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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: level6 on December 30, 2019, 10:48:40 pm
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A while back I purchased a Rigol DS1054Z. It came with 4 probes that are very inflexible and difficult to arrange on the bench (other than that they work okay). Is this the case for all probes? Are there better ones available that are more flexible that don't require a 2nd mortgage?
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A while back I purchased a Rigol DS1054Z. It came with 4 probes that are very inflexible and difficult to arrange on the bench (other than that they work okay). Is this the case for all probes? Are there better ones available that are more flexible that don't require a 2nd mortgage?
For a basic 200MHz 1x/10x propbe, the Tektronix P2200. Can't think of any other probes in this price range even comparable int his regard. I would think you could get these very cheaply used although they are not expensive even new.
Edit: 200Mhz.
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What exactly do you mean by "inflexible"? The cable? The probe bit?
In case you are having trouble keeping the cables untangled and neatly organized: I made a 3D printable model for organizing 4 probes and some various cables. You can download two different sized versions here for free.
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/oscilloscope-probe-and-cable-organizer (https://www.youmagine.com/designs/oscilloscope-probe-and-cable-organizer)
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Scope probes can be expensive.
I sold a USB scope and it cost more for two probes than the rest of the scope !
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If you expect oscilloscope probes to be as soft as the silicone DMM probes, then no, they aren't. Oscilloscope probes requires shielded cables, that's why DMM probes easily win at flexibility.
Other than that, Rigol DS1054Z probes are quite decent at flexibility, not stiff at all.
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At least some of the oscilloscope probes Rigol uses come from TEXAS and use a pretty thick cable. Not all oscilloscope probes are that inflexible.
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Old Tektronix's scope probes, even 1/2 century old, the cable is still very-very flexible, almost like wet freshly cooked noodle.
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Old Tektronix's scope probes, even 1/2 century old, the cable is still very-very flexible, almost like wet freshly cooked noodle.
The cable jackets on all of my Tektronix P6063B 200MHz x1/x10 probes became brittle and cracked until they fell off in pieces.
http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6063b.html (http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6063b.html)
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Old Tektronix's scope probes, even 1/2 century old, the cable is still very-very flexible, almost like wet freshly cooked noodle.
The cable jackets on all of my Tektronix P6063B 200MHz x1/x10 probes became brittle and cracked until they fell off in pieces.
http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6063b.html (http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6063b.html)
My fav probe Tek P6136 as it has really compact probe's body, really handy :-+, dunno about it's age, maybe >40 years ? -> http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6136.html (http://www.barrytech.com/tektronix/probes/tekp6136.html)
Mine (actual photo below) so far no crack nor becoming brittle, and it's cable still very "noodly" ? ;D
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Can't beat my HP 1160A probe, insanely soft and only 2.5mm thick :box:
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