On 11 May 2018 at 07:33, Peter Blodow <[email protected]> wrote: > Andy, > Zeiss uses the "switching" function as a major argument in advertising this > probe, so measuring the bare resistance wouldn't be satisfying. There must > be a feature you didn't find when destroying your probe.
There is nothing clever in the probe head, just the piezo and two resistors. In the interface unit that the probe connects to (there is one in this photo) there is a _lot_ of stuff including what looks like a big old ROM chip. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
