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Why are there (almost) no current shunt probes?

Most of the current probes for osciloscopes I can find are somehow magnetically coupled and have a high isolation and price. However, in PCB design shunt resistors are often used. Why does one not ...
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Current probe settings and measurement

I am having this Current probe I am using this to measure the inductor peak current. Inductor is rated at 2.05A. Schematics : Input Voltage to the converter during measurement is 7.5V I am ...
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Fluke 15b+ fuse test

I have accidentally shorted my circuit (5 volts Vcc) for approximately 1-2 seconds max. While the circuit was short circuited, I used the Fluke as an ammeter in milliampere mode (400 mA max fused). ...
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How do current probes load a circuit?

It's usual to talk about loading a circuit when measuring voltage, with a voltmeter or with a voltage probe and an oscilloscope. It can be seen as putting an impedance in parallel to the element whose ...
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Current Probe on CRO?

Is it possible to measure waveform of current with current probe connected to analog oscilloscope? Or is that possible only with digital oscilloscope? Are there any other instruments out there that ...
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Impedance of current probe

Does anybody know the impedance of the Tektronix A622 current probe? I don't find it neither on the datasheet, nor in the user manual... EDIT: As requested, here is some extra info: I need the output ...
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