Digital Multimeters
Modern designs demand modern measurements
Measure with Unquestioned Confidence
When designing a product, you should not worry about the quality of your measurements. Instead, your focus has to be on the quality of your design. Our digital multimeters are all built for reliably accurate measurement every time. They come with built-in technology that eliminates extraneous noise factors from the true measurement to make a big difference to your accuracy. Keysight delivers digital multimeters with a good balance of measurement resolution, linearity, and accuracy, all derived and guaranteed per ISO/IEC 17025 industry standards.
Which Keysight Digital Multimeter is Best For You?
Keysight's digital multimeter family offers exceptional performance and reliability from 3.5 to 8.5 digits resolution with speeds up to 100,000 readings/sec, and available in handheld or bench applications. With a Keysight digital multimeter you can:
- Increase productivity by providing insights beyond numbers, with trend charts and histograms on a graphical display
- Deliver the highest performing products your customers can rely on with unrivaled DCV accuracy up to 4 ppm
- Automate and document test results without programming with BenchVue or the Handheld Meter Logger software
Industry’s Leading-Edge DCV Linearity Accuracy and Lowest Internal Noise
The Keysight 3458A digital multimeter (8.5 digits) has been the industry’s benchmark for its remarkable DC accuracy and stability. It is the tool for making precision measurements with the highest degree of accuracy, transfer standard for instrument calibration, or high throughput digital multimeter measurements in manufacturing.
Learn how to use the 3458A to perform automated or manual ratio measurements to determine the value and measurement uncertainty of an unknown voltage compared to a known reference voltage. In addition, learn how to minimize measurement errors by eliminating instrument-contributed errors or using metrology-grade transfer measurement procedures.
Digital Multimeter FAQ
What is a Digital Multimeter?
A multimeter refers to a measuring meter that make multiple types of measurements such as alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) voltage, AC or DC current, resistance, temperature, capacitance, and more parameters. A modern digital multimeter uses digital and logic technology to miniaturize and enable many features in its internal system. With digital technology, digital multimeters can have graphical displays, perform data logging and signal digitizing capabilities, programmability, and communicating with external devices.
How to Read a Digital Multimeter?
Most handheld or benchtop digital multimeters have measurement displays in digits. The number of digits on display usually corresponds to the level of resolution the digital multimeter can measure. Resolution is the level of detail that is quantifiable on a digital multimeter. Therefore, the higher the number of digital multimeter display digits, the higher the resolution. It is common to see handheld digital multimeters with display digits of 3.5 and 4.5 digits. Bench digital multimeters tend to have display digits of 5.5 digits, 6.5 digits, 7.5 digits, and even 8.5 digits. To learn more about the digits, accuracy, and resolution of a digital multimeter, please visit this blog by clicking the link below.
How to Use a Digital Multimeter?
A digital multimeter is a highly versatile test measurement tool because it can measure multiple types of signals. To learn more about how to make measurements such as voltage, current, 2-wire resistance, 4-wire resistance, capacitance, temperature, diode, continuity check, and the frequency of an oscillating signal, please visit our blog by clicking on the link below.
PathWave BenchVue Digital Multimeter Software
Remotely control your digital multimeters to quickly understand your measurements to optimize testing.
- Connect, control, display measurements, charts, tables, or histograms to correlate trends you might otherwise miss.
- Control multiple digital multimeters through the cloud.
- Visualize multiple types of instrument measurements simultaneously.
- Create automated test sequences quickly with minimal instrument knowledge.
- Receive KeysightCare software support subscription and license with each new instrument purchase.
Choosing a Benchtop Digital Multimeter
Digital multimeters are a key tool for many engineering benches. Like many of us, you may find it challenging to choose the digital multimeter that is right for you. It may mean the ability to measure the extra range, to gain better accuracy, or to measure the small transient signal that matters a lot. The right benchtop multimeter gives you the extra edge to come out with a product that is better than your competitors.
Extend Your Capabilities With The Right Tools
Technology is constantly changing. So too are the requirements engineers face. Get more functionality out of your existing hardware today by complementing it with the right accessories to improve productivity and the right Keysight PathWave design and test automation software to accelerate your product development.
BenchVue Software
Expand your digital multimeter capabilities with BenchVue's application software
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