[volt-nuts] Which meter?

[Greg Burnett]

Hi Bram,
If you want to make high-speed measurements, the Agilent 3458A is the clear 
choice (because it can take up to 100,000 readings per second). The same 
reasoning would apply if you need to use your DVM to make precision 
digitization of waveforms. (For example the 3458A's triggered, digitized 
measurements can be used to evaluate the linearity of a triangle waveform.)

For basic DC linearity (e.g., from full-scale to tenth scale or lower), the 
3458A is as good as it gets, as far as I know.

Having said that, there might be a particular application where the Fluke 
8508A would be your best fit? But I'm not sure about that. Do you have 
specific measurement applications in mind?

I've personally always been extremely impressed with the 3458A performance, 
so unless I had a specific measurement application (that I'd researched and 
found that was addressed better by the 8508A), I'd buy the 3458A.

Best,
Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The-al-bundy at home.nl" <the-al-bundy at home.nl>
To: <volt-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:03 AM
Subject: [volt-nuts] Which meter?


Hi,

I'm at a point to purchase a new 8.5dig DVM. Choices are the (good old HP)
Agilent 3485A or the Fluke 8508A. The Fluke is almost 2x as expencive...

My feelings say that the 3485A is still the best one out there, is that
true?

Thanks,
Bram


_______________________________________________
volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts at febo.com
To unsubscribe, go to 
https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts
and follow the instructions there.