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Re: [motm] Frequency counter

2004-04-26 by Max Lord

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.

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