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| Gandalf_Sr:
My Q10 shipped out from Banggood on Nov 15th, it says the expected delivery date is Jan 5, 2021 but I suspect (hope) it will arrive sooner than that. I don't believe the CAT ratings on Aneng meters but, for $31, I am happy to use on bench work and up to 115V AC stuff. I have two AN8008s (one black one red) and they are little champs. Maybe we'll be able to figure out how to do the calibration for the Q10? |
| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on November 17, 2020, 01:09:37 pm ---My Q10 shipped out from Banggood on Nov 15th, it says the expected delivery date is Jan 5, 2021 but I suspect (hope) it will arrive sooner than that. --- End quote --- I hope your meter arrives before Christmas! :-+ Mine is said to arrive by Dec 15th. --- Quote from: Gandalf_Sr on November 17, 2020, 01:09:37 pm ---I don't believe the CAT ratings on Aneng meters but, for $31, I am happy to use on bench work and up to 115V AC stuff. I have two AN8008s (one black one red) and they are little champs. --- End quote --- I don't either and I use my RM113D and the RM219 on the bench as well. TBH 115V is also fine, but if the rotary switch is left in a wrong position, I strongly suspect it will not survive. |
| tszaboo:
--- Quote from: HKJ on November 17, 2020, 07:11:52 am --- --- Quote from: NANDBlog on November 16, 2020, 11:14:41 am ---There is a good reason for it, I've used it in the past. So you have a large prototype boards, lots of testpoints, and you are supposed to verify that all the resistors are good on it. There was an excel sheet, with the testpoints listed on it, and I've just used a Keysight 1242 with it's bluetooth connected to the laptop, and connected to excel. So I read the testpoints to be a measured, found them on the board, placed the probes, touch-hold, and it beep-booped the data into excel. Quite convenient, the test was done in minutes, instead of writing anything down by hand. And this required an enormous amount of software work on their side, including makros for excel. And this is something that a chinese company will not understand why you would need it. They just place bluetooth, because other have it, and completely won't do the research on how you actually use it. --- End quote --- I got inspired and next version of TestController https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/program-that-can-log-from-many-multimeters/ will support this functionality with any connected multimeter. --- End quote --- Cool. I'll take a look at this software. |
| Stinger:
--- Quote from: Fungus on November 15, 2020, 03:11:34 pm --- --- Quote from: Stinger on November 13, 2020, 08:29:25 pm ---I hope newer AN8008 with min/max, Rel and classics fuses size. :-DMM --- End quote --- I think that's what the Q10 is. --- End quote --- Yes, but Q10 is bigger than AN8008 (147*76*38mm vs 130*65*32mm). And i see it's possible to add fonctions in case. link |
| lehoangtm:
I got this meter (Aneng Q10) for a few weeks but didn’t really use it much, mainly because I have way too many cheap multimeters already. Just open it up to take some photos with my shitty phone - hope it still helps. English isn’t my first language so please pardon my mistake if any, thank you. Just a quick test compared to other Aneng meters that I currently have in hand and a Fluke 189 as ref. Few points: * Both Volt and Amp mode are very accurate on all ranges, except for micro amps with a bit off - same behavior with 800x series and AN870. * Autorange is quite fast. * The flashlight is bright and quite useful, sometimes. * Continuity is pretty slow (compared to AN870). However, it now has a led indicator on top. * Fake bargraph: the meter group 3 segment into one and the update rate is the same with the measurement (similar with Q1). * Burden voltage: at 100mA -> 270mV, at 1A -> 24.6mV, at 5A -> 129mV. * Great display at this price point (my main reason to buy it). It has a higher contrast than Q1 (Pls see photo - not mine as I gave my Q1 to a friend already). Current consumption is ~23,5 mA, a bit higher than Q1 (~20mA according to https://lygte-info.dk/review/DMMAnengQ1%20UK.html). Note that this meter uses 3 AAA instead of 2 AA of Q1, so you can expect a short working time. * The meter survives on 220v main (rotate to all modes). However, I didn’t test the accuracy after that. * Build quality is similar to Q1 (quite OK for price range): feel quite good in your hand (but don’t press on the screen cover like me). The stand is really bad. And no, you can not use the switch or press the btn with 1 hand on your bench. * The DMM chip is DTM0660L, now in a proper package instead of a black blob. * Battery compartment is now separate and contacted with the PCB by 2 springs. * The rotary switch is tight but feels quite good. You can easily modify the springs to loose them a bit - much better for my taste. * The Amp input jacks are now moved to the main PCB. And because it’s only a single input jack, there is no way to detect if the probe is plugged in or not (unlike Q1). Instead, the meter will continue beeping every ~5s if you switch to Amps mode (the beep will stop when the meter detects an amps measurement, pretty smart). I got Q10 for about 25USD, but for now, price has dropped to 20USD (11.11 sale off). Compared to the current price of Q1 (19USD) and AN870 (18USD), it’s still a good buy if you love Aneng. However, from where I live (Vietnam), I can get a Vichy VC97A for 18usd, Uni-T UT61D for 23usd, Fluke 101 for 27usd (without probe) and Uni-T 139E for just 28USD… I can not recommend this meter, mainly because of the price point. Aside from the price, if I have to choose 1 Aneng meter for daily work, I will go for AN870. If I have to pick one for field service, I will go for this Q10. |
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