What where you main reasons for choosing this product. The all in one tool.  I a
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trying to make a decision on what to purchase.  I am primarily concerned with a
logic analyzer and oscilloscope

Jeff Rush wrote:

> For another all-in-one diagnostic tool, check out the Portable
> Test Bench (PTB-200/400) product at:
>
>     www.sni.net/~oricom
>
> I'm about to order one for use with all my PIC projects.  It is
> a logic analyzer, A/D measurement/volt/current meter, frequency
> generator and counter, serial line protocol analyzer, etc. etc.
> It uses a 16Fxx and SX28xx chip for all it's work.
>
> -Jeff Rush
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:28:48 -0700, Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> >Glad to hear it work good.  I am going to a hamfest next weekend to sell a
> >bunch of test equipment I don't need anymore and I had planned to buy one of
> >those with some of the cash.  Now if they only had a DSO module that would wo
rk
> >at the same time like the HP mixed signal scope they would really have
> >something.  Another company has a system to do this on a PC but it a lot more
> >expensive.
> >
> >Erik Reikes wrote:
> >
> >> I bought the logic analyzer advertised in Circuit Cellar from Virtual
> >> Tools.  I must say that the thing is incredibly useful.  It cost about $250
> >> and is around the size of a pack of cigarettes.  It has 24 channels with
> >> 32k samples a channel and hangs off the parallel port on a PC.  There's
> >> some windows software that allows you to setup your triggers and organize
> >> the channels to figure out what is going on.  The little wire things fit
> >> perfectly on IDC header pins, so you don't really need to buy a full set of
> >> the test clips (though they are nice).  It goes from 1 MHz sampling rate to
> >> 20MHz sampling rate with the internal clock and any speed from 1 HZ to
> >> 50MHz with an external clock.  It has saved my ass a number of times in the
> >> few weeks I've had it.