When using oscilloscopes, we tend to focus so much on the instrument and its features, we tend to forget that choosing the right probe and using it properly can be just as important. It all starts ...

Those of us familiar with PCB work would agree that anything that helps hold probes secure and hands-free to components, traces, or test points is worth looking at. That’s where [2048bits]’ snap probe ...

Whether troubleshooting inside cramped control panels, verifying voltage in energized switchgear or performing diagnostics on ...

Recently, an EDN reader asked “Why do oscilloscope manufacturers put amplifiers on their probe tips rather than in the oscilloscope?” Placing the amplifier in the probe minimizes signal losses in the ...

One of the most basic tools for tinkering with electronics is a multimeter. Today, even a cheap meter has capabilities that would have been either very expensive or unobtainable back in the 1970s.

The majority of customers who buy multi-axis and mill-turn machine tools also invest in advanced technology for probing. When used correctly, probing can have significant cost, efficiency, and quality ...

Tektronix extends state of the art in probe design with the IsoVu 1-GHz electro-optical, galvanically isolated system and the TriMode P7700 probes, the latter being the first to put an input amplifier ...

A team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the production of the promising new device from several ...