Voltcraft VC-820
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The Voltcraft VC-820 is a 4000 counts, CAT III (1000V) / CAT IV (600V) handheld digital multimeter with RS232 or USB connectivity.
Hardware
Multimeter:
- Multimeter IC: Fortune Semiconductor FS9721_LP3 (datasheet)
- Crystal: 4MHz
- Fuses: 10A/250V and 500mA/250V (glass fuses)
RS232 cable:
USB cable:
Photos
Multimeter:
RS232 cable:
See Device cables#UNI-T_UT-D01.
USB cable:
See Device cables#UNI-T_UT-D04.
Protocol
The connection to the PC is done using a cable which converts the optical signal (IR) on the multimeter to RS232.
The serial connection uses 2400 baud (hardcoded, cannot be changed) with 8n1 settings. The multimeter transmits 14-byte data packets periodically, the host can not send any commands whatsoever, only read the transmitted data.
A short protocol description is available from Voltcraft/Conrad.