daniel wrote:
 > Yes, mso-19 development is currently halted because core sigrok doesn't
 > support analog probes. Its all hardcoded (probes, triggers, filters,
 > etc..) for 1 bit per probe.
 > 
 > I failed at writing the core changes to include analog support to core
 > sigrok in a way that Biot would accept, and the result is that I'm no
 > longer working on it.

i see.  thanks for the status, and for the rest of the info about
the unit.

we have cleverscopes at work, and if it weren't for the >$1000 pricetag,
i'd just get one of those.  the linux UI is rough, but useable.

paul

 > 
 > But you shouldn't decide against MSO-19 just based on this.. Link
 > Instruments contacted me recently and they want to support mso-19 open
 > source development. You can expect linux software for mso-19, probably
 > not sigrok, and not in the near future, but it will be fully supported
 > by Open Source Software at some point.
 > 
 > >     - does the stock s/w run under wine?  under virtualbox?  i could more
 > >    easily justify buying something whose linux support is tenuous if
 > >    i could make immediate use of it in any case.
 > 
 > No, it doesn't run under WINE. And it doesn't run under MONO either. I
 > couldn't run it under Virtualbox, but i haven't really tried much, it
 > should be possible.
 > 
 > >     - if you have an MSO-19, are there major failings that Link Instruments
 > >    might not be mentioning on their website?  :-)  i guess the single
 > >    channel might be the big downside, but i think i can live with that,
 > >    most of the time.
 > 
 > MSO-19 has 1k samples buffer. It's definitely the biggest downside, this
 > is generally ok for an oscilloscope, but its too small for a logic
 > analyzer.
 > 
 > Also, the measured voltages from the oscilloscope aren't very accurate
 > at higher sampling rates. For the same source, at 200Mhz it was giving
 > me values 10% higher than at 100Mhz or less.
 > 
 > -- 
 > Daniel Ribeiro
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 paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 39.4 degrees)

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