Musings and comments about our common interest
We have just received a new list of HP-compatible probes. Here is the full list. We have only announced the ones that are most likely to be of interest to you; but please contact us at sales@thecalculatorstore.com, should you be interested in any of the probes in this list that you can’t see in the website:
Part HP - compatible
Number - sensors
DT001 Voltage ±25V
DT002 Voltage ±2.5V
DT003 Voltage 0–5V
DT005 Current
DT006 Current
DT008 Microphone
DT009–4 Light Multi-Range
DT014 Humidity (5% Accuracy)
DT015 Pressure
DT015–1 Pressure
DT016A pH Electrode + pH Sensor Adapter
DT020–1 Distance
DT022 Sensor Cable 1.5m
DT025 Temperature 0 to 1,200°C
DT029 Temperature –25 to 110°C
DT035A Conductivity Electrode + Sensor Adapter
DT037A Spirometer
DT040A Carbon Dioxide Gas, CO2
DT095A Turbidity 0–200 NTU
DT122A Smart Pulley
DT137 Photo Gate
DT138 Acceleration
DT148A Rotary Motion
DT155A Heart Rate (Pulse)
DT156 Magnetic Field
DT185A Colorimeter
DT189A EKG
DT222A Oxygen Sensor Adapter + Oxygen Electrode
DT272 Force
DT298A Heart Rate (Exercise)
Also, we inform that we had to adjust the price list. Mostly small upward movements, but some probes (like the light multi range) got a significative reduction.
I have received queries now for some very specific probes. In general, one thinks about the typical educational items: current, voltage, temperature, pH…
But the person doing the enquiry was asking for some more specific: Calcium, Chlorhide and Ammonia. I even did not know that they existed. The HP Prime may be useful for profesional duties after all!
in fact the whole list of the available probes in our supplier stock is amazing. I have not put all of them in the web, but here is the list you can get right now if wanted:
Part Number | Description |
AC020 | Ammonium Electrode |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) |
AC012A | Anemometer |
DT098 | Blood Pressure/Heart Rate |
DT040A | Carbon Dioxide Gas, CO2 |
AC019 | Calcium Electrode |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) |
AC018 | Chloride Electrode |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) |
DT035 | Conductivity Sensor Adapter |
DT111 | Control Switch |
DT110 | Control Switch |
DT006 | Current |
DT020-1 | Distance (for NOVA5000, MultiLogPRO and NOVA LINK) |
DT187A | Distance (for EcoLogXL) |
DT254 | Flow Rate |
DT272 | Force |
DT116 | Geiger Muller |
DT155A | Heart Rate (Pulse) |
DT298A | Heart Rate (Exercise) |
DT014 | Humidity (5% Accuracy) |
DT009-1 | Light |
DT009-4 | Light Multi-Range |
DT156 | Magnetic Field |
DT036 | Dual Axis Magnetic |
DT008 | Microphone |
DT222 | Oxygen Sensor Adapter |
DT016A | pH Electrode + pH Sensor Adapter |
AC008 | Potassium Electrode |
DT015 | Pressure |
DT015-1 | Pressure |
AC013A | Rain Collector |
DT148A | Rotary Motion |
DT122A | Smart Pulley |
DT171A | Soil Moisture |
DT320 | Sound Level |
DT037A | Spirometer |
DT029 | Temperature (for NOVA5000, MultiLogPRO and NOVA LINK) |
DT025 | Temperature |
DT241 | Temperature (for EcoLogXL) |
DT002 | Voltage |
You can get more detailed specs for any of them on demand.
Due to the enquiries received, I am going to print the full list of probes, all with their operating ranges and specs. While you’re not likely to find Higgs’ boson with these instruments, you can create a significant lab for your school - and these instruments are a fraction of the price of what HP (after that Agilent and now Keysight Technologies) would cost.
Here is the list:
Part Number | Description | Subject | Range / Spec |
Physics / Chemistry Biology / Environment | |||
DT138 | Acceleration | P | ±5g |
AC020A | Ammonium Electrode + ISE Adaptor (AC021) | C B E | 0.1-18,000 ppm |
AC020 | Ammonium Electrode | C B E | 0.1-18,000 ppm |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) | ||
AC012A | Anemometer | E | 4-280 km/h, 0°-360° |
DT098 | Blood Pressure/Heart Rate | B | BP: 0-375 mmHg; HR: 36-200 bpm |
DT040A | Carbon Dioxide Gas, CO2 | C B E | 350-5,000 ppm |
AC019A | Calcium Electrode + ISE Adaptor (AC021) | C B E | 0.02-40,000 ppm |
AC019 | Calcium Electrode | C B E | 0.02-40,000 ppm |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) | ||
AC018A | Chloride Electrode + ISE Adaptor (AC021) | C B E | 1.8-35,500 ppm |
AC018 | Chloride Electrode | C B E | 1.8-35,500 ppm |
AC021 | Ion Selective, Electrode Adapter, (ISE Adapter) | ||
DT185A | Colorimeter | C B E | 3 colors |
DT035A | Conductivity Electrode + Sensor Adapter | C B | 0-20mS |
DT035 | Conductivity Sensor Adapter | C B | |
DT050 | Conductivity Electrode | C B | 0-20mS |
DT111 | Control Switch | P | N/O |
DT110 | Control Switch | P | N/C |
DT005 | Current | P | ±2.5A |
DT006 | Current | P | ±250mA |
DT020-1 | Distance (for NOVA5000, MultiLogPRO and NOVA LINK) | P B | 0.2-10m |
DT187A | Distance (for EcoLogXL) | P B | 0.2-6m |
DT100A | Drop Counter | C B | 0-4,095 drops |
DT189A | EKG | B | 0-5V |
DT261A | Electrostatic Charge | P | ±0.25µC, ±0.025µC |
DT254 | Flow Rate | P C B E | 0-4mls |
DT272 | Force | P C | ±10N, ±50N |
DT116 | Geiger Muller | P C E | 0-4,096 Bq |
DT155A | Heart Rate (Pulse) | B | 0-200 bpm |
DT298A | Heart Rate (Exercise) | B | 0-200 bpm |
DT014 | Humidity (5% Accuracy) | B E | 0-100% |
DT009-1 | Light | P C E | 0-300 lux |
DT009-4 | Light Multi-Range | P C B E | 0-600, 0-6,000, 0-150,000 lux |
DT156 | Magnetic Field | P E | ±10mT, 0-0.2mT |
DT036 | Dual Axis Magnetic | P E | ±0.2mT, ±40mT, ±100mT |
DT008 | Microphone | P | 35-10,000 Hz |
AC017A | Nitrate Electrode + ISE Adapter (AC021) | C B E | 0.1-14,000 ppm |
AC017 | Nitrate Electrode | C B E | 0.1-14,000 ppm |
DT222A | Oxygen Sensor Adapter + Oxygen Electrode | C B E | Water: DO2: 0-12.5mg/L Air: O2: 0-25% |
DT222 | Oxygen Sensor Adapter | C B E | N/A |
DT118 | Oxygen Electrode | C B E | Water: DO2: 0-12.5mg/L Air: O2: 0-25% |
DT016A | pH Electrode + pH Sensor Adapter | C B E | 0-14 pH |
DT018 | pH Electrode | C B E | 0-14 pH |
DT017 | pH Sensor Adapter | C B E | N/A |
DT137 | Photo Gate | P | 0-5V |
AC008A | Potassium Electrode + ISE adapter (AC021) | C B E | 90.04-39,000 ppm |
AC008 | Potassium Electrode | C B E | 90.04-39,000 ppm |
DT015 | Pressure | P C B E | 150-1,150 mbar |
DT015-1 | Pressure | P C B E | 0-700 KPa |
AC013A | Rain Collector | E | 0-819 mm |
DT148A | Rotary Motion | P | ±128° |
DT122A | Smart Pulley | P | 0-99 m/s |
DT171A | Soil Moisture | B E | 0-200 cbar |
DT320 | Sound Level | P E | 25-110 dB |
DT037A | Spirometer | B | ±315 Liter/min |
DT029 | Temperature (for NOVA5000, MultiLogPRO and NOVA LINK) | P C B E | -25 to 110°C |
DT027 | Temperature PT-100 | P B E | -200 to 400°C |
DT025 | Temperature | P C B E | 0 to 1,200°C |
DT241 | Temperature (for EcoLogXL) | P C B E | -25 to 110°C |
DT095A | Turbidity | C B E | 0-200 NTU |
DT063 | UVA/B | B E | UVA: 320-400 nm; UVB: 280-320 nm |
DT002 | Voltage | P | ±2.5V |
DT003 | Voltage | P | 0-5V |
DT019 | Voltage MultiRange | P | ±1V, ±10V, ±25V |
DT001 | Voltage | P | ±25V |
Interested in any in particular? Email us to sales@thecalculatorstore.com
We’re filling in data in the website about the Fourier probes for the HP SmartStream 410. Both are part of HP’s plan to recover the educational market that was lost to Texas due to several factors - one of them, the direction of HP of that time towards the higher end, the engineers and the high level financial users. But they forgot that the children end up being professionals - and that market is nearly lost too.
Well, coming back to the probes. These are interesting equipment if you want to set up a lab for the school kids. Lets see some of the probes that we’re getting in the first batches:
All of them are automatically detected by the system Prime-Smartstream, and can stream up to 5700 samples per second (this is enough to monitor up to 2,85 kHz waveforms). A special cable is required to link them with the machine, but they come with cables for the probe itself (the part that gets in contact with the thing to be measured)
Once we have the whole system set, we will try to run a comparison with a system a little bit older: an HP41CL, linked through HP Il with a HP 3468A multimeter. That’ll be fun: the superior speed of the new system, against the professional quality of HP of the ‘80s.