Oscilloscope probes are handy tools for making measurements, but they have limitations. For example, they have rather limited bandwidth and that ground clip can create a loop that can pick up noise.

You may never have thought to make your own scope probes, but sometimes they're just what the doctor ordered. The first inkling I might want to make my own probes came when I was pondering how to use ...

Making ripple measurements has traditionally been using an oscilloscope. For a number of technical reasons, an oscilloscope, in general, is not necessarily the best choice for measuring ripple. These ...