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| bdunham7:
--- Quote from: ResistorRob on February 24, 2021, 05:09:25 am --- so whatever I buy needs to last me 10 years. --- End quote --- I'm not sure I'd count on that with any of the new stuff, quite frankly. Try to at least get a 3 year warranty. My answer would be neither, I'd buy the Fluke 8808A if I could only have one bench meter and it had to be less than $1K and last a long time. However, if you want a bit more bang-for-buck, don't overlook the BK Precision 5492C. You can download and try the software free from their website and it doesn't have a 1 hour limitation either. I don't know if it has a demo mode or how much you can see without actually having a meter. |
| Berni:
--- Quote from: ResistorRob on February 24, 2021, 05:09:25 am ---Open to opinions from anyone on this question.... If you could have only one bench meter for your lab would you go for the new GW Instek with the color display (seems to be loaded) or this Keysight DMM? I have it narrowed down to these 2, but I do also like the new Hantek clone of the Keysight bench meter. I'm just a serious hobbyist and very poor so whatever I buy needs to last me 10 years. Suggestions? --- End quote --- I personally still prefer Keithey DMMs. They have all the common useful features, they have the performance, while also being very fast in general. They get high update speeds even with lots of digits, they autorange on ohms in literally the blink of an eye..etc. The fancy touchscreen Keithley DMM6500 is a bit pricey but still in line with what you would pay for a proper name brand 6.5 digit DMM. I didn't want to drop that sort of money on a 6.5digit DMM tho so i picked up a used good condition Keyithley 2015 for about 400 bucks. It is so far my favorite DMM. But if i had no DMM and wanted to pick up a brand new high resolution bench DMM id go for a DMM6500 hands down. No problem with a decent bench DMM lasting 10 years. The technology in DMMs has not progressed all that much in the last 20 years apart from perhaps 6.5 digit DMMs getting cheaper. So i wouldn't expect bench DMMs to get much better in the next 10 years. |
| msuthar:
EDU33212A Dual Channel Function Generator; $915 US List Price EDU36311A DC Power Supply; $838 US List Price EDU34450A Digital Multimeter; $696 US List Price EDUX1052G Dual Channel Oscilloscope; $722 US List Price |
| Zlotnik:
--- Quote from: Berni on February 24, 2021, 07:08:51 am ---I personally still prefer Keithey DMMs. They have all the common useful features [...] --- End quote --- While it's OT for this thread, I'd like to second that. The modern Keithleys have feature that I haven't seen with any of the others: you can script them in lua on the device! (They call it TSP script, but it's effectively lua) I found this to be very useful for complex, long measurements. Much more self-contained and simpler to set up than eg pyvisa et al. --- Quote ---The fancy touchscreen Keithley DMM6500 is a bit pricey but still in line with what you would pay for a proper name brand 6.5 digit DMM. --- End quote --- Price-wise, I was surprised how competitive the Keithley is. Cheaper than Keysight, and only about 30% more expensive than GW-Instek and BK Precision, 40% more than Siglent. At significantly better specs and features. I'll stop the OT now though. Looking forward to seeing what the new budget Keysight line will bring! |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: msuthar on February 25, 2021, 12:31:55 am ---EDU33212A Dual Channel Function Generator; $915 US List Price EDU36311A DC Power Supply; $838 US List Price EDU34450A Digital Multimeter; $696 US List Price EDUX1052G Dual Channel Oscilloscope; $722 US List Price --- End quote --- How is the function gen the most expensive thing in that lineup? :-// |
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