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Fluke 289 - yet a good investment nowadays?
JoeRoy:
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on October 30, 2023, 06:30:10 pm ---Fluke came to see me and asked me for opinion on their up coming 289. They showed me their simulator on a laptop. It looked good and I felt bad for not waiting for the 289.
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I guess the Fluke 189 II was released way before the 289. What do they ask for you that they didn't already know?
BeBuLamar:
Perhaps it was the 189II. It was early in 2004 or so. I didn't remember the model number. They did the research on customer's opinions. They asked me for 1 hour interview and gave me a $100 gift card for my time. They knew I just bought the 189. They asked some questions like do I want to see the temperature in both C and F at the same time. I said no. I would like the choice but don't want to see them both. The simulator on the laptop looked good. It didn't show the problem of poor contrast LCD of the real meter nor the long boot up time. Besides I couldn't tell how big the meter was going to be. The meter is too big as handheld DMM and obviously not a bench top unit.
jchw4:
--- Quote from: JoeRoy on October 30, 2023, 01:05:41 pm ---
--- Quote from: jchw4 on October 30, 2023, 04:08:42 am ---Businesses want their employees to work faster. Slow boot? Not welcome. Slow auto-range? Never. Basic functions require pressing several buttons? It could be a bad joke.
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Fluke, Keysight, Tek, R&S, and many other good-brand instruments, like Scopes, SA, AWG, and even PSUs have a "slow" boot because they have software to be loaded and (maybe) re-calibrated.
My xineze stuff just turns on immediately. Should companies throw away those good brands to avoid losing 10 seconds per day? (I turn my instruments just once a day, and most go to standby if not used)
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This is not how it works. I see a lot more Rigols around me than KS, Tek, R&S.
Why? Because if a software engineer needs to check whether there is a signal on a the test point once a month they have two options:
* Take their test stuff to the lab 30 feet away (OK, 100ft and there is a distracting coffee machine on the way) to the $ $ $ $ lab scope and poke around waiting for it to become free.
* Get a 1054 on their bench. Maybe 1202 these days.
For $300 it's a no-brainer. Fits the limit on your corporate credit card? Just buy it and don't disturb lab people doing serious staff!
You need something more serious? Rigol 7000 fits your credit card limit? Go for it. Amazon will deliver it next day.
Alternatively you can go ask for a PO and persuade some n-level up boss that you really need it. And wait. And wait.
Would your boss prefer spending your work time working or waiting?
They really do care about time.
arturmariojr:
As I told before, after working a bit with Fluke 289, I must give the credit to it! Fast and reliable. Some itens I blammed Fluke as outdated, maybe a question of energy saving, like display. LCD consummes less than the always backlighted colored Tft. If you need long periods of logging, this is the way.
Comparing It to Extech GX900, it is superior, although Extech presents a beautifull colored display. ACtually, it seems like a copy with some improvements. But has no events on dataloging, only timed register.
Well, at least it has a newer display and bluetooth connections ready to use.
Fluke has some new meters with bluetooth connection. So, a good improvement would make Fluke 289+ FC. The rest, I can't say if there is a newer processor (the datasheet of MSP430F488 dates from 2002 :=\ its user guide is only 990 pages!) with faster ADCs. Probably yes.
Maybe, the last version of 289 already has some hardware improvements (I believe they may had used the MSP430F489, with 20K more memory) - who knows?
As many here stated, improvements are not the focus of Fluke, as their main client seems to be a heavy navy which does not change its way faster too. I hope this keeps as is for many years for Fluke healthy.
BeBuLamar:
I have the IR3000FC adapter. When you attach it to the 289 (or even the 189) IR serial port it can connect the Fluke Connect App.
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