[sdiy] A Frequency Standard for Poor People?

[James Patchell]

Actually, the only time I use a DMM is when I am tuning oscillators.  (I 
always make sure I am making a 1 volt per octave pitch change).  I would 
agree with Harry that a Scope is by far the most useful tool for DIY, if 
you have to choose.  If you are going to be tuning VCOs, I would however 
recommend the purchase of at least a 4 1/2 digit DMM.  If you are not going 
to be doing any critical tuning...heck, you probably could just use the 
scope for doing voltage measurements.

At 11:02 PM 12/17/2003 -0500, harrybissell wrote:

>You may be able to effect simple repairs with just a DMM, or possibly assemble
>simple
>AND well engineered kits with a DMM.
>
>Almost ANY other DIY work is going to require a scope. Even a cheap, 
>uncalibrated
>scope will often show you exactly why a circuit does not function / function
>properly...
>where a DMM will show you nothing (or worse... the wrong thing).  In fact 
>I seldom
>use
>a DMM in my DIY work... the scope lives on the bench.  A quick check will 
>show that
>
>H^) harry
>
> >
> >

         -Jim
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