Does an old-school analog multimeter have any place in a digital avionics shop?

I was talking with my lead tech Frank last week after we spent 20 minutes troubleshooting a intermittent fault on a Garmin G5000. He swears by his old Simpson 260 for catching noise issues that digital meters miss. I told him that's crazy, the Fluke 87V we all use is way more accurate for modern LRUs. But he showed me a power ripple that his Simpson caught and my Fluke smoothed over. Now I'm wondering if we all lean too hard on digital tools and miss the basics. Has anyone else found a case where analog gear actually beat digital in a real-world fix?

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piper_thompson3115d ago

Wait, his Simpson actually caught something your Fluke missed?!

jana_miller3115d ago

Seriously @piper_thompson31, how OFTEN does that actually happen to you guys?