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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 12:01:37 -0700 Subject: Re: [EE] RS-485 analyzer/sniffer? Thread-Topic: [EE] RS-485 analyzer/sniffer? Thread-Index: AdaYJ1YmztuArbfRT9CwsunnC8B/RQ== Message-ID: References: <5F7619A5.1030407@narwani.org> List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: <5F7619A5.1030407@narwani.org> Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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Or come up with your own program to interpret the data stream if it isn't printable characters. On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 at 19:05, Neil wrote: > > Anyone have a recommendation for a budget RS-485 sniffer/analyzer? > With software, under $50 would be nice. Under $100 is workable. > Will be testing some things for someone else for a few weeks, so it's > not something I do regularly enough to warrany buying a fancy tester. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .