Harvey,
I have found that for me the most practical solution is to use BNC
adapters and directly solder to the BNC end.
Yes, this means you also need to make the center connection in that
manner, but that is really more practical anyway.
I have about 2 inches of silicone or teflon wire soldered to the BNC
end (red/black) and a 0.025 square single connector.
The square connectors plug into pins soldered on the PCB, or more
often into Hirschmann micro Kleps:
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I also have a set of these BNC adapters with just wires connected to
them, which I can solder directly to boards (and leave connected for a
while).
The BNC adapter body is protected with a section of silicone tubing to
prevent shorts to ground.
It looks similar to this part from Lecroy (PMK):
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I haven't used a probe to poke on something directly for probably
years, and haven't used a "witch hat" hook tip for even longer.
They really aren't very practical for my line of work.
There is an impact on signal fidelity of course, but often times I bet
I have it better than a regular ground clip lead, and if needed I also
have sockets I can solder on a PCB to stick a probe in directly.
ST
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 6:48 PM Harvey White <madyn@...> wrote:
I'm going to build a number of ground clips for the P6100 series
probes that terminate in a 0.025 square connector.
I have those connectors, but I don't have a good source of the clips
for the scope probe body.
A good example of the probe would be a P6105. I'd also like to see if
there's an inexpensive source of the slip on 0.025 probe tip adaptors
as well, although those might be a 3D print option.
It does occur to me that I may be able to make a whole probe slip-on
adaptor that bypasses the need for the ground clip, but I'd like to
see if I can do the standard ground clips.
Harvey
