Post by thread:PIC-based Logic Analyzer GUI source code available

I have been following the discussion on this PIC based logic analyzer with great interest for some time. I was the designer of a 24 channel, 50MHz. logic analyzer that was distributed by Proboard circuits several years ago. This product was useful for many customers, but as a designer, I was always trying to eliminate its deficiencies, and improve its performance. We had plans to increase its triggering capability using a Lattice PLD, and to add a Digital Storage Scope front end to provide mixed mode analysis. The work we did on this product was mostly for the pleasure of creating such a product, and making it available for other fellow engineers to use. After several years, our available spare time ran short, and we were forced to stop on this development. I was delighted when I find out Tom had taken the initiative to create what I had planned as the next generation of our product. This way, we can vicariously appreciate this accomplishment. So far, I have seen many updates on the hardware for this product, but I am not sure if a suitable front-end software is available yet. For this reason, I wanted to offer the source code to the graphical user interface we had for our last released product. This was written using Microsoft C, and it provides a full color display panel. It uses either a mouse, or function keys. It runs on plain DOS. We also began the development of a Windows version of the interface using Visual Basic. Most of that development is finished as well. If anyone is interested in retrofitting this software to use with Tom's hardware, please let me know, and I will try to make it availabe. Best regards, Monny > {Original Message removed}

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at 10:37 AM 8/6/98 -0500, Monny Omeed wrote: >I have been following the discussion on this PIC based logic analyzer >with great interest for some time. I was the designer of a 24 channel, >50MHz. logic analyzer that was distributed by Proboard circuits several >years ago. This product was useful for many customers, but as a >designer, I was always trying to eliminate its deficiencies, and improve >its performance. We had plans to increase its triggering capability >using a Lattice PLD, and to add a Digital Storage Scope front end to >provide mixed mode analysis. > >The work we did on this product was mostly for the pleasure of creating >such a product, and making it available for other fellow engineers to >use. After several years, our available spare time ran short, and we >were forced to stop on this development. > >I was delighted when I find out Tom had taken the initiative to create >what I had planned as the next generation of our product. This way, we >can vicariously appreciate this accomplishment. > Monny, great! I'm doing this in my spare time but I'm determined to see it through. My primary goal is to provide the core logic and hardware schematics. Then I'll toss it out to this group for the software work. {Quote hidden}>So far, I have seen many updates on the hardware for this product, but I >am not sure if a suitable front-end software is available yet. For this >reason, I wanted to offer the source code to the graphical user >interface we had for our last released product. This was written using >Microsoft C, and it provides a full color display panel. It uses either >a mouse, or function keys. It runs on plain DOS. We also began the >development of a Windows version of the interface using Visual Basic. >Most of that development is finished as well. If anyone is interested >in retrofitting this software to use with Tom's hardware, please let me >know, and I will try to make it availabe. Thanks for the offer! I have not worked on the GUI yet. I was going to use C/C++ and a Windows 95 GUI but I'm leaning towards VBASIC right now. Due to the generic nature of this, there is room for a variety of GUI's and OS environments. - Tom > >Best regards, >Monny Tom Handley New Age Communications Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs...

Speaking of these.... Who out there has had some good experience with PC based analyzers. I'm looking at getting one for our group (boss says to fill out a rec...), and not that it will replace our HP units, but for use in the field, etc. Looking for something on the high end (read willing to spend around $2500 or so). I'm looking at the Boulder Creek Signal Tap unit( http://www.bcreek.com/products.htm ), but looking for some practical experience with them. Oh, I also get to order a new laptop as well. Isn't it nice when they give you some $$$ for tools :-)