Aimed at engineering benches where the use of conventional fixtures can be too costly, PCB test-fixture kits from Merifix enable engineers to replace unreliable, makeshift lash-ups with proper ...

Editor Bill Wong takes a hands-on look at Sensepeek’s PCBite kit. PCBite consists of a metal base that works with spring-loaded magnetic standoffs and flexible arms with a magnetic base (see figure).

Those of us familiar with PCB work would agree that anything that helps hold probes secure and hands-free to components, traces, or test points is worth looking at. That’s where [2048bits]’ snap probe ...

Passive microwave PCB probes can equal active probes at far lower cost, is the claim of UK scope maker Pico Technology as it showed its new range of 9GHz probes at European Microwave Week in London.