PC-base multi-channel logic analyzers?

What do you guys use for debugging boards? This looks interesting, but it's faster than I need:

http://www.pctestinstruments.com/

I have that one that I use sometimes. It is nice because I can travel around with it and plug it into my MacBook. The downside is the memory is a bit small and the triggering can be a little simplistic(?). It has it's uses though.
 
I have a 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer that I'm building cables for this weekend...

Plus FedEx just brought me a Fluke 9010A and 8 pods. :)

You can pick up an old 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer dirt cheap but cables are hard to find. I'm building my own cables with info I found on the web as to what Molex connectors to use.

I'll be sure to let everyone know how that works.

I paid a whopping $60 for the analyzer. It was cheap enough to warrant tossing a bit of money out to play around with.
 
I have a 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer that I'm building cables for this weekend...

Plus FedEx just brought me a Fluke 9010A and 8 pods. :)

You can pick up an old 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer dirt cheap but cables are hard to find. I'm building my own cables with info I found on the web as to what Molex connectors to use.

I'll be sure to let everyone know how that works.

I paid a whopping $60 for the analyzer. It was cheap enough to warrant tossing a bit of money out to play around with.

I'm new at this stuff. You use the Fluke 9010A to drive the hardware instead of the CPU? Do you have test scripts that you run or something?

I'm a software guy. . . just getting into debugging hardware. I should have paid more attention when I worked at 3Dfx! :)
 
I have a 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer that I'm building cables for this weekend...

Plus FedEx just brought me a Fluke 9010A and 8 pods. :)

You can pick up an old 1630 series HP Logic Analyzer dirt cheap but cables are hard to find. I'm building my own cables with info I found on the web as to what Molex connectors to use.

I'll be sure to let everyone know how that works.

I paid a whopping $60 for the analyzer. It was cheap enough to warrant tossing a bit of money out to play around with.


Those old HP's are plentiful, easy to use and extremely reliable. I bought two nice 1631D's (same as 1630 but with digital o'scope) in a company auction for $10 -- complete with pods and leads.

I am interested in the link to building cables - mainly out of curiosity.
Ed
 
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