[sdiy] look Ma, no hands! ??

[Mountain Man]

Oh, so *that's* what's that bag of little parts that came with the probes is
for!  :)  Boy, do I feel sheepish.  Of course, if the B&K probes that I bought
had come with some documentation ...  :(   Now I'm wondering what all those
other little things in the bag are for.  Unfortunately, when I try to go to
the B&K site to look for an "FAQ", my version of Netscape crashes while trying
to load a plugin :(

Anyway, thank you for all the very helpful comments  (I particularly like the
idea of soldering on a needle - cool!)

Elby


Scott Bernardi wrote:

> Most scope probes come with a "grabber" hook, and an alligator clip for
> the ground connection. The grabber hook has a plastic housing that fits
> over the pointy end of the probe. When you press down on the housing,
> the grabber hook pops out. It's spring loaded so it can grab onto
> component leads with no hands.
> If your scope is missing the hooks, you might want to get some new
> probes. Circuit specialists http://www.web-tronics.com/ has 'em.
>
> Mountain Man wrote:
> >
> > Hi, folks.  Yet-another-newbie-question <g>.   I got my new (old) scope
> > a couple of days ago and am really having fun with it!  I haven't
> > figured out some of the controls, but I'm making definite progress -
> > it's seriously cool seeing my waveforms on the screen :)  I particularly
> > love seeing the envelopes sit up and beg! <g>   My question is, how do
> > you hold the probes in place?  I've been dedicating one hand to doing
> > that, but when I start in on two-probe operations, I'm going to be short
> > at *least* one hand!  The obvious solution that comes to mind -clip em
> > on - doesn't seem like it will work (BTW, at the moment, I'm connecting
> > to wire coming out of a jack.  I'm interested in solutions both for
> > probing a wire, and probing on a board directly).  The probe tips are
> > too teeny and delicate. I'm sure there's a simple and elegant way of
> > going "no hands"  Another problem I'm having is that ground wire is too
> > short on my probes.  Guess I'll just graft extensions on for that one.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> > Elby
>
> --
> Scott Bernardi
> sbernardi at home.net