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Subject: Re: [motm] Frequency counter

From: Max Lord <lord@...>
Date: 2004-04-26

Thanks for all the recommendations.

That sounds like overkill all right. If the runty anachronism that I picked
up for a tenth of that doesn't do the trick, I'll look into one of these.

Cheers

Max


On 4/24/04 1:49 AM, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
> You need a counter with a 'reciprocal time base'. Instead of gating/counting
> pulses, it measures the ∗period∗ of the waveform and ∗calculates∗ the
> frequency.
> In typical MOTM overkill fashion, I use a Philips/Fluke model PM6666 counter
> which can measure down to 0.001Hz :) and at 0.1Hz resolution make 1,000
> measurements/sec :))
>
> This is a 10yr old model, I paid about $900 new but eBay has them every now
> and
> then for like $350.
>
> Paul S.