These bench meters can be picked up on eBay for low prices. Make sure you buy one where the Plasma Display is OK as you will find these impossible to find as spares. Very good quality build meter with all integrated circuit chips socketed allowing easy servicing/faultfinding. The auto-ranging feature is very fast at 100 mSecs. On the 0.1 to 10 volt ranges the input resistance is 10 Giga Ohms and on all other ranges it is 10 Mega Ohms. The only drawback of this model is that there are no current ranges. The 1065A model version of this meter has a 6½ Digit Display.
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Datron made a range of precision multimeters all of which were very well constructed. Access for servicing was first class and they used IC sockets on all IC's making it easy to replace.
The black Hamlin Relays are Reed Relays - not solid state. Nice to see a walk through on this. I worked for Datron in the US (Florida) plant when these units were made. These were a budget meter and were the least expensive in the range at the time
Wow. That's a nice instrument! A small thing i would like to note is that the hamlin relays in the input switching is not solid-state. They are Series-700 reed-relays. That Plasma-displays is a work of art. I have some 2-digit ones (SP-352) here in my "Nixie"-parts bin, which is bog standard compared to that display.
You have a high quality vintage electronics p*rn and you don't try it? It was nice seeing it inside, but I'm curious how good does it perform after all these years. How close is the cal data? If you calibrate it will it do accurate measurements like it was new or the analog part of it drifted too much?
Why is it called 'autocal'? Does it have a one-click program to automatically sequence through the calibration process if you supply the traceable standards?
The meters can be calibrated using a GPIB (IEEE-488) bus connected calibrator and a sort of program to do most of the calibration automatically. A big plus is that the meters can be calibrated "in-situ" - saving a lot of time for calibration.
I've have one of these meters, have had it for around 8 years but have yet been unable to get hold of the manuals for it. Do you know of a source for these manuals.
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These bench meters can be picked up on eBay for low prices. Make sure you buy one where the Plasma Display is OK as you will find these impossible to find as spares. Very good quality build meter with all integrated circuit chips socketed allowing easy servicing/faultfinding. The auto-ranging feature is very fast at 100 mSecs. On the 0.1 to 10 volt ranges the input resistance is 10 Giga Ohms and on all other ranges it is 10 Mega Ohms. The only drawback of this model is that there are no current ranges. The 1065A model version of this meter has a 6½ Digit Display.
Hey Scullcom Hobby Electronics! I've just started a channel where I work with electronics. But I discovered that it's really hard to het the ball rolling. Can you tell about me on your channel? It would really help me a lot! :)
See you!
~electromenLED
Wow that is a very nice piece of gear ! I have a few vintage calculators with the same kind of display, they are just beautifull.
Datron made a range of precision multimeters all of which were very well constructed. Access for servicing was first class and they used IC sockets on all IC's making it easy to replace.
Wow. Had one of those in my electronics test lab back in the day!
The black Hamlin Relays are Reed Relays - not solid state. Nice to see a walk through on this. I worked for Datron in the US (Florida) plant when these units were made. These were a budget meter and were the least expensive in the range at the time
Thanks for your work, relay enjoying your tear downs.
Wow. That's a nice instrument! A small thing i would like to note is that the hamlin relays in the input switching is not solid-state. They are Series-700 reed-relays. That Plasma-displays is a work of art. I have some 2-digit ones (SP-352) here in my "Nixie"-parts bin, which is bog standard compared to that display.
+zaprodk Thanks for your comments.
You have a high quality vintage electronics p*rn and you don't try it? It was nice seeing it inside, but I'm curious how good does it perform after all these years. How close is the cal data? If you calibrate it will it do accurate measurements like it was new or the analog part of it drifted too much?
Really good video. Thanks.
Why is it called 'autocal'? Does it have a one-click program to automatically sequence through the calibration process if you supply the traceable standards?
The meters can be calibrated using a GPIB (IEEE-488) bus connected calibrator and a sort of program to do most of the calibration automatically. A big plus is that the meters can be calibrated "in-situ" - saving a lot of time for calibration.
Hi, do you think that £100 is a good deal for functional one of theses today ? (to buy)...cheers.
I've have one of these meters, have had it for around 8 years but have yet been unable to get hold of the manuals for it. Do you know of a source for these manuals.
you don't need them. sell it to me :)