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DMM at Lidl from Thursday this week

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4candles:
My trusty old Maplin soldiers on, but sometimes it's handy to have two, and this looks pretty decent for the price.
Looks from the illustration to have 4mm (banana) sockets, which I like on a meter.


https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?articleId=10610

phi2008:
Positive comment from EEVBlog member -

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/what-an-oddity-the-powerfix-profi-digital-multimeter!/

sevenlayermuddle:
Certainly looks good, and always amazed at how cheaply such things can be sold.

It has set me thinking, does anybody else remember a DVM from Sinclair (or was it Heathkit) late 1970s, probably retailing at a price similar to a contemporary colour TV?   Not sure if it was a diy kit, or ready made.  Anyway, the point was, even though logic chips were already ten a penny, and medium scale integration quite common in calculators, the device I recollect was built entirely using discreet components, individual transistors.    :o

A few minutes on Google has failed to find any evidence of said device.   Is it just another figment of my imagination?   ???

@4Candles, apols for verging slightly off topic.  Will gladly delete and repost as a new thread, if requested. :)

4candles:
@7LM   Och, nae botha - the info is in the OP.


Can't help on the DVM. I can remember various digital devices of the period, but not any comprising entirely discrete components.
I do remember in the mid 70s my brother-in-law paying around £40 for a very basic CBM LED calculator for his cricket statistics!

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