[Blindtlk] NFB’s talking DMM

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

what's the point?
if you use a gator clip-banana plug wire, you don't get to hit the button to 
hear the value.
you can easily crimp the barrel of a gator clip down far enough that it will 
stay on the test probe if you want a gator clip tip.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] NFB’s talking DMM


>I needed a new DMM anyway, so I ordered the talking one from the NFB’s 
>Independence Market.  It comes with pretty scant printed documentation (a 
>single sheet) in very small print Engrish, marking the product as most 
>definitely made in China.  The specs tell me it is quite adequate to the 
>task I bought it for, but I’m a wondering about the test leads.
>
> They aren’t using standard banana plugs, which makes sense given the talk 
> button and LED in each probe.  But the connector looks like it will still 
> accept a standard banana plug.  Looks can be deceiving though (yes, it’s 
> true even if you’re blind!) and I’d rather not cook my new meter just yet! 
> *grin*
>
> Clearly the LED pins can be at least shorted, since the talk button does 
> exactly that.  But a normal banana plug might or might not short them to 
> the test lead as well.
>
> Has anybody let out the magic smoke doing it?  *grin*
>
> Joseph - KF7QZC
>
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