New Probe Idea (?)

[metrologist]

Am I too late?

[tggzzz]

They are already available, albeit with a lump in the middle of the cable.

If you want to remove the lump, you need more than just an idea - the devil is in the details.

[ataradov]

And using plain USB (SATA?) connectors for passing high speed signals was also done in some logic analyzer.

[Vtile]

picoscope 4444 uses D9 aka rs232 connectors. whose real type name always escapes from my head... Damn PCs and com-ports.

[glarsson]

DE9 - D-shell of size E with 9 pins/sockets.
Often incorrectly called DB9, but that would be the bigger size B normally used for 25 pins/sockets.

[tautech]

Am I too late?

Yep, well at least for a LA that Defpom is gunna do a review on:

https://youtu.be/XOK97Eb0luw?t=704

[Marco]

Bitscope micro is probably closest, but I don't recall anyone building ADC/memory/control/isolation all into a small USB plug.

[metrologist]

Naw, all the stuff is in the tip, and just the tip... the rest is done in DSP, like a software defined probe. The next evolution will be virtual probe.

[ataradov]

There is not an ADC small enough to fit into a comfortable to hold probe. There is definitely no space for memory and other stuff.

Without memory, you can probably get to 50 MSPS streaming in ideal conditions, and even that is questionable.

Even if such tool is created, it will be a useless toy.