Stephen gets an upgrade in his electronics lab with a new multimeter, A Fluke 87V! But is a Fluke as good as the price tag warrants? We break down Stephen’s old meter vs the new Fluke on this episode of the podcast.
News:
May the Fab Be With You
May 4th, 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
10305 Round Up Ln Suite 400
Houston, TX
Topics:
- Bud Industries - Board-ganizer Enclosure Kit
- Combine breadboards and evaluation boards into an enclosure
- Fluke 87V multimeter Vs Centech 61593 (also got a rigol DS2072 oscilloscope)
- $520 vs $39.99
- 6000 count vs 2000 count
- Fluke can do “High Res” mode and go to 20,000 count
- Autorange vs range select
- Benefits of both
- Manual range might be better for keeping your ducks in a row.
- Main difference - the fluke is basically 4x or better on nearly all measurement accuracy
- The all important beep test
- Parker uses a ‘Velleman’ DVM850BL
- Debugging things that don’t work
- Wagoneer was not happy recently
- Events that lead up to the problem
- Problem solving techniques
- Resolutions?
- Power Distribution Module
- What is up with this project?
- Building an adjacent community for long term discussion of the podcast and projects
- The MacroFab Podcast Contest IS BACK
- Details at a later podcast episode
Hosts: Parker Dillmann, Stephen Kraig
Special thanks to whixr over at Tymkrs for the intro and outro!