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Berni:

--- Quote from: KE5FX on February 28, 2021, 11:37:31 am ---Spaces (and periods) are the only way to go!   :horse:

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I agree, space digit grouping is best. It is the least confusing method of digit grouping while still easily letting you see what SI units you are looking at.

Having no grouping is also okay, even if a bit annoying. But the absolute worst is when a multimeter shows you that you are measuring "1,112.744 Ohm" as things like the good ol HP
34401A like to do. You look at that and go okay thats 1 Ohm and some change... wait.. no that's the comma so 1 MOhm... No Ooooh right that is 1 KOhm. Using a thousand separator character that is almost the same as a decimal separator character is a horrible idea period (Heh... get it? Okay il stop now) Luckily there is a setting in the HP 34401A that turns off thousands separation completely.
pe1oxp:
I can appreciate the new kind of housing, it saves a lot of space on the workbench (depth).
Prices are better for hobby purposes but what when Keysight doesn't sell to private persons anymore...
SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Berni on February 28, 2021, 12:07:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: KE5FX on February 28, 2021, 11:37:31 am ---Spaces (and periods) are the only way to go!   :horse:

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I agree, space digit grouping is best. It is the least confusing method of digit grouping while still easily letting you see what SI units you are looking at.

Having no grouping is also okay, even if a bit annoying. But the absolute worst is when a multimeter shows you that you are measuring "1,112.744 Ohm" as things like the good ol HP
34401A like to do. You look at that and go okay thats 1 Ohm and some change... wait.. no that's the comma so 1 MOhm... No Ooooh right that is 1 KOhm. Using a thousand separator character that is almost the same as a decimal separator character is a horrible idea period (Heh... get it? Okay il stop now) Luckily there is a setting in the HP 34401A that turns off thousands separation completely.

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When you work with big numbers, it makes life much more difficult when there are no thousands separators.

E.g. what number is easier to digest for your lottery win:  $20000000 or  $20,000,000  ?

Using space as a separator is very wasteful on a 7 segment display, I'm guessing that's why commas (and periods) became popular.

The real problem is that different parts of the world use different standards...   an irritating fact of life, unfortunately.   Just as irritating as all the different date formats in use.  12/2/2021...   is that Dec 2 or Feb 12?  Sigh...    :palm:
exe:
My preferred style would be "short half-rack". Like, Siglent stuff. It nicely fits my table, stackable, and not too deep.
SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: exe on February 28, 2021, 02:51:34 pm ---My preferred style would be "short half-rack". Like, Siglent stuff. It nicely fits my table, stackable, and not too deep.

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For power supply and signal generator yes, but a scope?
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