the IC goes to.

Thank you and there is no rush for the picture.

[awardcat]

@retiredcaps
the original size of the block,if is not clear enouth,I will take new photo late

If you can make it 2 or 3 times bigger so I can read all the SMD markings that would be great.  Ideally, I would like to be able to see where each trace from the IC goes to.

Thank you and there is no rush for the picture.

6000x12000px from scaner,focus not good,but can read out all SMD markings
http://clz.to/ac3kw8vx

[awardcat]

rotary switch
empty on 2nd ring at 6 o'clock is off then 6 blocks is ACV,DCV,ACmV,Ohm,Cap,Hz
the switch left is up

[retiredcaps]

6000x12000px from scaner,focus not good,but can read out all SMD markings

Thank you for the new bigger picture.

Now, go enter the contest.  You have at least 5 worthy posts.