From owner-freebsd-embedded@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 11:33:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28CEF1065698 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antab@valka.is) Received: from vxout-2.c.is (vxout-2.c.is [213.176.128.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB3468FC26 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from antab@valka.is) Received: from mail.internet.is (mail.aknet.is [193.4.194.58]) by vxout-2.c.is (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEED455D9E8; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:13:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postur.valka.is (postur.valka.is [194.144.27.37]) by mail.internet.is (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1D3A4ED; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:13:33 +0000 (CUT) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:06:09 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <061E11D86E3DFF459604DF5B36F0805F1BA6B3@salka01.valka.local> Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Recommendations for PC based logic analyzer / grabbers? thread-index: AckuOqtvxU1wQxK/SLqu9t2ArBfKowBQrlw1 References: <48F45A8F.8050609@incunabulum.net> <20081014193849.GA16758@FreeBSD.org> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Arnar_Mar_Sigur=F0sson?= To: "Wojciech A. Koszek" , "Bruce M. Simpson" X-Vodafone-MailScanner-Information: Virusskannad hja Vodafone X-Vodafone-MailScanner-ID: BEED455D9E8.03BF7 X-Vodafone-MailScanner: Found to be clean - Enginn virus fannst X-Vodafone-MailScanner-SpamCheck: ekki ruslpostur, SpamAssassin (notcached, stigagjof=0.001, required 5, autolearn=disabled, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00) X-MailScanner-From: antab@valka.is Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Recommendations for PC based logic analyzer / grabbers? X-BeenThere: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated and Embedded Systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:19 -0000 -----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"