uCurrent Gold Out of Stock

[darkcastle]

Anyone know if there will be more in stock or is it discontinued?

[gsrokmix]

I would also like to know the answer to this question. I have been checking the eShop for more than a few weeks, and they have been out of stock.

Thanks!

George

[darkcastle]

It seems like they aren't often stocked.... I don't really want to have to make my own, but I also don't want to wait months either.

I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in splitting the cost to have some PCB's made since the board design is open source? I think the electronic components are about $30-40 from Mouser.

[JDW]

What is the 2023 status of the µCurrent Gold, now that it no longer appears in the EEVblog store? 

Is the following EBAY seller now the official source?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325513676996

Or is everyone buying a CurrentRanger now?

https://lowpowerlab.com/shop/product/152

[J-R]

I have both.  I do not recall seen a uCurrent Gold in stock for maybe a couple years.  It's open source apparently, so others are probably free to make them, although not sure about the EEVblog labelling?

Personally I would not bother with the uCurrent Gold, as I've not found it to be very good.  Noisy and inaccurate, at least in my opinion, relatively speaking.  The CurrentRanger is quite a bit better and it's particularly nice with the display option, although it won't seem to display negative values.  It has an auto-range feature.  It is a bit more money.

Would a simple resistor as a shunt perhaps work for your project?

[Ugnas]

Hi,

I was trying to find uCurrent device too, but it looks like it is discontinued. Because it is open source I was curious and made one by myself.
I have a few spare boards. They are 1:1 to the original one: gold-plated PCB and all the resistors are 0.1% or 0.05% tolerance. Everything just like in the original design.

I know CurrentRanger may be a little better, but the price is 2 times bigger and sometimes you just need a simple, cheap device in your lab.

If someone is interested I placed my spare boards on tindie: https://www.tindie.com/products/elfatronics/ucurrent-gold-device/
Also if you are interested in a more DYI option, you can buy just gold platted PCB and the original box: https://www.tindie.com/products/elfatronics/ucurrent-gold-pcb-enclosure-kit/