[sdiy] How much DMM accuracy do you need?

[cheater cheater]

Exactly. You don't need a super expensive DMM for setting up the
1V/Oct output of a midi-cv converter, just need to be able to use
other tools to the same effect...

What other situations require high accuracy? I guess low tolerance
resistors.. wonder whether there's a way to test those without a
perfect multimeter.

D.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Jay Schwichtenberg <jays at aracnet.com> wrote:
> I go sillyscope for course freq and a guitar tuner or by ear (providing I
> have a reference osc) for fine tuning. Getting instrumentation that could
> measure stuff as good as you want it is going to cost a lot.
>
> Jay S.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Justin Owen
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:08 AM
>> To: cheater cheater; synth-diy
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] How much DMM accuracy do you need?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cheater cheater [cheater00 at gmail.com]
>>
>> >OK. How much accuracy do you *really* need there?
>>
>> IMHO "need" is a relative term. I managed to build my first few
>> synths with no more test kit than a £5 logic probe and a £3 DMM
>> (which has since been replaced - but still gets used).
>>
>> The next few builds *needed* an oscilloscope - so I bought a 2nd
>> hand 20Mhz dual trace scope. I couldn't get by without it now and
>> I'm looking at buying a second, better, 4 trace scope.
>>
>> For my current project - there's no way I could complete it
>> properly without a dedicated frequency counter.
>>
>> Perhaps this is more of an observation than an answer... :)
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
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