for logic analyzer, I use the Open Bench Logic sniffer.
Extremely capable:
* Capture 50MHz+ waveforms on 32 channels
o 200Msps captures up to 100MHz waveforms on 16 channels
o 100Msps captures up to 50MHz waveforms on 32 channels
open source and very cheap: 50$
quick spec and price here:
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/Open-Workbench-Logic-Sniffer-p-612.html
much more information:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Open_Bench_Logic_Sniffer
On 10/7/14 12:31 PM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Message: 5 Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 20:01:25 +1100 From: Erik
> Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: [Emc-users]
> Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based) To:
> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID:
> <20141007090124.GB2958@ratatosk> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset=utf-8 On 07.10.14 05:14, Mark Wendt wrote:
>> >wrote:
>> >
>>> > >Hello!
>>> > >
>>> > >I was thinking that I should get some oscilloscope for basic tasks.
>>> > >A guy shared this particular item:
>>> > >http://www.ebay.com/itm/281433619616
>>> > >
>>> > >I would appreciate any experience about this kind of device - PC based
>>> > >oscilloscope combined with logic analyzer. It is fine for me to have
>>> > >laptop around, when checking something, so I do not worry about "have
>>> > >to carry also laptop around" kind of trouble.
>>> > >
>>> > >Do things like these really work or should I avoid them?
>>> > >
>>> > >Thanks in advance!
>>> > >
>>> > >Viesturs
>>> > >
>> >
>> >Viesturs,
>> >
>> >I'm with Gene. For a bench top setup, where you don't have to lug that
>> >around, it'll probably be okay. Then there's the issue where the software
>> >runs under "The Virus That Masquerades As An Operating System," Windoze.
>> >I'd go with Gene's suggestion, or that one I posted a week or two ago.
> Viesturs, if the logic analyser is a requirement, then something like
> the Bitscope that I use might be an option. It is a cute little box
> which needs an ethernet connection to my PC to work and display. It runs
> on linux, so TVTMAAOS isn't a problem here. BUT, the standalone
> oscilloscope which Gene linked to in the oscilloscope thread just a few
> weeks ago is cheaper and much easier to get down the stairs and into the
> workshop. Just no logic analyser.
>
> I did use the 8 channel logic analyser to debug a bunch of control
> signals I was bit-banging out of an ATmega328p, when my home baked LCD
> driver did mysterious things. The two 100 MS/s analogue channels would
> have got me there eventually, I expect, but the logic analyser put me in
> the fast lane. (Note: The Hantek only has half that sampling rate, but
> it is cheaper.)
>
> With a laptop instead of my bulky desktop, the package would fit in a
> moderately capacious laptop bag.
>
> It is some years since I bought the Bitscope, and it was significantly
> dearer then than the current crop of naked boards. But it does come in
> a thick extruded Al case.
>
> If you do buy one of the small units, don't forget to buy at least one
> high voltage x10 probe, preferably two. The ADC front end on the
> Bitscope won't take more than 63v, but that's 630v with the x10 probe,
> if the probe spec is up to it.
>
> Erik
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer
Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports
Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper
Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
_______________________________________________
Emc-users mailing list
Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
