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title: "DIY Solder-In Oscilloscope Probes | Workbench Wednesdays #50"
description: "When you cannot get an oscilloscope probe into a tight spot, can you just use a piece of wire? Sometimes. When signal integrity matters, you CAN use a low-cost DIY solder-in…"
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author: "James Lewis"
date: "2022-02-03T00:19:00Z"
lastmod: "2022-04-01T23:23:13Z"
categories: ["blog","element14","test-equipment","workbench-wednesdays","videos"]
tags: ["measurements","oscilloscope","probes"]
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# DIY Solder-In Oscilloscope Probes | Workbench Wednesdays #50


When you cannot get an oscilloscope probe into a tight spot, can you just use a piece of wire? Sometimes. When signal integrity matters, you CAN use a low-cost DIY solder-in probe. These probes attenuate the signal and use an oscilloscope's high-bandwidth 50-ohm input. James shows how to build some solder-in probes when they work and when they do not work in this video.

Special thanks to Shabaz on the element14 community for the guide used here.