Hi,

I think the answer to Zack's problem is to imitate the analogue (ie real!) scope
solution which is to use trigger hold-off. This in essence prevents the scope
from retriggering until after an adjustable delay.

Taking Zack's original waveform of 01010010100, the trigger would be active on
the first rising edge and inhibited during the period around the second rising
edge but re-enabled for the third edge etc. thus providing a steady display.

An alternative for all you software/digital fans out there would be to store a
long series of samples and perform an auto-correlation function, the peak of
which should then indicate a point in any repetitve sequence with which to
trigger the display.

Best Regards
Bob Minchin@roke.co.uk