#testhooks

Ian at Dangerousprototypesbuspirate
2023-09-18

Jiangsu, evidently!

We did a deep dive on the cheap test hook/probe ecosystem. There are more and better quality probes than ever before. We're still searching for the origin of the cheap "Shennie" hooks that have been around forever.

Workers standing on a giant circuit board laying down wires over looking a city.Diagram of a test probe.Diagram of a airplane style test probe.
Ian at Dangerousprototypesbuspirate
2023-09-13

We made a rather fabulous probe cable using Dirty Cables. Soft flexible silicone coated wire with super high strand count wire. It'll attach to most probe hooks, which we did a deep dive on. For good measure we custom milled an adapter pin that fits breadboards and headers.

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