What is a 6000 count multimeter

What is a 6000 count multimeter

In general, this means that any value above 6000 on the display will cause the multimeter to go down one place.

Let's take an example that will better illustrate the process: take a 6000 times multimeter and measure the voltage on a circuit board, for example in the DC voltage selection.

All voltages below 6V are displayed to 3 decimal places. Example 3.312 or 4.998. Once the voltage rises to 6V or higher, the multimeter drops to one decimal place. So if you have a 7V signal on your board it may read something like 7.12V or similar. By analogy, voltages below 59.99V are shown with two digits .... and if the voltage goes up, the multimeter goes down another digit: 70.2V or 230.2V .......

The same is true for all other options. Basically, it says that the multimeter cannot display more than 6000.

I hope this makes sense.

A/D converter type digital meters typically use a counter that counts in proportion to the voltage. The size of the counter determines its resolution.

When selecting the scale or range of the meter, a scaler is chosen to ensure that the entire range of signals will give that number of counts. With the scale on the right, the scale can be displayed by simply moving the decimal point.

A typical meter usually counts to 2000 (i.e., actually counts from 0 to 1999), so the range is usually 200.0 mV, 2000V, 20.00V, 200.0V, and 2000V.

The 6000 meter has a larger register and its range is usually about 600.0 millivolts, 6000 volts, 60.00 volts and 600.0 volts.

The additional meter reading is better for some people, especially when measuring between 2 and 6 volts, as a 5 volt sensor will read 3.45 on a 2000 meter, but 3.456 on a 6000 meter.

On the other hand, if your voltage is usually 2 volts, it does you no good in terms of resolution, since the 2000 meter reads 1.234 volts and the 6000 meter also reads 1.234 volts.