In message <52e02644.6010...@erols.com>, Chuck Harris writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> In message >> <CAFoWNwBDPPnjEF8gBsFWsFPCFc6qhG+dWG=oYEAhuGgU=wh...@mail.gmail.com> >... > >> The main limitation is that the HP3458A has very little RAM, so to >> use the 100kHz sampling-rate, you need to download and run code >> which can compress the samples in real-time, preferably into something >> GPIB almost can keep up with. That is easier than it sounds, but >> still a hazzle most people would prefer to be without. >> > >On the other hand, one could take the tack that John Seamons is >following with the HP5370A/B time interval/frequency counter, and >replace the CPU with something lower power, faster, and much more >capable... and with an ethernet interface. A Beagle Bone Black >SBC.
The CPU is a 68k, there's plenty of power, it's just the ethernet which is missing. Yes, I have been thinking about such ideas, but my time is limited... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
