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7 July 2012

SMD Probes DIY

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More on the  little “secrets” of SMD – some measurement probes for debugging in awkward places:

SMD-Probes

As you can see in the first picture these probes are made from thick 1mm hypodermic needles – i got them in the pharmacy around the corner. They were cheap, 10 for a Euro (much less on Bay) – dont hesitate, it´s just a normal product to buy.
In the beginning I used them un-isolated but then found some tubing I removed from PC power supplies. Heating the needle a little bit & some oil as lubricant helped a lot.

But the easiest way to isolate the needles is to use heat shrink tube, that also gives the thinnest probes..

Close-up of a tip:

SMD Probe Tip

A DIY oscilloscope probe & another earlier mini probe isolated with an AWG  18 cable tube:

Oscilloscope-Probe

1 Comment »

  1. nice probes!

    Comment by Eva Sjuve — 27 April 2013 @ 20:53

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