DSE ESR meters for A$12.50 now?

No! :)

Bob

Crikey, they'll be tossing them in the dumpster next! There are other kits which have also been slashed in half again from their already slashed prices.

Dave :)

Only by order via web. Add $9.90 postage, total price is $22.45. Price in store -- $24.95

I just came back from the store -- they will not sell at $12.50.

Rudolf

"Bob Parker"

....... Phil

or my AVR SimmStick:

BTW All my SimmStick gear is now going out at 50% off.

Don...

That is one handy little oscillator! Mine gets used on a regular basis. In fact it's the only audio oscillator I've got because it does everything I need.

Bob

Thanks for finding the 'hidden catch'.

Bob

BTW

How many Z86 ..... processors have you programmed for the ESR meter now ?

...... Phil

It sure is. :-)

About 14,700 according to my records....

Bob

In

now ?

Bloody hell. Did you do all those one at a time, or do you have a programmer "farm"?

That's spread out from about December 1995 until now. An average of only about 1,300 per year which is manageable. :)

Bob, I called DSC to order the 50 ESR meters and they are sold out and will not get any more. Some of the stores have the esr meters and when they sell them, that the end of the esr meter.

"CLARENCE CLAY" wrote in news:0kHCh.1547$4J4.486@trnddc01:

An older guy at DSE where I bought my ESR meter told me that they were obsoleting all Dick Smith branded kits and only keeping the Silicon Chip ones ongoing, FWIW.

Hi Clarence .... been a long time since we were in contact. Nice to hear from you. :) Thanks for the info, Geoff. I'm trying to find out for certain whether or not DSE intends to ever make any more ESR meter kits. If not (which looks likely), me and John's Jukes in Canada are going to have to work out a way of going into production ourselves. We've been running a 'poll' to see how many people prefer building an ESR meter from a kit, relative to how many are looking for a ready-to-go instrument. So far, nearly 85% of people want it to be a kit! Who said kit construction's a thing of the past? :) The poll's at

Bob

Sure that's what they say, but if a fully built (in China) version and kit were available at the same price (which would be the case if volume was high enough) then you would soon find the ready made outselling the kit ten to one, if not 100:1 or more. (just as with *most* electronic items these days)

But yes, people with enough knowledge to use an ESR meter, will happily build one *IF* they are sufficiently cheaper than the commercially available versions.

MrT.

I m pleased to say I brought mine last Xmas and finally getting soem use out of it. Thanks BOB you were really helpfull with the screen print which rubbed of.... Jon V

No worries ... glad to help out. :)

Cheers Bob