Agilent U1272A vs U1273A: The Sunshine Test

16 Jul 2014

I happened to be out back filming content for my summer project, tThe Electronic Referee and I needed to check a voltage on my test rig, I had a choice of an OLED meter or the LCD

I decided to video a quick test to see which is most usable in the sunshine. Indoors the OLED is an excellent and readable meter. Specification wise of course there both the same aside from battery life

So here is my findings

Enjoy

Peter

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jadew over 10 years ago +1

Very good post! Yet another reason to choose the U1272A over the U1273A. I agree that it looks nice indoors, but I'm not sure it's worth the compromise, especially since it suffers from the shorter battery…
Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1 +1

must have been alfred

Robert Peter Oakes over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

must have been alfred
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mcb1 over 10 years ago

Nice post.
Never would have thought about that.

Mark
PS who was the body double ... he wasn't wearing the mask.
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jadew over 10 years ago

Very good post!

Yet another reason to choose the U1272A over the U1273A. I agree that it looks nice indoors, but I'm not sure it's worth the compromise, especially since it suffers from the shorter battery life issue as well.

Edit: Was the grand prize for the 33622A RoadTest awarded, or you just happened to have a U1273A around? There were no announcements made in this regard, but the deadline has long passed, which is why I'm asking.

Razvan
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shabaz over 11 years ago

Hi Peter,

Good post! My phone is not so great outdoors either, with it's OLED display :-(
However, I suspect indoors the story might be completely reversed. OLED will probably be viewable from a distance, whereas the reflective LCD might not with it's more limited contrast.
Also, as I understand, LCDs may not work as well in cold conditions.
I hear there used to be analog dials, and they used to work very well in all conditions ;-)
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DAB over 11 years ago

Hi Peter,

Another great post.
I am with you, I would have thought the OLED would be better, but as your video shows, LCD is best for outside use.
Good information to know if you need to work outside, though where I live, the sun only shines that bright on a few days of the year.
Us Midwesterners live under a lot of clouds.

DAB
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