26 May
2011
26 May
'11
1:59 p.m.
From: mark.kahrs at gmail.com
You know, it all depends on the person. Personally, I call the logic
analyzer the "tool of last resort" or "the dreaded logic analyzer".
When
you need it, you need it and nothing else will do. But often you can get a
long way with a 'scope and a logic probe (in the ancient days when strobes
were easily accessible).
When you're debugging a 32 bit bus and you've got probes hanging all over
the place, then you know you are deep in hell --- one of the circles that
Dante didn't describe.
Hi
Yes, I'd say the same.
Even then, I've found that the sequence to capture some special
event is beyond what the manufacture though anyone would
want to do.
One of the times I used one, I built a special outside circuit
just to condition the trigger.
Actually, I was thinking, one of the nicer things to have in general
is a ROM-ICE. Much quiker than blowing EPROMs with test
code.
I have one that I got a few months back but haven't had the
chance to play with it much.
Dwight