On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Vasile Surducan wrote: > On 4/1/08, Xiaofan Chen wrote: >> I am tasked to source for a Logic Analyser > > Are they paying you for this job ? > $30k is plenty enough for any serious 32 bit logic analyser. For an > ARM9, 1Gsps is more than enough. For the faster FPGA on the market > must be a better one. > There is one logic analyser with 18bit&1Gsps via USB2.0 at about $500. > A good engineer could solve a lot of problems with that cheap one. Who makes this? For $500 (not $5000?) I might look into buying one for myself! I've worked with everything from Tek to PC analyzers (LA5000). Personally, I think if you are doing hardcore debugging, you are better off with Tek - nothing worse than a multiple condition problem that you analyzer can't do. Frankly, this is where Tek logic analyzer shine. The LA5000 (which I have on my desk) is not too shabby (although the interface is a little rough). www.linkinstruments.com IIRC it is about 500 Msps... Cheap at $3500. We did some nice analysis on an IDE i/f we had problems with (it was talking to an FPGA). But the GUI interface... leaves a LOT to be desired... And you don't get the nice multiple condition like you do with Tek - you get SEQUENCES but that is not exactly the same thing... Cheers, Lloyd -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist