On Tuesday 07 October 2014 07:20:02 Churms, Cecil did opine And Gene did reply: > Hi Viesturs. > > Be careful, the 6022BE is advertised as being a scope-only, whereas the > 6022BL is a 6022BE plus the 16 channel logic analyser function - hence > the price difference. (The best price on AliExpress, with free > shipping for me would be US$88 for the BL and US$66 for the BE) > > However, if you just want to do some simple logic analyser work, then > what about: > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-New-Arrival-USB-Logic-Analyzer-24M > -8CH-MCU-ARM-FPGA-DSP-debug-tool/1710322113.html > > for US$7.80 shipping included.
Thats even "cute" and its not even bow legged. :) > OF COURSE this "toy" cannot do what the fancy ones do, and it is only a > logic analyser, not an oscilloscope, but I bought one - got good > service from the supplier, and was very favourably impressed at what a > "cheap" thing like this can do. > > I think you mention that you have not had an oscilloscope/ logic > analyser before. You might want to go with something simple like this > to get to know what it can do, and then you can be more specific as to > what you want your "Rolls Royce" to do when you buy it. In that way > you will know what you want, and pay for that only, instead of just > buying the biggest and best option that you can afford. > > Hope that helps. > > Cecil I am with Cecil on this, get s "starter" kit to see if it does what you want. Then go shopping with what you really need in mind because you'll be shopping a lot smarter. > -----Original Message----- > From: Viesturs Lâcis [mailto:viesturs.la...@gmail.com] > Sent: 07 October 2014 12:11 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Oscilloscope + logic analyzer (PC based) > > 2014-10-07 12:14 GMT+03:00 Mark Wendt <wendt.m...@gmail.com>: > > Then there's the issue where the software runs under "The Virus That > > Masquerades As An Operating System," Windoze. > > Since I use my laptop for 3D modelling, that is my only PC with > non-ubuntu OS (I am not yet aware of any decent 3D CAD application > that would work on Linux), so OS is not an issue at the moment, it has > Ubuntu as well. > > > I'd go with Gene's suggestion, or that one I posted a week or two > > ago. > > I found a message from you with a link to pocket oscilloscope. Did you > mean that? > > The reason I asked is that I do not believe in miracles and the price > looks too good for a decent oscope, I managed to find this: > http://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hantek-6022be-will-it-work-for-m > e/ > > There is link to another forum. > Those guys do not seem very happy with the device, but the thing is > that I do not know, how much did they expect and how bad it really is > in the end. I have never owned an oscope, so I have no idea, what to > really look for. I would like that logic analyzer feature for that > "print on the wall" wall project I wrote some time ago - we still > would like to hack that Epson head, tried to check the lines with > oscilloscope (found a guy with an oscope, visited him), but did not > find out much. There are few lines that seem to switch particular > areas of nozzles on and off, so we decided that logic analyzer would > help there. > > 2014-10-07 12:53 GMT+03:00 andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com>: > > If you have the money they go to 20 GHz.... > > The price list I found had nothing below 10K EUR... > > 2014-10-07 12:01 GMT+03:00 Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net>: > > Viesturs, if the logic analyser is a requirement, then something like > > the Bitscope that I use might be an option. > > Could you, please, share exact model number, so that I can look it up > or even a link to particular device? > > It is not that I am sticking with the cheapest possible solution, the > intended budget was up to 300 eur. I just would not want to spend some > extra for features that sound cool to me as a newbie, but are of very > specific use that I will never need. OTOH I do not want to purchase > cheapest machine and then find out that it is basically useless (which > is the case very often, when one does not know, what to look for - > like me at the moment). > > Viesturs Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS Reports Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? Download White paper Comply to PCI DSS 3.0 Requirement 10 and 11.5 with EventLog Analyzer http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154622311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
