From: ehsjr on 17 Nov 2009 10:55 Gloria West wrote: > Some DMM manufacturers state that the display of a meter is "6000 count" > capacity. > > With all those 4 digits, the display could show 9999. > > Why is it called "6000 count"? > > <http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=- > 1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=1537336> > > Thank you. > David Jones does a nice job explaining counts in his EEVblog. See: http://www.eevblog.com/2009/08/21/eevblog-26-multimeter-counts-accuracy-resolution-calibration/ or, if the line wrap in the above causes trouble: http://www.eevblog.com/2009/08/ then look at EEVblog #26 - Multimeter Counts, Accuracy, Resolution & Calibration Ed |