I agree Chris - It is very capable. if the screen were just twice the size and the buttons had some rudimentary labeling (or even little rotary switches) I'd pay extra to have a small scope always at the ready. It might be nice to have a ribbon cable/pin arrangement so the newer bigger scope doesn't take up too much breadboard real-estate. You could even put it in a little angled case so it stands up, but I suppose that's real money - unless you had a Makerbot to make the case for you :-) I'll re-flash with the latest firmware and see how it looks, DougM On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Chris McSweeny wrot= e: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:54 AM, doug metzler wr= ote: >> Sorry for the delay in reporting back. >> >> First thoughts: >> it's really tiny! =A0the screen is about the size of a quarter which, >> unfortunately, for my old eyes is too small to be useful. >> the buttons and menu system aren't terribly intuitive. =A0I realize that >> there isn't much space to work with so it's probably not a fair >> criticism but still every time I try to use it I just get confused. > > I suppose it depends what your expectations are. Clearly if your > eyesight can't cope with the screen then it's not much use to you. I > also agree that the menu system is a bit awkward - it is however much > improved in the latest firmware release, so well worth upgrading > (though I appreciate that not everybody has AVR programming tools). > The thing is, it has a LOT of features, and trying to select those > using 4 buttons and a small screen is never going to be that > straightforward. > > But once you get over that, it is a very capable little tool - > oscilloscope, logic analyser (including protocol decoding), meter. I > just wish the firmware was open source as there are a few things I'd > like to tweak a bit. Which brings me onto the final thing I like about > it - it's a great little platform for developing on. I know this is > the PIC list, but programming an AVR in C isn't that hard to get your > head round. The xmega chip has a lot of really nice features and the > integrated display is great - I'm just busy working on interfacing it > to a PS/2 keyboard to use as a very portable terminal! > > Chris > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .