John Navas wrote:

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:37:54 -0800, nospam wrote
in :

In article , SMS
wrote:

What bugs me is that anyone with an iota of technical competence can
in a matter of minutes determine the connectivity of a mini-USB cable
or a USB charger using only a $10 multimeter.

You're wrong. You can often buy digital multimeters for less than $2 at
Harbor Freight.

only if there's a harbor freight store nearby and if it's on sale.
that's not going to be the case for most people.

Not to mention the quality issue. There are some good things at HF, but
there's also a good deal of cheap crap.


Have you actually tested any of them, or are you just spitting out
more crap? Is your lab standard reference NIST traceable, and currently
certified, or are you just blowing more smoke? Do you have any idea
just how cheap .1% resistors are in OEM quantities? Or that the HF
meters use the same basic IC that the more expensive meters like Fluke
use? A lot of people on the electronics newsgroups have compared them
to expensive meters, and they are an excellent value.


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