<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Anyone have a recommendation on a quality low-cost multimeter? I don’t need anything profession or scientific grade, just something to help me understand better what is happening on my hardware and how my code or things I attach to my hardware are affecting the flow of electricity.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The two I am looking at are:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KGCI0Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AVHGJR6CAK15I" class="">Tekpower DT830B</a> - Really cheap and seems to get good reviews. </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0136YQD02/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3I5PRQWXF9GX&coliid=I1I7TJBPY9MV7E&psc=1" class="">Mastech MS8264</a> - Four times more expensive, but seems to be better quality and have a few more options. Is that worth the extra cost?</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 8, 2017, at 4:54 PM, <a href="mailto:jep200404@columbus.rr.com" class="">jep200404@columbus.rr.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">A Switch for Your RPi<br class=""><a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/switch-your-rpi" class="">http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/switch-your-rpi</a><br class=""><br class="">Arduino-driven IoT platform supports Grove and MikroBus<br class="">http://linuxgizmos.com/open-source-arduino-driven-iot-platform-supports-grove-and-mikrobus/<br class=""><br class="">computers _and_ chemicals<br class=""> two DEC VAX-11/780s<br class=""> Bill Joy<br class=""> reefer<br class=""> R-406A<br class=""> GHG-X8<br class=""> barbeque<br class=""> charcoal<br class=""> LOX<br class=""> smoldering cigarette<br class=""> Ig Nobel Prize<br class=""> Miss Sweetie Poo<br class=""> license plates<br class=""> UNIX<br class=""> GHG-1<br class=""><br class="">combining computers and refrigerants reminds me of Cray-1<br class=""><br class="">https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html?highlight=tau#math.tau<br class="">Obviously we will have to have lunches on π and tau days.<br class="">The only problem is that neither of the πs are raspberry pies.<br class="">Pi is (still) Wrong<br class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ<br class="">wp:Pi Day<br class="">wp:Tau_(2%CF%80)<br class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tau_(2%CF%80)<br class="">wp:Tau_(2π)<br class=""><br class="">RaspAnd Now Lets You Run Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Kodi 17 RC4 on Raspberry Pi 3<br class="">http://news.softpedia.com/news/raspand-now-lets-you-run-android-7-1-1-nougat-with-kodi-17-rc4-on-raspberry-pi-3-512355.shtml<br class=""><br class="">How to get up and running with sweet Orange Pi<br class="">https://opensource.com/article/17/1/how-to-orange-pi<br class="">http://www.orangepi.org/orangepizero/<br class=""><br class="">Olimex spins open source Allwinner A64 based laptop kit<br class="">http://linuxgizmos.com/olimex-spins-open-source-allwinner-a64-based-laptop/<br class=""><br class="">announcing picluster 1.4 (some docker thing)<br class="">https://www.linux-toys.com/?p=1228<br class=""><br class="">Kali Linux on the Raspberry Pi: 3, 2, 1, and Zero<br class="">http://www.zdnet.com/article/kali-linux-on-the-raspberry-pi-3-2-1-and-zero/<br class=""><br class="">wp: prefix means Wikipedia<br class="">To get good answers, consider following the advice in the links below.<br class="">http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html<br class="">http://web.archive.org/web/20090627155454/www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting.html<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">carpe mailing list<br class="">carpe@colug.net<br class="">http://lists.colug.net/mailman/listinfo/carpe<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>