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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: hellzakk on April 27, 2016, 09:36:50 am
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Hi all, i've searched the forum but i dont have found the answer so im here to ask what multimeter would you suggest to a newbie for arduino-like development :)
Follow your review and opinion im following the bm867s... im going in the right direction?
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Hi all, i've searched the forum but i dont have found the answer
That's what they all say...
so im here to ask what multimeter would you suggest to a newbie for arduino-like development :)
Follow your review and opinion im following the bm867s... im going in the right direction?
Brymen is a good choice.
You can get a blue one with EEVBLOG logo (in the store - if there's any left)
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yes, i dont really need a industrial multimeter with super-specific options like many of the high-end multimeter... ad like to know from you expert a good multimeter with the options needed for what i can need in the future
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yes, i dont really need a industrial multimeter with super-specific options like many of the high-end multimeter... ad like to know from you expert a good multimeter with the options needed for what i can need in the future
I'm not sure it's possible to ever buy a future-proof thing. :)
A good bit of advice is to get two meters. One expensive one (eg. a Brymen) and one cheap one. Whenever you get a weird reading you can use the other meter to verify it. If both meters agree then you can be fairly sure it isn't the meter.
Also: Sometimes you just need two meters - to look at two different values simultaneously (eg. volts and amps)
The "cheap one" can be one of those $5 multimeters you see around the place. They're disposable if you break them and they measure quite well. Just use them for volts/ohms/low currents and don't connect them to mains power.
A fun project is to build a box with reference values for resistance/voltage/etc. to confidence-test your meters every now and again.
Measurements are all about confidence and that's difficult to achieve with a single meter no matter how much you paid for it. Getting a second opinion when things don't make sense is always good, even if it's from a $5 meter.
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yes, i dont really need a industrial multimeter with super-specific options like many of the high-end multimeter... ad like to know from you expert a good multimeter with the options needed for what i can need in the future
I'm not sure it's possible to ever buy a future-proof thing. :)
aha sure, i mean future-proof for my ability :)
but it's clear, i've just ordered the brymen bm867s :-+