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Product Comparison - Digital Multimeters, Voltmeters

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34410A
34411A
34401A
3458A
34970A1
34420A

Type
DMM
6 ½ digit dual display
DMM
6 ½ digit dual display w/ waveform capture

DMM
6 ½ digit
DMM
8 ½ digit
Data Logger / scanning DMM
6 ½ digit

Nanovolt /
micro-ohm meter
7 ½ digit

Basic Measurements

 

Additional Measurements

 

Temperature
dc & ac voltage, dc & ac current, 2 & 4 wire resistance, frequency & period
dc voltage, 2 & 4 wire resistance, low power resistance, ratio
Continuity, diode test, capacitance, data logging Continuity, diode test 3 true RMS modes, ratio, digitizing Scanning 20 to 60 2-wire channels 2 channels - ratio and difference
Thermistor, RTD

N/A

Thermistor, RTD

 Thermocouple, RTD, Thermistor

Direct SPRT, RTD, Thermistor, Thermocouple

dcV Accuracy2
±(% of reading + % of range)
.003000 + 0.0005

.003000 + 0.0005


0.0008 + 0.000005
(.0004 + .000005)3

 0.0035 + 0.0005 0.003 + 0.0004

acV Accuracy4
±(% of reading + % of range)
0.06 + 0.03

0.06 + 0.03

0.007 + 0.002

 0.06 + 0.04 N/A

Resistance Accuracy5
±(% of reading + % of range)

0.010 + 0.001

0.010 + 0.001

0.0010 + 0.00005

 0.010 + 0.001 0.006 + 0.0002
Math Functions Null (set independently for each function), statistics, dBm, dB, limit test. Peak, peak to peak for DCV on second display Null, statistics, dBm, dB, limit test Null, statistics, dBm, dB, limit test, scale, offset, filter, % error Null, statistics, limit test, scale, offset Null, statistics, dBm, dB, limit, test, scale, offset, filter, moving avg. filter
Reading Memory Non-volatile: 50 K Non-volatile: 50 K
Volatile: 1 M 		Volatile: 512

Volatile: 74 K
Option 001

Volatile: 1024 Volatile: 512
Connectivity LAN, USB 2.0, and GPIB IntuiLink software GPIB, RS232 IntuiLink software GPIB GPIB, RS232 BenchLink Data Logger software GPIB, RS232 IntuiLink software

Measurement Speed


 5 ½ digits:
10,000 readings/sec.		 5 ½ digits:
10,000 readings/sec.
4 ½ digits:
50,000 readings/sec.

4 ½ digits:
1,000 readings/sec.

4 ½ digits:
100,000 readings/sec.

 Single channel: 490 readings/sec.
Scanning: 250 readings/sec. 		4 ½ digits:
250 readings/sec.

(1) Requires plug-in modules. 34970A has three slots and 8 modules to choose from (34901A, 34902A, 34903A, 34904A, 34905A, 34906A, 34907A, 34908A)
(2) dcV accuracy; 1yr, 10V range
(3) dcV accuracy with optional high stability reference (option 3458-002)
(4) acV accuracy; 1yr, 10V range, 10Hz to 20 kHz, (3458A 40Hz to 1 kHz)
(5) Resistance accuracy; 1yr, 4 wire-ohm, 100 k-ohm range, (34420A 10k-ohm range)

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