Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:06:09 -0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Arnar_Mar_Sigur=F0sson?= <antab@valka.is> To: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <wkoszek@freebsd.org>, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@incunabulum.net> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Recommendations for PC based logic analyzer / grabbers? Message-ID: <061E11D86E3DFF459604DF5B36F0805F1BA6B3@salka01.valka.local> References: <48F45A8F.8050609@incunabulum.net> <20081014193849.GA16758@FreeBSD.org>
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-----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org on behalf of Wojciech A. = Koszek > Sent: Tue 10/14/2008 7:38 PM > To: Bruce M. Simpson > Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Recommendations for PC based logic analyzer / grabbers? =20 > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:38:39AM +0100, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good, inexpensive source for PC-based logic = analyzers? > >=20 > > Don't need full PCI capture, full state analysis, or anything like = that: > > being able to look at peripheral buses, e.g. a CFI flash parallel = bus, LPC,=20 > > ISA, i2c, and/or 10/100Mbit MDIO interfaces would be most useful. > >=20 > > This guy has covered some of the grabber bases, however being able = to get=20 > > at really small arbitrary layouts e.g. with miniature pogo pins = would be=20 > > even better: > > http://www.knjn.com/ShopCablesProbing.html > >=20 > > I see a lot of Chinese USB2 based stuff popping up on eBay. Trouble = is of=20 > > course, they require Windows, and they don't have grabbers I can = easily=20 > > attach to hardware with the probe cables. > >=20 > Trouble with MiniLA is, whilst the designs are public, no one seems to = be=20 > manufacturing them. I found Tony Bybell, the maintainer of GTKWave, is = > responsive and helpful to queries. >=20 > My needs are exactly the same. >=20 > So I'm willing to see any recommendations as a responses to your mail. >=20 > If any of you have any expirience with PC-based PCI/USB oscilloscopes = which are > student-affordable, please share as well. Ideally, it would be a = hardware being > able to measure signals up to 50-60Mhz. >=20 > I did however a bit of Googling and this was one of the most = interesting=20 > devices: >=20 > http://www.pctestinstruments.com/ >=20 > Unfortunately, this product works only under Windows and the company's = response > about any kind of support for POSIX-compliant systems was *very* = strong "NO". > They claimed they have several clients working with their product = under Wine and > VMWare. I've also been looking for a "cheap" USB logic analyzer, but the problem = with most is the Windows only support. I was going to buy one of thous and try to = reverse engineer the communication protocol: http://www.easysync.co.uk/index.html?lang=3Den-uk&target=3Dd17.html But if anyone knows of any that supports bsd out of the box then it = would be great if anyone could point them out. _______________________________________________ freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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