Thank you for contacting them :) If it comes down to buying, I've been a fan of used good over new junk. An rms meter can be had for ~$50 if you don't mind it being 20 years old. Bench meters are a lot harder to forget to put back.
Also, did you see this from earlier this year? https://www.sparkfun.com/news/1430 Thanks again for taking the initiative and we do have letterhead On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Justin Herman <[email protected]> wrote: > These would be a great items to have. I would suggest getting a few > lowercost ($15-20) meters for non precision work. > > BUT I cant support spending $ on anything until SynHak has approved a > budget. > > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:44 PM, William Schaffer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Problem: In the EE lab, we have a lot of resources to build things, but >> almost nothing to test the projects with. The only useful thing is the >> oscilloscope. Picture this: You want to tell if there is a break in a >> cable, but don't have any way to hook it up. If you had a continuity meter >> (a feature found in most multimeters) you'd be able to tell in just a few >> seconds. >> >> Solution: Synhak should allocate $150.00 of funds for the purchase of a >> CAT III rated autoranging digital multimeter capable of measuring voltage, >> current, resistance, and continuity, and an inductance/capacitance meter to >> measure inductors and capacitance. This way, we will have adequate test >> equipment to make in the EE lab. I think it would be best to look on ebay >> first before considering other sources. >> >> I have contacted Adafruit, Mouser, Digikey, and Sparkfun asking for a >> donation, and am waiting for a response. Perhaps it would be helpful if I >> had official letterhead? >> >> I'm looking forward to hearing thoughts on this. >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> Very Respectfully, >> >> William G. Schaffer >> 330-752-3328 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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