Hi,
I've been teaching myself electronics for the past few months and I figured its time to get a multimeter.
I found a 'deal' for a HP 3478A bench DMM for $100. Waiting on a confirmation, but it looks like its been +10 years since the last calibration, wasn't sure if this was a big deal if I could find a way to test it against.
It's rated to 300V (1% DC accuracy?), but I'll likely be using much less...just experimenting with micro-controllers and learning as I go...
Do you guys think its worth it? I'm in Canada and finding decent quality seems to be quite expensive for someone just getting into the hobby.
Thanks!
I've been teaching myself electronics for the past few months and I figured its time to get a multimeter.
I found a 'deal' for a HP 3478A bench DMM for $100. Waiting on a confirmation, but it looks like its been +10 years since the last calibration, wasn't sure if this was a big deal if I could find a way to test it against.
It's rated to 300V (1% DC accuracy?), but I'll likely be using much less...just experimenting with micro-controllers and learning as I go...
Do you guys think its worth it? I'm in Canada and finding decent quality seems to be quite expensive for someone just getting into the hobby.
Thanks!