RE: Keysight Technologies U1282A Digital Multimeter - Component Applications - Sorting

shabaz — Mon, 09 May 2016 13:47:05 GMT

Hi Doug,

Fantastic post as usual!

I too have similar tweezers, and also a slightly more expensive TESTEC pair, but they both have different benefits.

Your ones are nicely spaced apart for reduced capacitance, whereas the TESTEC ones are not. The

TESTEC ones have a longer cable, but it is not very flexible, whereas your ones have flex on the cable and are more comfortable

for extended use and short length means less inductance.

The reason I got them was because a particular project had a different supplier BoM and I've been burned in the past

with that supplier providing mixed-up components. So I wanted to hand-check each SMD component since it was an expensive

project (a vector network analyzer test tool) and since it wasn't my design I would have a hard time knowing it was working correctly

or giving inaccuracies due to wrong component values, so I needed to be confident all parts on the board were correct.

RE: Keysight Technologies U1282A Digital Multimeter - Component Applications - Sorting

jw0752 — Mon, 09 May 2016 04:41:36 GMT

Hi Doug,

This is a great idea. I wasn't aware of tweezer probes before. I can see where this would be a great way to sort the little devils. Combine the measuring with the ability to pickup and move them. If I may ask where did you get the tweezer probes?

John