Victor 70C

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Victor 70C

The Victor 70C is a 4000 counts, CAT II handheld digital multimeter with USB connectivity. It is also sold as the EZA EZ-735.

See Victor 70C/Info for more details (such as lsusb -vvv output) about the device.

Hardware

Photos

  • Device, front

  • PCB, front

  • PCB, bottom

  • DMM/LCD chip

  • NXP HEF4066BT

  • Microchip TC7660E

  • TI 27L2C

  • LCD

Protocol

The device registers on the USB host as a HID-class device ("Boot Interface" subclass), see lsusb. Note: The USB/HID chip is in the multimeter (not in the USB cable/connector) for this device. The device is connected to the PC using a standard USB cable (without any internal logic/chip).

The protocol payload is 14 bytes of data which can be read from endpoint 1, at no more than 1 Hz.

The 14-byte chunk is somewhat obfuscated. To deobfuscate, subtract the ASCII value of the following string from each of the 14 bytes in turn: jodenxunickxia. Then reshuffle the bytes into different positions, according to the following table:

Original position  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13
Final position  6 13  5 11  2  7  9  8  3 10 12  0  4  1

The deobfuscated payload is then structured as follows:

Byte Bit Value
0 Unused (always contains 0x50).
1 Unused (always contains 0xb0).
2 Flags.
0 Minus.
1-7 Unused.
3 Major measurement modes.
0 Voltage measurement mode, combined with AC or DC flags in byte 6. In combination with the Diode flag in byte 4, signifies diode testing mode.
1 Current measurement mode, combined with AC or DC flags in byte 6.
2 Resistance measurement mode. In combination with the Continuity flag in byte 4, signifies continuity testing mode.
3 Unused.
4 Frequency measurement mode.
5 Capacitance measurement mode.
6 Temperature measurement mode, in degrees Celcius.
7 Temperature measurement mode, in Fahrenheit.
4 Value factors and extra measurement modes.
0 µ (Micro).
1 m (Milli).
2 k (Kilo).
3 M (Mega).
4 Continuity (in combination with resistance mode in byte 3).
5 Diode (in combination with voltage mode in byte 3).
6 Duty cycle measurement mode.
7 Unused.
5 Extra flags and value factors.
0 Unused.
1 Unused.
2 Max measurement mode.
3 Min measurement mode.
4 Unused.
5 Unused.
6 n (Nano).
7 Unused.
6 Flags.
0 Unused.
1 Unused.
2 Auto-ranging mode.
3 DC measurement.
4 AC measurement.
5 Relative measurement.
6 Hold mode.
7 Unused.
7 Decimal point position.
0 No decimal point.
1 Rightmost (1 digit after point).
2 Middle (2 digits after point).
3 Leftmost (3 digits after point).
4 Unused.
5 Unused.
6 Unused.
7 Unused.
8 Unused (always contains 0x04).
9 Least significant digit on display.
10 Second digit from right.
11 Second digit from left.
12 Most significant digit.
13 Unused (always contains 0xd4).

Resources

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