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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Need to buy a digital meter?  Get a Fluke!
Summary: Digital data interface for multimeters
Message-ID: <4029@kitty.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 90 02:30:52 GMT
References: <3924@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US> <4015@kitty.UUCP> <1987@argus.UUCP>
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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In article <1987@argus.UUCP>, ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes:
> : If you are looking at the 77, you might go all the way and get an 83.
> : The features are even more prolific!  I paid $170 for mine.
> 
> Do any of these devices have an RS-232 or GPIB or some kind of computer
> interface available?  I'm thinking of buying one and it seems just a 
> waste not to be able to take the data right from the meter into the
> computer.

	You don't want much out of a < $ 200.00 multimeter, do you? :-)

	The least expensive multimeter that I am familiar with that has
an IEEE-488 interface is the Fluke 2440, which sells for somewhat less
than $ 1,000.00.  I believe that Keithley makes one that sells for
around $ 800.00.

Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp.  "Have you hugged your cat today?"
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