tiq did not meet its goal on Kickstarter June 1st, 2014. However, I am determined to continue development of this concept and deliver to the electronics community. I will update as progress is made!!
Best regards to all -
Mark
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tiq will be visiting the Bay Area Maker Faire May 17-18! Please email tiq@innavatus.com or tweet to @Innavatus if you'd like to see tiq!
Regards -
Mark
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Many thanks t the thousands (!) of EEVbloggers who viewed and commented on
tiq over the last couple of weeks!
As promised, you are the first community to be notified -
tiq is going live on KS today (I'm pushing the button in the next hour, not sure how long takes KS to activate!?!)!!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1866698905/tiq-probe-a-new-way-to-debug-electronics-projectsYour continued support and encouragement is hugely appreciated!
Best regards and thanks -
Mark
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Greetings, fellow EEVbloggers!
I’m preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign and wanted to preview it here on the forum. I’ll post the link when the campaign goes live.
The product is a handheld debug probe called “tiq”.
tiq is intended as a first-line and field tool, not a replacement for other tools, to give fast, detailed information for zeroing in on problems – many times it should be all you need.
(edit April 18)
This one minute video shows what tiq does: http://youtu.be/aNhjCvGdqkAAs an electronics hobbyist and professional, for decades I wanted a handheld probe that could give fast and detailed information about embedded projects I was working on, where I was working on them.
I wanted something that would fill the gap between DMM/probe and scope/analyzer, with good performance, and fit into a compact probe. tiq is aimed directly at that gap. I also wanted ability to generate test pulse streams to drive circuits, servos etc.
So, here's what tiq offers:
- Handheld, displays all information close to the probe tip (if you look away, the probe WILL slip!)
- Automatic function switching based on node activity, fully autoranging - no adjustments or triggering required
- Logic state probe with LCD, LED and audible indicators (l21st Century logic probe)
- Logic pulse analyzer (frequency, pulse high & low times, duty cycle)
- DC to 20MHz, pulse analysis down to <100nS (66MHz sample rate)
- Auto-ranging and auto-polarity voltmeter (+28Vdc to -13Vdc)
- Built-in logic pulse generator
- <100nS to 999mS, n pulses or continuous (66MHz clock)
- 3.3V or 5V logic levels
- USB powered - connect directly to your development PC, USB battery etc.
I’m attaching pictures of a prototype tiq and a chart comparing tiq to common debug tools – appreciate your thoughts.
Looking forward hearing where this tool fits with the EEVblog community!
Cheers –
Mark