I have noticed Sears has on with frequency, would this be good enough for starter projects. It is around $60.00, or what should I get, I have a smaller version of the same meter,without frequency probe. What would you suggest.
Get a scope. A PO scope is $200 and is also a bunch of other stuff too like a logic analyzer, signal generator, and spectrum analyzer. It would be much more useful than a simple DMM.
Don, the February 2008 issue of "EE Evaluation Engineering" (one of those "free to qualified subscriber" magazines) beginning on page 28, has the article "Powerfel and Portable DMMs for 2008". Their web site is https://www.evaluationengineering.com and although this article is not currently posted there, I suspect that it will be. They evaluate 19 different models from 9 manufacturers priced from $55 to $895. The low end generally gives you an accuracy of around ±0.5% while the high-end models are around ±0.025%. I'm not sure that this is an all-encompassing article, for they show only one Fluke model. That's a little questionable.
THen spend $800! $3500 is a pretty fancy scope. My problem is I need to observe motor switching waveforms which are square waves, but not "logical" so a logic analyzer won't work and I need a 40MHz+ bandwidth scope.
THen spend $800! $3500 is a pretty fancy scope. My problem is I need to observe motor switching waveforms which are square waves, but not "logical" so a logic analyzer won't work and I need a 40MHz+ bandwidth scope.