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Offline davTopic starter

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Good quality test hooks for LA
« on: July 02, 2016, 07:30:56 am »
I just bought a LA which comes with a few 1 cent poor quality test hooks, so I would buy a new good quality set.
Any suggestions?
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Re: Good quality test hooks for LA
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2016, 08:00:07 am »
I would recommend these http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/teledyne-lecroy/PK400-3/PK400-3-ND/2796194 for probing down to .2mm

However if you don't want to spend more on the probes than you did on the LA the best option I found is: http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/291782132186  -- Wide opening, low resistance(not that you should care for logic), thin shaft, and perhaps most importantly strong metal so it won't become useless after a few uses. You probably won't find better for less than 5x the price
This also is worth considering: http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/272155619895 They are rebranded E-Z Hooks( http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/e-z-hook/XKMGRY/461-1011-ND/528232) , they have lower quality plastic & softer, lower quality metal
This model is quite bad, stay away, http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/361317838309

PS: These TPI Nano-Pincers seem decent for the price, anyone have experience with them: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/tpi-test-products-int/NC1R/290-1108-ND/299989 ?
« Last Edit: July 02, 2016, 05:20:54 pm by Signal32 »
 

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Re: Good quality test hooks for LA
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2016, 08:11:52 am »
The standard Tek grabbers work fine down to SOIC but struggle to be fine/small enough for finer pitch SMD IC's.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tektronix-TEK-SMT-KlipChip-Adapter-Mini-Test-Grabber-40V-206-0364-01-/191815713568?hash=item2ca91b8320:g:KuoAAOSwPc9W04fL

They have 0.025" pins for cable connection and these can be sourced from the likes of Digikey.
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Re: Good quality test hooks for LA
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2016, 08:32:03 am »
Watch for cheap surplus HP/Agilent hooks appearing on ebay. Few years ago got pack of 20 Agilent branded for around $16 IIRC. If you compare, most of the cheap micrograbbers have cloned outer look. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X5090-4356+agilent.TRS0&_nkw=5090-4356+agilent&_sacat=0
 


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