DMMs
On the left is my brand new Fluke 179 which just showed up today (thanks, Chad!). In the middle is the Radio Shack DMM I had received from my parents a number of years ago as a gift. My first DMM, if you could say that… On the right is a crappy ‘Cen-Tech’ brand DMM which I purchased from Harbor Freight solely to compare a batch of transistors.
While I didn’t expect the Harbor Freight meter to be even remotely accurate (after all, it cost $3 or $4), when hooking all three DMMs to the same power supply, it is surprisingly close to the Fluke. Wow.
This isn’t to say the Fluke wasn’t worth it, as it is amazingly responsive, easy to use, and does all sorts of things well… And being properly calibrated and all, I can trust its results. I’m just amazed that the general piece-of-crap from HF was more accurate than the one I’ve been using for years. I guess I should have replaced it sooner.
Nice new Multimeter, Fluke is goodness.
Kate mentioned you had the DPP installer for OSX? Anywhere I can grab those from you? or I can set up a file dump later somewhere.
It’s heading over to the server now… Just under 15MB, it seems. Find me on AIM (now that I’m home) and I’ll pass you the link once it’s there.
I think you are the only other person I’ve talked to who actually uses DPP.