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USB Multimeter for Temp ??
I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1
mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
On Mar 16, 12:39*pm, "Henry Kolesnik"
wrote: I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. *If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. *I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR I too am looking for a voltage data logger with USB output and software. I can find some fairly inexpensive thermal loggers like this, but nothing that is, say, a 200mV input logger. The thermal ones I have seen look like a USB memory stick. Neil S. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx Why tie up the multimeter.. This does not look bad: http://www.microdaq.com/lascar/usb_t...ple_logger.php But if you insist: http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/...0&cc=US&lc=eng |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Radio Shack has one for $70 but it's RS 232 and Amazon sells one for $65
but the reviews aren't that great. Lets see what others scare up.. Hank "Fred Bloggs" wrote in message ... I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx Why tie up the multimeter.. This does not look bad: http://www.microdaq.com/lascar/usb_t...ple_logger.php But if you insist: http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/...0&cc=US&lc=eng |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Henry Kolesnik wrote: Radio Shack has one for $70 but it's RS 232 and Amazon sells one for $65 but the reviews aren't that great. Lets see what others scare up.. Hank "Fred Bloggs" wrote in message ... I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx Why tie up the multimeter.. This does not look bad: http://www.microdaq.com/lascar/usb_t...ple_logger.php But if you insist: http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/...0&cc=US&lc=eng Here's what $40 gets you, note the limited measurement range and sample frequency: http://www.logicbeach.com/pdf/EL-USB-Lite.pdf |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
On Mar 17, 6:39 am, "Henry Kolesnik"
wrote: I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx These may be the best solution, if you don't need real-time updating on the PC. http://www.maxim-ic.com/products/ibu...hermochron.cfm I used a bunch of them to evaluate a Solar Air Heater I designed (http://www.solarsponge.com), along with other passive cooling and heating aspects of my home. You can use as many as you want and actually get thermal mappings of a space. i.e. suspend then at different heights in a room and get a map of the temperature layers. I've put then in air ducts, in water, as contact thermometers etc Infinitely better than a PC and a multimeter. Dave. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
nesesu wrote:
snip Wow this is promiscuously cross-posted... I too am looking for a voltage data logger with USB output and software. I can find some fairly inexpensive thermal loggers like this, but nothing that is, say, a 200mV input logger. The thermal ones I have seen look like a USB memory stick. Where you can install a computer, one could use 1-Wire devices and software like 'digitemp' or roll-your-own. For standalone, I have used educational data loggers like the TI CBL and serial-port interfaced loggers from the likes of DH, Vernier or Fourier, which for the more general purpose models include a 200mv range. Michael |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
"Fred Bloggs" wrote in message
... Henry Kolesnik wrote: Radio Shack has one for $70 but it's RS 232 and Amazon sells one for $65 but the reviews aren't that great. Lets see what others scare up.. Hank "Fred Bloggs" wrote in message ... I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx Why tie up the multimeter.. This does not look bad: http://www.microdaq.com/lascar/usb_t...ple_logger.php But if you insist: http://www.home.agilent.com/agilent/...0&cc=US&lc=eng Here's what $40 gets you, note the limited measurement range and sample frequency: http://www.logicbeach.com/pdf/EL-USB-Lite.pdf I like the Microdaq unit. Good price, good value. A couple cheaper units, pretty good prices: http://www.weathershop.com/USB1_temperature_logger.htm. $59.95 USD. Includes software, temperature range from -25 to +80°C. Logging intervals from 10 seconds to 12 hours and capacity of more than 16,000 readings. Omega has what appears to be the same unit as above, @$60 USD. http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=om-el-usb-1 -- Dave M MasonDG44 at comcast dot net (Just substitute the appropriate characters in the address) "In theory, there isn't any difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." - Yogi Berra |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message . ..
I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR Omega has the OM-62, standalone. I've worked with one, stick it where you want, then download the data. Temp dew point and RH. http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-62&nav=DASE01 Cheers |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Wow, my options are getting better and better..
Please keep sending them in.. thanks 73 Hank WD5JFR "Martin Riddle" wrote in message news:C7iDj.6903$FK1.4379@trndny08... "Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message . .. I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR Omega has the OM-62, standalone. I've worked with one, stick it where you want, then download the data. Temp dew point and RH. http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-62&nav=DASE01 Cheers |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
On Mar 17, 10:33 am, "Martin Riddle" wrote:
"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in gy.net... I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR Omega has the OM-62, standalone. I've worked with one, stick it where you want, then download the data. Temp dew point and RH.http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-62&nav=DASE01 Cheers The Themrochron iButtons are a much sexier solution. Only $25ea, have up to a 10 year battery life, are waterproof, and are only the size a few stacked coins. https://shop.maxim-ic.com/storefront...ndAvailability http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/4023 Serial and USB readers are available, and data can be exported to Excel etc. You can get little plastic tags to attach them to to things too. I hang one off my harness when I go canyoning, to log the water temp. Dave. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Henry Kolesnik wrote: I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR I was also working on a project which required temperature to be monitored in many discrete points, over a period of time. There's several options, but I believe the best to be as below: http://www.logtagrecorders.com/ These are cheap, simple, accurate enough, easy to use, and pretty much perfect for your application. The previous generation of logger we used (ACR) were about $800 per unit, and these do basically the same thing for $30 a piece. Thank you China! It would be prudent to buy several, and put them in different spots so you can also evaluate temperature variations. I think it will save you time, and get you better and more useful data if you go with this approach rather than trying to use a general purpose multimeter. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Henry Kolesnik wrote:
I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx the Fluke 289 series has a nice trending graph in it and if you want to link it to the PC, it has an IR port which many laptops have..including desktops. I own a 289, I like it. It can do up to 200 hours of recording and data can be read back in a chart etc.. -- http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5" |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Henry Kolesnik wrote:
Wow, my options are getting better and better.. Please keep sending them in.. thanks 73 Hank WD5JFR 73 Hank WD5JFR Omega has the OM-62, standalone. I've worked with one, stick it where you want, then download the data. Temp dew point and RH. http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-62&nav=DASE01 Cheers Check that out. It can computer link of show the data on it's own VGA screen along with saving it for later viewing. http://us.fluke.com/usen/products/Fluke+289.htm http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5" |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
there is a plethora of data collection cards, I'd start there - why USB and
not PCI? anyway, not my problem - do a search for "data collection cards" you will find thngs like this www.superlogics.com/usb.asp "Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message . .. I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:35:04 -0700 (PDT), "David L. Jones"
wrote: On Mar 17, 10:33 am, "Martin Riddle" wrote: "Henry Kolesnik" wrote in gy.net... I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx -- 73 Hank WD5JFR Omega has the OM-62, standalone. I've worked with one, stick it where you want, then download the data. Temp dew point and RH.http://www.omega.com/ppt/pptsc.asp?ref=OM-62&nav=DASE01 Cheers The Themrochron iButtons are a much sexier solution. Only $25ea, have up to a 10 year battery life, are waterproof, and are only the size a few stacked coins. https://shop.maxim-ic.com/storefront...ndAvailability http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/4023 Serial and USB readers are available, and data can be exported to Excel etc. You can get little plastic tags to attach them to to things too. I hang one off my harness when I go canyoning, to log the water temp. Dave. Those are pretty cool I read about one sending them aloft in a model rocket nose cone and doing temperature measurements during the rockets flight. Gary K8IZ |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Found another option which may be the least expensive and that is a
DataWatch Elite M2000 temperature logger with LCD display and is RS232 but works with a conversion cable to USB. Come with software and can store 1,868 samples, sampling at 1 to 255 minutes with a real-time clock, -40F to +158F. Cost $45.00.. Replaceable lithium cell runs it for a year. I have a PDF spec sheet if anyone wants it, let know. -- 73 Hank WD5JFR "Jamie" t wrote in message ... Henry Kolesnik wrote: I have a Fluke 87 and a Fluke 80T-150 temperature probe that outputs 1 mV/deg F....but I'm getting lazy... I'd like to find a reasonably priced but accurate and durable multimeter with a USB interface and software so I can log temp with some kind of time stamp using my Fluke temp probe. If someone experience with any I'd like to know what's available new and used. I'm attempting to evaluate some insulation and thermal mass for a passive solar home design. tnx the Fluke 289 series has a nice trending graph in it and if you want to link it to the PC, it has an IR port which many laptops have..including desktops. I own a 289, I like it. It can do up to 200 hours of recording and data can be read back in a chart etc.. -- http://webpages.charter.net/jamie_5" |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Henry Kolesnik wrote:
Found another option which may be the least expensive and that is a DataWatch Elite M2000 temperature logger with LCD display and is RS232 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Google can't find it, how about a link ? donald but works with a conversion cable to USB. Come with software and can store 1,868 samples, sampling at 1 to 255 minutes with a real-time clock, -40F to +158F. Cost $45.00.. Replaceable lithium cell runs it for a year. I have a PDF spec sheet if anyone wants it, let know. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
"William Noble" wrote in message .. . there is a plethora of data collection cards, I'd start there - why USB and not PCI? anyway, not my problem - do a search for "data collection cards" PCI is going away if not already completely gone on new PCs, USB will be here for quite a while in some form. USB also allows you to easily move the device from one PC to another, and connect it to laptops. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
Donald
ask for one at www.global-sensors.com , they'll send you a PDF hank "donald" wrote in message . .. Henry Kolesnik wrote: Found another option which may be the least expensive and that is a DataWatch Elite M2000 temperature logger with LCD display and is RS232 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Google can't find it, how about a link ? donald but works with a conversion cable to USB. Come with software and can store 1,868 samples, sampling at 1 to 255 minutes with a real-time clock, -40F to +158F. Cost $45.00.. Replaceable lithium cell runs it for a year. I have a PDF spec sheet if anyone wants it, let know. |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
"msg" wrote in message ... nesesu wrote: snip Wow this is promiscuously cross-posted... Thanks for pointing that out. I was about to say that this is rec.radio.amateur.homebrew so why not build something. But apparently, it's just buckshot ... |
USB Multimeter for Temp ??
On Mar 19, 2:14 am, "xpyttl" wrote:
"msg" wrote in message ... nesesu wrote: snip Wow this is promiscuously cross-posted... Thanks for pointing that out. I was about to say that this is rec.radio.amateur.homebrew so why not build something. But apparently, it's just buckshot .. hey, loosen up - the thread has been a good tutorial of whats available, where to get it, applications, and a nice link to a homebrew heating project. (Which, BTW, was published in a local magazine notorious for NOT publishing anything that needed more than a hammer to assemble...) What more do you want? - how to carve them yourself out of a block of germanium? Andrew VK3BFA. |
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