18 Aug
2015
18 Aug
'15
12:15 a.m.
Hey Dave & All,
Could you give a little quick kick-start guide to bit depth & sampling rate
on DSOs? It's always kind of stumped me, not that I've ever read deeply
into it.. but how is it that you can get any kind of (vertical, right?)
resolution out of 8 or even 12-bit samples?
Example line of thought - 8 bit sample = 256 possible vertical positions.
Even if the screen is low-end (640 x 480) that's almost 2X more height in
pixels than samples in an 8-bit sample. So each increment is like 2 pixels
tall and seems like it would be awfully blocky and imprecise. Things would
seem to get even worse if you try to do maths functions..
I must be viewing this quite wrong?
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
Chiappa
Sent: 17 August 2015 21:12
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Re: test equipment / Re: Z80 / Z84C Swap (Doh!)
$1K
From: Eric Smith
If a person has any reasonable business
justification
But a lot of the people here don't; they're purely hobbyists. So spending on a piece of test equipment just isn't
realistic for them.
Having said that, I do see some DSO's on eBay for not much money (e.g.
the
little hand-held ones), and those might be a good
alternative to a logic
analyzer - I never used one, so I tend not to think of them.
Noel
I haven't tried the dedicated DSO's but I have a couple of USB connected
ones and a laptop. For value for money I don't think the Hantek 6022 can
be
beaten. It really only goes to 8Mhz but I see they can be had for $60 - $70
and some sellers have US stock. I also have a 200Mhz one but to be honest
for 99% of vintage stuff the Hantek is fine. It is only 8-bit, it is a bit
noisy, but its small enough to slip in the laptop bag, it doesn't need a
separate PSU...
Dave Wade
G4UGM