30 Oct
2012
30 Oct
'12
2:02 p.m.
On 10/30/2012 3:48 PM, David Riley wrote:
It's just darn cheap and the specs on it are VERY reasonable for the
price. The sacrifice (I don't own one, yet) likely comes in the form of
limited software. $50 is cheap, and some add-ons, like the voltage
translator board (for the extra pins) is like $15.
Or do I get a
scope only, and then use something cheap like this
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Open_Bench_Logic_Sniffer
Hm, for my purposes, that looks handy. I might have to look into
that! The
specs are pretty generous, too; you won't be sniffing any multi-gig
serializer channels, but you can easily get ones that'll do 200 MHz
"state" (sync) and over 500 MHz "timing" (async) for not a lot of
money.
That's actually fine..... 200/500 is plenty for my purposes.
That said, I could understand it if you couldn't
dedicate the desk
space and a spare monitor and keyboard to the cause. They're not
lunchbox scopes, after all. :-)
and therein lies the rub. I've got a couple large scopes already, and
I'm trying to replace, not add to it. I want smaller, shinier, bright
high-resolution and high-update screens. Convenient to use and store.
Trust me, I've drooled over those HP mainframes before. They just
aren't practical for my needs.
Keith