On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:50:19 -0700, Dal Wheeler wrote:
>=A0
>=A0Actually, that=92s what I'm looking at; the mixed analog/digital mode=
ls.
>=A0We've got a nice logic analyzer, but would like to correlate a few an=
alog
>=A0signals on top. =A0I'm looking at a 4+16 setup windows based unit fro=
m
>=A0agilent. =A0I didn't care for their first generation windows based sc=
opes; but
>=A0I'm hoping they've got the kinks smoothed out now. =A0They're running=
 a
>=A0special on these now. =A0I've got ~10K budgeted, but I'd like to hear=
 more
>=A0from actual users before getting one to try out. =A0If someone has a =
Tektronix
>=A0equivalent package that they've used; I'd like to hear your experienc=
es as
>=A0well.

Is that one of the Infinium scopes? If so, I think you'd be very happy
with one. I'd love to upgrade to one but I don't have the budget for it
right now.=20

Definitely get one to demo if you can. I had no trouble getting a demo
unit from the local HP sales office (pre-Agilent days) when I bought
mine. If you are going to spend $10K with them they should certainly
let you demo one for a week or so.

The best way to decide is actually putting your hands on one connected
to *your* circuits.=20

As an aside, I was introduced to the HP MSO's at the 1997 Microchip=20
Masters. They had a class taught by HP FAEs with real PIC boards doing=20
PWM audio. Very cool looking at all the signals simultaneously and=20
triggering on either the analog or digital signals or a combination of
both. Several hundred milliseconds of stereo audio PWM data looks
really cool when captured as a long pulse train. I was really impressed
and of course immediately wanted one. I'll bet they sold a lot of MSOs
that week... ;-)

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

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