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Why are scope probes so damn big?
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alanambrose:
Duh, we're working on these little things 1mm scale, and the damn probe is over 6 inches long with all the leverage that goes with that. Is this a design left over from the valve radio era that hasn't been updated?

Alan
brybot:
It's probably for human ergonomics. Anytime I'm working with really tiny stuff, I change out the tip to get the ground loop very small and close to what I'm measuring. Or build something custom.
ataradov:
Do you have a better design in mind? Propose one. They are inconvenient because nobody came up with a more convenient idea.
jeroen79:

--- Quote from: ataradov on November 07, 2018, 06:39:15 pm ---Do you have a better design in mind?
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But then:

--- Quote from: brybot on November 07, 2018, 06:33:56 pm ---It's probably for human ergonomics.
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You need something to hold comfortably and the size and shape of a pen seems to be right.
ataradov:
This is not a design. How would you hold this? The leverage is now in the cable. How does this help?

Probes are already about the size of a pen. Tektronix has smaller than usual probes, so you may want to look into that.
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