Pocket Autoranging Digital Multimeter

SKU: ADA850 Brand: Adafruit

Retired Product

Replaced by: 018-06-VC921
This product has been replaced by: 018-06-VC921
This product is no longer available. This page is only for reference.

When Adafruit are on the go, they like to keep a multimeter in their purse and this model is by far the best pocket meter Adafruit have found. It's so good you'll end up using it as your main multimeter!

First up, this meter can measure nearly everything: it's got DC and AC voltage, resistance, diode, and beeping continuity test, capacitance, and frequency.

And that's not all! It's also auto-ranging, has a data-hold button and turns itself off automatically after about 15 minutes to preserve the battery life. There's a PTC auto-resetting fuse inside for the current sensing side, so you never have to replace it.

Adafruit's favorite part is the nice hard-shell case which will protect the meter and will remind you to turn it off (it won't close properly if the switch isn't in the off position) and a smart cord-wrapping area to keep the leads from unwrapping and poking holes in stuff. Runs on two AA batteries that are included!  This is a really nice pocket multimeter!

Technical Details

Revision History:
  * As of Oct 28. 2014 Adafruit are shipping a Victor model as the previous model was discontinued. This new model looks different but has the same capabilities!

  • Dimensions: 121mm x 80mm x 20mm / 4.8" x 3.1" x 0.8"
  • Cables are each 390mm / 15.4"
  • Weight: 133 grams
  • CE category Cat II 300V
  • Measures 3 times per second
  • Operating Temperatures: 0°lC-40°C
  • Max display: 3999
  • Auto-range
  • Diode Test
  • Continuity with Beep
  • Data Hold
  • Symbol Display
  • Auto Off
  • Low Battery Indicator

DC Voltage

  • 400mV / 4V / 40V / 400V / 600V
  • Accuracy: ± (0.8% + 5) 

AC voltage

  • 400mV / 4V / 40V / 400V / 600V
  • Accuracy: ± (1.2% + 5)

Resistance

  • 400Ω / 4kΩ / 40kΩ / 400kΩ / 4MΩ / 40MΩ
  • Accuracy: ± (0.8% + 5)    

Capacitance

  • 40nF / 400nF / 4uF / 400uF
  • Accuracy: ± (2.5% + 10)    

Frequency

  • 100Hz / 1kHz / 10kHz / 100kHz / 1MHz / 10MHz
  • Accuracy: ± (0.5% + 4)   

Input impedance 10MΩ  

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