This set of instructions will show you how to make a set of surface mount tweezers that act as electrical probes. This will allow you to easy measure the value of surface mount components either in circuit, or out of circuit.

Each leg of the tweezers is one electrical contact. Normally these are used with digital multi-meters (DMM), but can also be used with an oscilloscope by using a different connector.

This is a flexible strip of surface mount LEDs on flex (copper-coated polyimide film) backed with double-sided masking tape for the adhesive. It's currently running off AA batteries, though I plan to connect it to the extruder board in the future.

Say goodbye to SMT component identification misery with this pair of active tweezers that plug right into your trusty multimeter!

As you pick up an SMT component to put it onto the solder paste on a PCB, these tell you what the component is automatically.