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Brymen BM869(867) alternative software.
Sairus:
--- Quote ---Besides it being a fun little project for you to work on, what's the benefit? Looking at your other link (I did not read it), I assume by the time I have made a board, by the PIC and other parts and maybe get it working there will be more than $5 invested. The meter was $230 new. I think they only wanted $40 more for the cable and software. I didn't have a need for it but had I that would not be a bad price. For my own home use, normally if I am trying to automate something it requires more than a meter. Mainly why I use LabVIEW. Had Brymen offered support of LabVIEW, I may have picked it up.
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I just write software for myself (because only option for me was cable from ebay ~ 60$) i make it better and better,at some point i realize that it good enough to show another people so i decided share it (maybe my solution save some time for another peoples)
--- Quote ---So, what features does your software have that the OEM package does not? Is it more reliable? Save to some other file formats?
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It just alternative just another option. Cable design can be modified so adding battery and bluetooth module (or RF module) can give you wireless connection.
P.S. show me link for BM869+ shipping for 240$ )
2N3055:
You have it here, for instance... Allmost in the neighbourhood ...
http://www.tme.eu/en/details/bm869/portable-digital-multimeters/brymen/bm869s/
joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: 2N3055 on September 27, 2016, 10:14:12 pm ---You have it here, for instance... Allmost in the neighbourhood ...
http://www.tme.eu/en/details/bm869/portable-digital-multimeters/brymen/bm869s/
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:-+ This is where I bought mine from. At the time I paid $224.66 + $9.90 shipping. It arrive in just a few days. Been very happy with the meter.
Is your software compatible with the OEM cable?
IanB:
--- Quote from: Sairus on September 27, 2016, 04:00:36 pm ---I just write software for myself (because only option for me was cable from ebay ~ 60$) i make it better and better,at some point i realize that it good enough to show another people so i decided share it (maybe my solution save some time for another peoples)
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If you are interested to share the software, which is an admirable thing to do, then I suggest sharing it through a medium like GitHub. That way others can learn from what you have done, maybe extend or enhance it, maybe fix some bugs. You may get feedback from others that could in turn help you. Just something to consider.
raptor1956:
I have not bought a DMM in many years and still own a Fluke 85 that's over 25 years old and a Fluke 27 that's over 30 years old, but I think I may add the BM869 in the near future. Neither of my Fluke's have more than 3200 counts so having a DMM that's in the same league as my Rigol DM3058E as far as count are concerned would be very helpful when needing to monitor both current and voltage at the same time or monitoring two voltages or currents and the same time. Having PC software to log and analyze is just the icing on the cake. The accuracy isn't quite as good as the Rigol but not far off either and the relative values can be useful even if the absolute accuracy is a bit lacking. And at 0.02% it's better than the 0.05% of the Fluke 87V.
The BM869 is a bit large for true portability, but should work as a portable instrument that probably spends most of its time on or near the bench.
Brian
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