On 12/20/2025 12:48 PM, Tony Miklos wrote:
Does anyone know/use a really fast autoranging meter? I'm looking at this one to try. (I didn't see a price yet) I think it takes .8 seconds to read but I got that spec somewhere else.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/fastest-dmm-ohm-autoranging- suggestion-fluke-177-hioki-dt4261-keysight-u1233a/
I'm so used to my ancient Beckman 310 being so quick, but it isn't auto- ranging, so that of course makes it slow if I have to turn the dial.
A follow up even though no one was interested :) I bought that meter and yes it auto ranges in .8 seconds for resistance, diode test, and voltage. Finally a fast autoranging DMM! I tried resistance on a dirty volume control and the bar graph looks like it's darn near instant. I bought it from Amazon so after I'm done scrutinizing it, if I don't like it I can return it.
One thing I didn't check out before buying it is the continuity test. Unfortunately, like every other meter I've used or asked about, they all show continuity and beep at up to 25 ohms (some even more). To me, that is a useless test. I think they should go down to at least 2 or 3 ohms before it senses continuity.