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Teardown 121GW DMM

Jan Cumps
Jan Cumps over 3 years ago

The inside of an EEVBlog 121GW 4 4/5 digit multimeter. Just to see how it's built.

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The PCB, both sides:

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Housing and boot:

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  • navadeepganeshu
    navadeepganeshu over 3 years ago +4
    Owww,...first pic surprised me!! Very dense board and cool to see that Bluetooth chip in there. The display has a quite robust cover. Those were exactly the weak point of those cheap "yellow multimeter…
  • cheetat
    cheetat over 3 years ago +4
    1) Not too sure whether the schematic is up to date. I could see "Bluetooth Module(Not used)" stated in the schematic while the board clearly shows the BLE module is attached to the multimeter. BLE112…
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 3 years ago in reply to shabaz +3
    shabaz said: except the long pointy attachments are excessively long, and hard to use on the end of the already-long main probe body. I read in Pomona's datasheet that "Extended slide on tip adapter…
  • ravi kondeti
    ravi kondeti over 3 years ago

    Nice content, always interesting to see a breakdown

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  • cheetat
    cheetat over 3 years ago

    1) Not too sure whether the schematic is up to date. I could see "Bluetooth Module(Not used)" stated in the schematic while the board clearly shows the BLE module is attached to the multimeter. BLE112 (Bluetooth v4.0) is actually reaching its end of life (https://www.silabs.com/wireless/bluetooth/bluegiga-low-energy-legacy-modules/device.ble112) so the multimeter (or its subsequent units) maybe using a newer bluetooth module 

    2) Multimeter with Bluetooth is not yet a common feature available in the market (with some brands opt for other sort of cabled or wireless communications) but definitely a great addition to extract the data from the multimeter to smartphones or laptops.

    3) The meter itself is powered by 4xAA batteries whereby most of the multimeters are powered by 9V battery. It maybe the case that such configuration may allow it to last up to 500 hours (Fluke 87V which is one of the multimeter with long lasting battery life is rated only at 400 hours and it is using 9V battery).

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  • javagoza
    javagoza over 2 years ago

    Hello, is this method of checking the fuses indicated in the user manual valid for other DMMs?

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 2 years ago in reply to javagoza

    It is the only meter I ever owned, that explains it this way. I think it would work with other meters that have lead detection ...

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