On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:57 PM, 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 ? This is part of my job: to help set up the lab. > $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. It is not so easy to be future proof. The FPGA side is a concern. > 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. Ture but the cost of tweaking with a cheap instrument may not be justified in the long run. Within the budget I will tend to buy the best performed instrument. It is relative lower cost compared to the total project cost due to long project cycle here. Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist