7 Jan
2006
7 Jan
'06
2:30 p.m.
On 1/7/2006 at 4:35 PM Ethan Dicks wrote:
That's the one...
> attempting to find an HP 'Advanced Logic
Probe'
> aka LogicDart. It's a handheld thing that acts as a digital voltmeter,
> frequency meter, logic probe and 3-channel logic analyser. A word of
> warning, if you ever use one of these you will be 'hooked'....
Was that the little hand-held logic analyzer that Agilent came out with and
then, almost at the same time, discontinued? It looked like a very handly little gizmo. Why did HP/Agilent drop them? I've
seen some inexpensive
Oh, because it was a product that fulfilled a real need and provided
lasting value :-). As you preobably know, that statement used to be
included in the HP corporate objectives, but it doesn't really fit in
with a company that sells cheap printers :-) (What, cynical, me?)
I have no idea why Agilent didn't carry on making them. It certainly is a
very handy instrument for a lot of digital troubleshooting. I guess it's
hard to know who it was aimed at. It was rather too expensive for most
hobbyists (although several of my friends have bought them), not powerful
enough for testing a new ASIC, say, and these days it's not the done
thing to make measurements and think before replacing parts, so I guess
service engineers don't need them. And there aren't that many classic
computer enthusiasts around.
USB logic analyzers (USB pods, I think) that might be
worthwhile having.
Maybe. But then you need to cart around a computer to link them to.
-tony