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

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73
Hank WD5JFR

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

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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.

nesesu wrote:

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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

"msg" wrote in message
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nesesu wrote:

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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

...

On Mar 19, 2:14 am, "xpyttl" wrote:
"msg" wrote in message

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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.

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

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

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

"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

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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

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.