B&K Precision · LCR meter

B&K Precision 878B/879B/880 handheld LCR meter

BenchMesh controls the B&K Precision 878B/879B/880 handheld LCR meter from your PC: live readings on a lcr meter panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

Model	Status	Note
880	Awaiting confirmation
879B	Awaiting confirmation	Not documented here: the 880 dialect is assumed; frequencies to confirm
878B	Awaiting confirmation	Not documented here: the 880 dialect is assumed; frequencies to confirm

What you can do from BenchMesh

LCR meter panel 1 channel

Live readings

CIRCUIT
FREQ
FUNC
LEVEL
OVERLOAD
PRIMARY
REMOTE
SECONDARY

Settings you can change

Circuit
Frequency
Function
Level
Remote

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232: 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition bk_880 v0.1.0).

880_manual.pdf (BenchMeshDOC/bk_880), pages 28-29 (functions), 45-48 (USB, 9600 8N1, replies), 49-53 (commands)

Have one on your bench?

Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.

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