I'm sure the soft power switch is to keep the meter warmed up so the precision references are always stable and ready to make readings. Also, it would be interesting to test the continuity with a higher threshold -- maybe it will beep "faster".
A lot of that meter looks like it was inspired by the Siglent SDM series, it all looks very familiar... mind you I think they copied their interface from Agilent.
I thought I'd buy one to pair with my Agilent 6,5 digit meter, but I checked the price and maybe I won't. I paid 300€ for the agilent and the Uni T is way more expensive. That said, I might have hard time trying to source an Agilent or Keithley for the price I paid for my existing Agilent 😀
When I set it to the manual range of 200V, than go to measure some resistance and go back to voltage measurement, does it stay in 200V manual range, or it switches back to auto?
Thank you vor the vid. Some questions: While in AC mode does it shows DC offset values in a dual mode display? Can the meter record values over time and export it via the usb port in front?
Honestly I cant see any hobbyist making any use of the facilities this meter gives over say the Owon bench meter range. Increased accuracy isn't of any utility, three digits is enough for home use. Four wire measurements wont ever get used. The quirky UI will just make people leave it on the shelf and pick up their Kaiweets/Owon multimeter. You could get your whole suite of devices, Oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, multimeter, component tester, for the price of this unit.
@@SimpleElectronics I'm a hobbyist and I own tens of thousands of dollars of test equipment. I do not believe that hobbyists are relegated to using cheaper gear. We buy what we want within our budget... in every situation. But I'm probably a victim of TEAS. All the new UNI-T stuff appears to be excellent value for the price compared to some of their older gear.
I was going to say that your reading of 10MOhms resistance is really rather piss poor for a modern high count benchtop meter, but luckily the specs say it can at least go up to 100M instead. 20PPM tempco is really nothing to write home about if you want to make a case against an older high digit meters, 3478A for example. If you have aircon in that room to keep it at 23 degrees I'd write those values down as the "true" values for your voltage reference, at least until you decide to jump deeper down the voltnut hole. May as well use those calibration ppm's while they're fresh :D 100uA (200uA scale) is not exactly the most impressive scale to have in any modern DMM ? Pretty bog standard, your 6000 count HT118A in the video has it for instance (600uA scale). The 10G impedance up to 20V is nice, normally you might expect it to only go to the 2V range. Your issue with the amps ranges makes me think that any DMM manufacturer that wants to stand out could just put some tiny LEDs next to each port, that shine for the ports being used for the current measurement. Your 4W measurement didn't really show any change in resistance upwards, if anything it stayed the same or went down one count. Which is what should happen, it should go down since the resistance in the measuring wires is now being cancelled. It'd be better demonstrated on a resistor under 10R I'd guess. Pretty sad on the beeper. Can't be the leads if you can literally notice the screen updates before the beeper. I've always thought it'd be nice for some meter to have a pet zener testing mode. Provide ~1mA current up to 30V, say. Then at least they might stop doing "epic fails" on white LEDs. Disappointing that a more "budget friendly" benchtop meter still seems to mean a hundred and one edge-case bugs around the software / UX interface. Unexpected? No. One starts to hope for better as time marches on, though.
Bottom falling out of meters prices. 90 day calibration? Never heard of that. Such a flood that tubers get free trials but money got to come from somewhere. If I am not doing this again then it is not a Fluke.
I'm sure the soft power switch is to keep the meter warmed up so the precision references are always stable and ready to make readings. Also, it would be interesting to test the continuity with a higher threshold -- maybe it will beep "faster".
This UNI-T stuff is looking very nice.
Agreed! I Still use my little Uni-T clamp meter daily too - I love a reasonably-priced tool that you don't have to question the results of
A lot of that meter looks like it was inspired by the Siglent SDM series, it all looks very familiar... mind you I think they copied their interface from Agilent.
I thought I'd buy one to pair with my Agilent 6,5 digit meter, but I checked the price and maybe I won't. I paid 300€ for the agilent and the Uni T is way more expensive. That said, I might have hard time trying to source an Agilent or Keithley for the price I paid for my existing Agilent 😀
Probably made in the same factory
When I set it to the manual range of 200V, than go to measure some resistance and go back to voltage measurement, does it stay in 200V manual range, or it switches back to auto?
I do not see a delta/reference button. Are you able to zero the leads before taking resistance measurements?
It's on F4 at function keys
@@hansmoser162 nice. Thanks!
my siglent has the shift to amps range thing as well. easy to get used to
Thank you vor the vid. Some questions: While in AC mode does it shows DC offset values in a dual mode display? Can the meter record values over time and export it via the usb port in front?
Good question for the A/C mode - I'm not sure. It can DEFINITELY take measurements over time and save them to internal memory or USB
@@SimpleElectronics thank you for your reply :-)
A few minor problems but yeah, nice meter.
(I started to watch this at 4:45pm. I've had so many interuptions, it's now 10:30pm)
Prode Setting?
Am I really going to drop $500 on a multimeter that misspells "probe"?
Honestly I cant see any hobbyist making any use of the facilities this meter gives over say the Owon bench meter range. Increased accuracy isn't of any utility, three digits is enough for home use. Four wire measurements wont ever get used. The quirky UI will just make people leave it on the shelf and pick up their Kaiweets/Owon multimeter. You could get your whole suite of devices, Oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, multimeter, component tester, for the price of this unit.
Definitely not for a hobbyist - but if you're a start-up that needs the accuracy, this thing is a bargain for its capabilities
@@SimpleElectronics I'm a hobbyist and I own tens of thousands of dollars of test equipment. I do not believe that hobbyists are relegated to using cheaper gear. We buy what we want within our budget... in every situation. But I'm probably a victim of TEAS. All the new UNI-T stuff appears to be excellent value for the price compared to some of their older gear.
I was going to say that your reading of 10MOhms resistance is really rather piss poor for a modern high count benchtop meter, but luckily the specs say it can at least go up to 100M instead.
20PPM tempco is really nothing to write home about if you want to make a case against an older high digit meters, 3478A for example.
If you have aircon in that room to keep it at 23 degrees I'd write those values down as the "true" values for your voltage reference, at least until you decide to jump deeper down the voltnut hole. May as well use those calibration ppm's while they're fresh :D
100uA (200uA scale) is not exactly the most impressive scale to have in any modern DMM ? Pretty bog standard, your 6000 count HT118A in the video has it for instance (600uA scale).
The 10G impedance up to 20V is nice, normally you might expect it to only go to the 2V range.
Your issue with the amps ranges makes me think that any DMM manufacturer that wants to stand out could just put some tiny LEDs next to each port, that shine for the ports being used for the current measurement.
Your 4W measurement didn't really show any change in resistance upwards, if anything it stayed the same or went down one count. Which is what should happen, it should go down since the resistance in the measuring wires is now being cancelled. It'd be better demonstrated on a resistor under 10R I'd guess.
Pretty sad on the beeper. Can't be the leads if you can literally notice the screen updates before the beeper.
I've always thought it'd be nice for some meter to have a pet zener testing mode. Provide ~1mA current up to 30V, say. Then at least they might stop doing "epic fails" on white LEDs.
Disappointing that a more "budget friendly" benchtop meter still seems to mean a hundred and one edge-case bugs around the software / UX interface. Unexpected? No. One starts to hope for better as time marches on, though.
Not sure if that is worth 500 bucks...
What would be your pick if you had 500$ to spend and needed 5.5 digits?
@@SimpleElectronicsFor 700 euros you can get a new 6.5. 🤩
Bottom falling out of meters prices. 90 day calibration? Never heard of that. Such a flood that tubers get free trials but money got to come from somewhere. If I am not doing this again then it is not a Fluke.