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*Who uses the Fluke 45? Can you give me a practical example of its use in the real world? [[User:Hiralious|Hiralious]] 13:56, 9 September 2009 (EDT)

**We use the Fluke 45 in the BME153 and BME154 laboratories. 
::The Fluke 45 is a very nice, professional quality multimeter. Pretty much anyone doing electronic hardware development would use it out in the real world. It might also be used in electronic production to test components and systems before releasing them to customers. This multimeter (and many others like it) has a computer interface. 

::Electricians might use a meter with similar functions when, say, wiring a building, but they would probably use a more portable meter. The portability would come at the price of poorer accuracy and precision than the Fluke 45. The Fluke 45 is a "benchtop" meter meant for critical measurements. 

::The Fluke 45, and many other meters like it, has a computer interface. Someone could write software on a computer to send commands to the multimeter. Commands would be something like, "Measure voltage. Tell me what that voltage is." 

::Here's your practical use: We were assembling a lab bench one day, and were planning to put several pieces of equipment on one small power strip. The small power strip could only supply a limited amount of power, and we absolutely had to use it. So we had to make sure that our equipment would not overload the strip. I used the Fluke 45 to measure the amount of current drawn by each piece of equipment. [[User:matthewb|matthewb]] ??:??, 9 1/2 September 2009 (EDT)

** The Fluke 45 is a part of the instrumentation that folks in [[BME 153]] learn about.  It's a digital multimeter, so for a practical example, an engineer troubleshooting an electrical problem in a lab might use its ability to measure voltages to see whether or not the voltages in a particular circuit are what they are supposed to be.  It is a flexible diagnostic tool with respect to electrical measurements.  [[User:DukeEgr93|DukeEgr93]] 18:33, 9 September 2009 (EDT)