Tektronix ever made non-bench multimeters ? Oh wow ...

[T4P]

Didn't manage to find 2nd hand equipment but some things caught my very eye

... Must be very old
But judging that most meters now still look like this, i would say the cloned designs are pretty outdated
I saw a blue tek meter that looks like one of those cheapies but of course those cheapies cloned tek ... now we know who cloned who

What happened to megger? This looks seriously old

There is a white version of the manson ! Must find out how much it costs and look at it being in its virgin plastic wrap

[alm]

Tektronix made several handheld DMMs, for example the TX3 and TX5 somewhere in the nineties. They were bought out by Fluke (I believe Fluke sued them at some point) and became the Fluke 183 and 185. I believe they formed the base for the Fluke 187/189.

[T4P]

Tektronix made several handheld DMMs, for example the TX3 and TX5 somewhere in the nineties. They were bought out by Fluke (I believe Fluke sued them at some point) and became the Fluke 183 and 185. I believe they formed the base for the Fluke 187/189.

I see ... fluke 

[EEVblog]

Tektronix made several handheld DMMs, for example the TX3 and TX5 somewhere in the nineties. They were bought out by Fluke (I believe Fluke sued them at some point) and became the Fluke 183 and 185. I believe they formed the base for the Fluke 187/189.

Tektronix and Fluke (along with Keithley and others) are both owned by the same parent company, the evil Danaher corporation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danaher_Corporation

Dave.

[alm]

This was long before the Danaher acquisition. The Tektronix acquisition by Danaher was only in 2006 or so. Tek pulled out of the handheld business somewhere late nineties.

[T4P]

So is there a chance that the meter can be really cheap? It is unopened and in it's packaging because clearly the industry here is moot and nobody buys such meters apart from a few of people who have the interest ... that shop must have been around for a heck of a long time and were unable to sell it because
it's at the top of the building and at a pretty obstructed lane plus i only saw them today because usually i can't see them due to the fact
they don't really know how to display their stuff properly

But hell that manson supply in white is nice !

[free_electron]

Ah yes danaher. Who went through the product lines with a shotgun...
And now the wolves even lay with the sheep in the same building. I work at 2525 and tek/ fluke is 2575 v the building behind us. Both tek and fluke logo on the building..

[robrenz]

So you work at ST Microelectronics? 
I think that is Flukenetworks corporate offices, not where the meters are made

[T4P]

So you work at ST Microelectronics? 
I think that is Flukenetworks corporate offices, not where the meters are made

OTP:
ST .... god i really love ST for the STM32F4

[free_electron]

So you work at ST Microelectronics? 
I think that is Flukenetworks corporate offices, not where the meters are made

It does say fluke networks but i have walked in there to get a demo unit. Pretty convenient to have them in the backyard...
Btw your avatar looks like a tek branded fluke..

I'm interested in this current probe.. Can i have one to play with for a few days ?
Sure, where do we ship it ?
Don't bother, i'll walk over... Be there in 1 minute... 

I do the same with agilent. Theyre on stevens creek boulevard which is like 3 miles away. They have a pretty cool little museum in their building as well as a gift shop and cafetaria.


Oh, and yes i work for ST. Next year going to be 20 years...

[pickle9000]

My daily driver, Not sure when it was made but I did buy it in the early 90's new. Great quality, rugged, accurate what can I say, no need to buy another (so far). It has been tortured as you can probably see from the photo.

...mike

[T4P]

My daily driver, Not sure when it was made but I did buy it in the early 90's new. Great quality, rugged, accurate what can I say, no need to buy another (so far). It has been tortured as you can probably see from the photo.

...mike

Oh man ... i must find out how much it costs ... probably depreciated if it's around 100$ i will get it
it's really rugged looking at the abuse you gave it (with a pickle?  )

[pickle9000]

Pickle has been my nickname since I was 4 and started eating them.

The only fault I give the meter is an auto shut off after 30 minutes. You can disable it but unless you switch ranges or hit a button it will shut off. My preference would have been that if disconnected it shut off. But other than that very high update display speed, fantastic continuity test (best I have ever used).

20 years old and still working, no complaints. I figure the selling price would be between 50 and 100 bucks if you found a used one. I'd never sell mine.

...mike   

[robrenz]

Btw your avatar looks like a tek branded fluke..

It is my Fluke branded Fluke. 

[EEVblog]

The TX3 is still a quite sort after meter on the used market.

Dave.

[muvideo]

So you work at ST Microelectronics? 

Oh, and yes i work for ST. Next year going to be 20 years...

You've been for long time in ST
Have you worked also in europe in the past (Catania maybe) ?

Fabio.

[grenert]

The multimeter junkie has a review of the TX3 on YouTube:

[T4P]

The multimeter junkie has a review of the TX3 on YouTube:

Was that the basis for the 87 series ?

[free_electron]

Have you worked also in europe in the past (Catania maybe) ?

Started in belgium as Mietec. Acquired by alcatel , sold to ST. Moved to US in 2000. Never been back.

[alm]

I'm quite sure the Fluke 87 pre-dates the Tek TX3.

[sonicj]

What happened to megger? This looks seriously old

Megger is still around. Still expensive as #$%*! Most of their products look old.
-sj

[EEVblog]

Was that the basis for the 87 series ?

Nope, the 87 pre-dates the TX3 by a long way. Late 80's
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/general-chat/i-need-to-know-the-history-of-fluke-87-(-1998-2010-)/

Dave.

[codeboy2k]

The TX3 is still a quite sort after meter on the used market.

Dave.

I own a TX3.   I bought it at Frys in Palo Alto in the late 90's and I love it.. feature rich, accurate, 50,000 count. , and only 3 input jacks.  Volts, Amps and GND.

Picture included.

[qno]

It looks a bit like the Protek 506.
Is the PCB all genuine Tektronix

[discomike]

I got the Tek DMM830 as pictured in the first picture from a friend who won it at a electronics fair in the late 90ies =) Very fast continuity as people have pointed out, and I also love the low-voltage (0,4V) resistance measurement mode for finding out where PCB-traces go without activating any semiconductors. I think I have some teardown pics somewhere... *goes looking*