HP analyzer probes

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue Jun 29 22:21:35 2004

> > I don't know what machines you normally work on,
> 8-bit micros mainly. 6502, 8080, Z80, that sort of thing. I was going to get
> one of the 80-channel HP analysers, but I decided I didn't need to probe that
> many lines at once - I don't do much work on 16- and 32-bit CPUs.

In which case I suspect this analyser with kludged pods will be good enough.

>
> > but I suspect it would be easily enough for 8 bit micros, HP calculators
> > (including desktops), and so on
> If I need an 80 channel analyser, I'll probably build my own - it can't be
> that hard to shove a bunch of FIFOs and an oscillator on an ISA-bus card,

That's what the Elektor analyser consisted of.....

> then write some software to drive it.

FWIW, I do a lot of my work with a 3 channel logic analyser (HP
LogicDart), and I find that to be enough. Often all I need to look at is
one signal against an enable or something like that. Actually, a
single-channel analyser is sometimes enough.

-tony
Received on Tue Jun 29 2004 - 22:21:35 BST