Decent DMM?

[edsr]

Hi there, I'm assuming I'm gonna need a digital multi meter as the pin I've bought doesn't boot up.

You seem to be able to spend anything from a fiver to £100's. Just wondered if any special features or accuracy was needed for working on Pins and whether anyone had a particular one that was good value they were especially happy with..?

Any advice much appreciated.

Cheers,

Ed


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[Poibug]

you will get as many views on this as ya will with the question what pin is best!

Something like this is fine for pins
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/dmm-st-920-digital-multimeter-n80ee

poi

 

[edsr]

you will get as many views on this as ya will with the question what pin is best!

Something like this is fine for pins
https://www.maplin.co.uk/p/dmm-st-920-digital-multimeter-n80ee

poi

Thanks poi. Now just need to get the pinball delivered and fire it up. [emoji106]


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[edsr]

In hindsight and while the one I have is great, and the continuity feature has been really useful, for anyone reading this in future, get one with a Hz setting on - around the same price but also means you can check whether crystals are defective or not.


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[stoptap]

It is also very useful to have one that can check capacitance.

 

[edsr]

I didn’t know you could get ones that did that. I saw you can remove the cap from the board and then check the resistance watching it climb to infinity but I think that’s a quite crude method, so yes, definitely!


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[stoptap]

I have a Uni-t that can measure just about anything. Certainly not as good as a Fluke but a lot better that a cheapo meter.

 

[edsr]

I just bought this for £17 which does capacitors, frequency and continuity etc - kinda looks like a cheap Fluke KASUNTEST Mini Auto Ranging Digital Multimeter 6000 Counts TRMS Portable Multitester OHM/Hz/Temp/Duty Cycle/Continuity Tester AC/DC Measuring Tester With backlit https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M31F7K6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ykmcAbKMBF34X


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