[sdiy] FW: is my 1Vdc the same as your 1Vdc? (was: My latest 'DIY' project)

[Ben Riggs]

Was actually implying that just cause the meter says 06.000,0 VDC doesn't
mean it *is* 6.0000 VDC. Can guarantee that if everyone else here took the
same measurement at that precision with our meters, the measurement would be
different.

so whose meter is accurate? Whose method of measuring voltage is most
accurate?

I believe you that your MIDI->CV converter AND your meter is stable and
predictable at that precision, but absolutely spot-on accurate, I'm not too
sure of.

My question to the group is, at what level of precision do we (in sdiy) stop
caring about accuracy? ie. if my meter says 1.0001 Vdc, and yours says
0.9999 Vdc do we really care which one of us is more accurate?

Ben.

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Schreiber [mailto:synth1 at airmail.net] 
Sent: Sunday, 9 October 2005 12:29 AM
To: Ben Riggs; 'synthDIY'
Subject: Re: [sdiy] My latest 'DIY' project

> Looks very nice... but I never believe anyone (even someone of your
> reputation, sorry) when they claim something to be accurate at that many
> digits of precision. But I'm just being picky and annoying.
>

It's a matter of simply willing to *pay* for this level of accuracy.