{"id":6053,"date":"2018-02-14T09:54:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T09:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2018-02-14T09:54:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T09:54:02","slug":"diy-multimeter-probes-and-accessoires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/zelfbouw\/diy-multimeter-probes-and-accessoires\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY multimeter probes and accessoires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DIY multimeter probes and accessoires\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MtMTyAKju9s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I often made small cables and adapters to make measuring a bit more easy. At some point I started to make them in such a way that I could re-use them and couple them together to save time. I used pins from Lemo connectors but you can use whatever you want.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6058\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6058\" class=\"wp-image-6058 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5-1024x509.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe5.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A male on the right and female on the left partly inserted<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I used very flexible thin wires and heat shrink tubing. Often 2 or 3 layers for easy grabbing and isolation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6057\" class=\"wp-image-6057 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe4-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe4-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe4.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lemo male pin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The crocks are very cheap and from Mouser. They have a long but very weal long nose. I modified them to make them stronger and easier to handle. The long beak was enforced with some wire.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6063\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6063\" class=\"wp-image-6063 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe10-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe10-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe10-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe10-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe10.jpg 1326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6063\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The long nose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And others I modified for better grabbing to wire by shorting the nose and filing a &#8220;dent&#8221; in it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6062\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe9-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe9-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe9-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe9-1024x553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe9.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6054\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6054\" class=\"wp-image-6054 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With male pins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also made mini probes, here I use a pogo pin. The other side is a lemo . Pogo pins have a spring inside and very sharp tips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6060\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6060\" class=\"wp-image-6060 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7-768x358.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe7.jpg 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pogopin tip<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And I also made a set with header pins at the end for easy measuring in female header connectors without damage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6059\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6059\" class=\"wp-image-6059 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe6.jpg 714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A header pin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These have a normal 4 mm banana bus and a bigger pogopin<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6055\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6055\" class=\"wp-image-6055 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe2.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These miniprobes have a bananabus and a bigger pogo-pin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wires are made in male-male, female-female and female-male and&nbsp; a male to banana bus<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6056\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6056\" class=\"wp-image-6056 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe3-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe3-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe3-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe3.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">banana bus to male lemo pin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BNC to Lemo pins, on top a scope-probe adapter to Lemo pin and top right AMP to Lemo pin<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6064\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6064\" class=\"wp-image-6064 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe11-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe11-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe11-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe11-1024x342.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pa4tim.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/probe11.jpg 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 others<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every time I need something special I make it so it can connect to other kit parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often made small cables and adapters to make measuring a bit more easy. At some point I started to make them in such a way that I could re-use them and couple them together to save time. 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