The Flake Multimeter Watch - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 12:57:40 pm
content: This would get a million bucks on Kickstarter!Alexander Schmid is a genious:https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Vg4Zo5

author: robert.rozee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 02:23:31 pm
content: stainless steel back... now what could possibly go wrong there?cheers,rob :-)

author: BeBuLamar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 02:29:00 pm
content: Don't know if Fluke will file a lawsuit. Such a lawsuit does have some merit I think. Of course I am no lawyer. But the intend is clear that they tried to make you think it's a Fluke product.

author: gamalot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 02:41:01 pm
content: I have a suggestion that the useless reset button should be replaced with a current measurement input terminal.

author: Caliaxy
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 02:42:28 pm
content: Very rudimentary… I’ll wait for the model that uses your fingers as probes.

author: MadScientist
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 02:42:38 pm
content: It’s art. It’s not a product. Hence fluke has no case !!

author: med6753
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 03:16:56 pm
content: All I got to say is

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 03:26:27 pm
content: The specs are really good but I wouldn't get one because it doesn't have a CAT rating or HRC fuses.

author: Cymaphore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 03:36:13 pm
content: Shenzen-style that could actually be doable. Li Hong is probably already on it. Basically a circular version of theA3008PCB would do the trick. But the compartement for the hands would need to be less wasteful on the actual product. Flake already sounds like a genuine shenzen brand.

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 04:05:16 pm
content: I remember Homer Simpson buying a "Sorny" television at the local mega-discount store.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 04:29:31 pm
content: Quote from: BeBuLamar on July 04, 2021, 02:29:00 pm"They" is one guy showing off his 3D modelling skills. It's not a product, it's literally an advertisment for his modelling skills. Fluke should hire him.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 04:37:13 pm
content: Quote from: MadScientist on July 04, 2021, 02:42:38 pmI used to be on the HPmuseum forum and everyone used to create new HP calculators mockups, so good you'd think it was a real product. It's tech fan art.There is someone I've seen a few time on twitter who creates amazing fake vintage apple product renders.

author: Specmaster
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 04:48:29 pm
content: Yep, I agree it is just a computer model as can be seen in this video, by the same person,

author: passedpawn
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: July 04, 2021, 09:03:24 pm
content: I know it's fake. But I NEED it.(is it hackable)

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 12:12:34 am
content: Quote from: passedpawn on July 04, 2021, 09:03:24 pmI'd actually buy a Fluke branded watch that looked like that.Maybe if it had a voltage detection function or something that would be cool.

author: Cnoob
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 06:05:32 am
content: I like the look of the watch but like G-Shocks I wouldn't buy if it was real.As for the probes though, I would consider buying those.I wonder how many industrial design that are amazing to look at but drastically altered so they can be produce. (I don't mean cost cutting.)?

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 07:42:30 am
content: Quote from: Cnoob on July 05, 2021, 06:05:32 amWhy? Because of the banana adapter? You can get those.eg. Brymen:https://brymen.eu/shop/silicone-test-leads-bl21s2-t4sc-brymen/

author: highpower
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 08:29:31 am
content: Many years ago I was replacing the battery in a Ford vehicle. As I was tightening the positive battery terminal the wrench slipped out of my hand and fell down in between the side of the battery case and the inner fender. I was in a hurry and without thinking I reached down between the battery and fender to retrieve the wrench - and promptly shorted between the two with the metal watch band around my wrist.That was the last time I ever wanted to experience doing any amperage testing using a wrist watch. I had a ring of blisters around my wrist for weeks!

author: shakalnokturn
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 12:48:49 pm
content: Give it a Rogowski bracelet and double function the seconds hand as a phase angle meter

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 02:25:29 pm
content: Want one lolll at least 50000 counts

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 03:08:06 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 05, 2021, 12:12:34 amI'd buy a watch that looked like that even if itwasn'tFluke branded.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 04:06:41 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on July 05, 2021, 03:08:06 pmI'm sure Casio has made a yellow G-Shock or two by now.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 04:38:40 pm
content: That would have made a great April 1st post...

author: razvan784
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 05:08:21 pm
content: How about a SELV-only, EEVBlog-branded, 6.5-digit jobby? You've already got the free 36*C thermostat for the voltage reference!

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 05:11:03 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on July 05, 2021, 04:06:41 pmYeah, I looked earlier but there's none that really do it for me.(nb. All my watches are Casio...it's my only brand)

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 06:57:48 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on July 05, 2021, 05:11:03 pmhttps://g-shock.co.uk/mrg-g2000bl-9adrDon't think I could bring myself to actually wear it.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2021, 07:16:27 pm
content: Quote from: Monkeh on July 05, 2021, 06:57:48 pmThis one's a bit closer to the Flake, but still...https://www.google.com/search?q=GA-2000-1A9ER&tbm=isch

author: J-R
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2021, 01:34:03 am
content: I backed this project on Kickstarter and was lucky enough to actually receive one:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/920064946/oscilloscope-watch

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 06, 2021, 05:48:56 am
content: Pictures - or it didn't happen!

author: J-R
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2021, 07:37:15 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on July 06, 2021, 05:48:56 amSimple 1kHz sine wave, 200mVpp:

author: DonKu
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2021, 05:46:19 pm
content: Besides the Flake nameDesign Languagealso helps make the watch look like a Fluke product.Quote

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2021, 09:35:45 pm
content: Quote from: Fungus on July 05, 2021, 07:42:30 amThe probes have quite clearly been roughly modelled on Pomona's like I have currently plugged into my Fluke 25.

author: nuclearcat
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 08, 2021, 05:52:08 am
content: Why to struggle fitting measurement circuits to watch?Just make usual BLE watch "multimeter look design", with some very basic functions (like mentioned in video voltage detection, maybe digital "mcu/arduino friendly" measurements) and rest of functions take over BLE from other multimeter, like 121GW. (With major problem - you cannot set mode, dial position, over BLE)Low voltage leads for 3.3V level digital measurements can be added inside, with embedded leads, that you can pull out like james bond garotte

author: Cymaphore
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2021, 06:17:11 am
content: Quote from: nuclearcat on July 08, 2021, 05:52:08 amThat would be a very powerful tool and I would love such a thing as a well designed product.I regularly use my smartphone as remote display for the BENNING MM12 and the RS PRO S2 via BLE. But having it as an optimized remote display on the wrist would be unbelievably useful in the field.Technically that could be done on a couple of existing smart watches using libsigrok and BLE (quite a number of meters already supported by the lib). But a watch designed for this without all that smartwatch ballast? That would be a thing.

author: nuclearcat
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 08, 2021, 09:27:28 am
content: Remote multimeter screen is trivial to do with 121GW and something like TTGO Watch (they are opensource).

author: tszaboo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2021, 10:05:53 am
content: CAT III 600V with a 10A measurement range on your left wrist. Anyone wanna wear it on the inside of the wrist?What could possibly go wrong?Nice render though, I have to agree.

author: RES
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2021, 01:27:35 pm
content: april 1 2015:https://www.kleintools.com/content/tm-wearables

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 11, 2021, 05:57:31 pm
content: maybe a full LCD display & put one probe socket on the other side of the Watch band IMOhere is some more I did come up with!a Google Glass type heads up display DMM with mode knob on one side of the headset.or a solar powered DMM with a hand crank for developing countries were access to disposable batteries is limited.

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 12, 2021, 08:58:49 am
content: Quote from: J-R on July 06, 2021, 01:34:03 amI backed that Kickstarter project, but I never received my unit. I do have some of his previous Xscope devices.His Xminilab Portable is a pretty handy as a two channel voltmeter with a nice clear OLED display, with the bonus functions of a simple 2 channel scope, plus AWG and logic/protocol analyser. It is surprising how much functionality he got into an ATXMEGA32A4U. I see updates to the github occasionally, but it is a pity that he doesn't seem to respond to issues.

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 14, 2021, 02:49:58 am
content: The watch is pretty much useless and impractical.Watches are redundant if you have an information processing machine in your pocket (ie: a mobile phone). Besides jewellery is generally useless, unless your motive is to show off.It is not a good idea to wear metal banded watches or any metallic jewellery like rings when you are working on electronics. The screws on the plastic watch are metal, as are the probe receptacles.

author: nuclearcat
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 14, 2021, 10:19:44 am
content: Quote from: VK3DRB on July 14, 2021, 02:49:58 amWatch as display very handy, because it is strapped to your hand and both your hands free.Leads.. i have to agree about that, not practical to plug them into a watch.

author: J-R
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2021, 07:22:14 am
content: Quote from: Kean on July 12, 2021, 08:58:49 amI too have the Xminilab Portable. I purchased it from a reseller. The first one was faulty, but the second has been OK. Can't say I use either very much, more like curiosities that I tinker with every so often. Sometimes you just don't know if or how you'll use something until you get it...In the case of the watch, yes, Gabe has basically disappeared after he posted that update about his kid being born. As is the case with many Kickstarter projects, the creators usually underestimate the costs so they end up having to fulfill some orders out of their own pockets. I'm sure he's moved on to other things as well, although there is the occasional backer that says they received a watch out of the blue! Best of luck to you!

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 18, 2021, 10:13:53 am
content: Quote from: J-R on July 18, 2021, 07:22:14 amI did manage to get Gabriel's attention via KS message, so it appears my unit may be on the way soon.

author: J-R
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2021, 08:40:04 pm
content: Quote from: Kean on July 18, 2021, 10:13:53 amWow, nice for you, almost 8 years late...it's amazing how the product is still drawing interest.

author: fourfathom
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 18, 2021, 09:10:13 pm
content: I want the version with the watchband-clamp-on AC/DC Ammeter .

author: NCG
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2021, 07:39:16 pm
content: I am tempted to sacrifice a good Casio Twincept to be used as a donor for multimeter watch:https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/fantastic-japan-built-casio-twincept-425626125LCD is translucent, on top of analog hands, can be totally invisible if wanted.