Ginsly
Well-known member
Figured I'd share this, as it's a simple but handy way to set up and store your Peak Atlas! Alternate title was "Tewlhax!" but I couldn't risk anyone ever using that phrase in any serious context.
I've seen some plans for 3D printed modules that certainly make this look like zippered garbage, but hey, it works.
It's a cheapo, smaller hard drive case, zif socket, a little gel tape and a little velcro. I hooked the leads up to three consecutive ports and then squished the pins into a strip of gel tape. It has a little wiggle room, but has never fallen off. The little mesh pocket helps keep the test leads in place, but I clipped the elastic band on the other side since it blocked the screen! A little velcro on the back of the Peak secures it but allows me to change the battery occasionally. It has to be positioned a little low so that the zif socket can kinda tuck into place on top of it when closed. You have to position things just right, as you don't want the hooks to turn on the Peak when you zip up. I don't know why, but that sentence makes me very uncomfortable.
Ya might need a trio of cheapo test clips on header pins for the times when you don't want to bend components (like diodes), and it's easy enough to just pop those into the zif socket. Kind of ridiculous, but I certainly test more transistors than diodes. There ya go! Excuse the worktable nicks.
I've seen some plans for 3D printed modules that certainly make this look like zippered garbage, but hey, it works.
It's a cheapo, smaller hard drive case, zif socket, a little gel tape and a little velcro. I hooked the leads up to three consecutive ports and then squished the pins into a strip of gel tape. It has a little wiggle room, but has never fallen off. The little mesh pocket helps keep the test leads in place, but I clipped the elastic band on the other side since it blocked the screen! A little velcro on the back of the Peak secures it but allows me to change the battery occasionally. It has to be positioned a little low so that the zif socket can kinda tuck into place on top of it when closed. You have to position things just right, as you don't want the hooks to turn on the Peak when you zip up. I don't know why, but that sentence makes me very uncomfortable.
Ya might need a trio of cheapo test clips on header pins for the times when you don't want to bend components (like diodes), and it's easy enough to just pop those into the zif socket. Kind of ridiculous, but I certainly test more transistors than diodes. There ya go! Excuse the worktable nicks.
