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Pintek DP-60HS differential probe (low-voltage, high-sensitivity, 60 MHz BW)

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tautech:

--- Quote from: IDEngineer on November 06, 2017, 05:50:18 pm ---Indeed... a Tek mainframe with a good selection of properly functioning modules is a very nice thing to have.

Long ago I had one of those TM500(?) series standalone mainframes with a few specialized modules in it, feeding into the standalone scope it sat next to. My favorite module was the current probe amp, which connected to one of their clamp-around probes. It measured low currents with pretty wide bandwidth. I wish I could have taken that mainframe with me when I left the company, I suspect no one else there knew what it was or how to use anything in it.

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The Tek 134 current probe amp is a reasonable substitute if you have P6021/6022 probes although the probe terminator is better as you don't need 50 ohm inputs in your scope like with a 134.

David Hess:

--- Quote from: tautech on November 06, 2017, 06:07:35 pm ---The Tek 134 current probe amp is a reasonable substitute if you have P6021/6022 probes although the probe terminator is better as you don't need 50 ohm inputs in your scope like with a 134.
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I have the 134 and P6021. :)

tautech:

--- Quote from: David Hess on November 08, 2017, 03:11:53 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on November 06, 2017, 06:07:35 pm ---The Tek 134 current probe amp is a reasonable substitute if you have P6021/6022 probes although the probe terminator is better as you don't need 50 ohm inputs in your scope like with a 134.
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I have the 134 and P6021. :)

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I suspected you would.

I've got two of them  ;D one with a 134 and the other with the switchable BNC terminator.
My 134 came with a 110V PSU but member whitevamp found some 230V Tek PSU's so I grabbed one.

They're an excellent AC current probe.

kwinz:
One of the first search results for "Pintek DP-60HS"
gives a seller stating that the DP-60HS is "discontinued":
https://www.globalmediapro.com/dp/A2LQM4/Pintek-DP-60HS-Differential-Probe-60MHz-70V/
Is this still being manufactured? Anything wrong with this probe or is this just this one seller?
Thanks!

IDEngineer:

--- Quote from: kwinz on January 16, 2021, 02:20:43 pm ---One of the first search results for "Pintek DP-60HS" gives a seller stating that the DP-60HS is "discontinued":
https://www.globalmediapro.com/dp/A2LQM4/Pintek-DP-60HS-Differential-Probe-60MHz-70V/
Is this still being manufactured? Anything wrong with this probe or is this just this one seller? Thanks!
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I'm not sure what "discontinued" means in this context, but I have one of those probes and GlobalMediaPro is where I bought it. They appear to be one of the few companies that will (did?) ship that probe to the USA.

I always thought it was a weird product for them to carry, since their emphasis appears to be professional video and lighting. How many roadies do you know that would have a need for a diffprobe? I was a bit worried when I sent the wire transfer, but good as gold the probe arrived in a timely fashion and is sitting here on my bench as I type this. It has gotten me out of several difficult R&D situations so far and I'm very happy to have it.

I wish there were more sources for low(er) voltage, high bandwidth diffprobes. Most of them target high voltage applications but there are lots of uses/needs for small signal probes. I do have a Tek P6247 too but it needs work and I've only done about half of the repair work so the Pintek has been carrying the load in the meantime. Besides, the cost difference between a Pintek and a Tek/HPAK is literally at least one order of magnitude and you don't always need the kind of performance that extra money can buy.

If you find an alternative source for the DP-60HS please post it. I actually had a discussion with folks at Pintek about expanding their distribution of this probe in the USA and at that time they seemed very interested, but I don't know if that went anywhere.

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