I'm awaiting the arrival of my Rigol DS1052E. One of the reasons I finally ordered an oscilloscope is that I need to debug a circuit. The problem is, the parts I need to connect the probe to are very high density - 0.5mm pitch TQFP.
My question is, will the Rigol's probe be able to latch onto the pins of such a high density part? My
guess is that it won't be able to.
So I've been looking at "micro hooks" similar to
![](http://i.imgur.com/E2wsr.jpg)
But then I can't quite figure out how does the micro hook attach to my scope's probe?
Before anyone asks, the PCB, unfortunately does not have any test pads. The traces that I'd like to debug also do not lead into any vias and are quite thin - about 10 mils.
I know I could tack a wire onto the leads, but I'm hoping to avoid that. I'd really rather attach my scope directly somehow.