> I bought the logic analyzer advertised in Circuit Cellar from Virtual
> Tools.  I must say that the thing is incredibly useful.  It cost about $250
> and is around the size of a pack of cigarettes.  It has 24 channels with
> 32k samples a channel and hangs off the parallel port on a PC.  There's
> some windows software that allows you to setup your triggers and organize
> the channels to figure out what is going on.  The little wire things fit
> perfectly on IDC header pins, so you don't really need to buy a full set of
> the test clips (though they are nice).  It goes from 1 MHz sampling rate to
> 20MHz sampling rate with the internal clock and any speed from 1 HZ to
> 50MHz with an external clock.  It has saved my ass a number of times in the
> few weeks I've had it.
>
> I'm not affiliated with this guy in any way, but I think its such a great
> product for the price that I had to tell you guys about it.  Has anyone
> tried out their oscilloscope that operates in the same way?  After seeing
> this thing I'm tempted by that too...
>
> Here's their web page :
>
> http://www.virtualtools.com/
>
> -Erik Reikes

>Glad to hear it work good.  I am going to a hamfest next weekend to sell a
>bunch of test equipment I don't need anymore and I had planned to buy one of
>those with some of the cash.  Now if they only had a DSO module that would work
>at the same time like the HP mixed signal scope they would really have
>something.  Another company has a system to do this on a PC but it a lot more
>expensive.
>
>Erik Reikes wrote:
>
>> I bought the logic analyzer advertised in Circuit Cellar from Virtual
>> Tools.  I must say that the thing is incredibly useful.  It cost about $250
>> and is around the size of a pack of cigarettes.  It has 24 channels with
>> 32k samples a channel and hangs off the parallel port on a PC.  There's
>> some windows software that allows you to setup your triggers and organize
>> the channels to figure out what is going on.  The little wire things fit
>> perfectly on IDC header pins, so you don't really need to buy a full set of
>> the test clips (though they are nice).  It goes from 1 MHz sampling rate to
>> 20MHz sampling rate with the internal clock and any speed from 1 HZ to
>> 50MHz with an external clock.  It has saved my ass a number of times in the
>> few weeks I've had it.

> For another all-in-one diagnostic tool, check out the Portable
> Test Bench (PTB-200/400) product at:
>
>     http://www.sni.net/~oricom
>
> I'm about to order one for use with all my PIC projects.  It is
> a logic analyzer, A/D measurement/volt/current meter, frequency
> generator and counter, serial line protocol analyzer, etc. etc.
> It uses a 16Fxx and SX28xx chip for all it's work.
>
> -Jeff Rush
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:28:48 -0700, Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> >Glad to hear it work good.  I am going to a hamfest next weekend to sell a
> >bunch of test equipment I don't need anymore and I had planned to buy one of
> >those with some of the cash.  Now if they only had a DSO module that would wo

> >at the same time like the HP mixed signal scope they would really have
> >something.  Another company has a system to do this on a PC but it a lot more
> >expensive.
> >
> >Erik Reikes wrote:
> >
> >> I bought the logic analyzer advertised in Circuit Cellar from Virtual
> >> Tools.  I must say that the thing is incredibly useful.  It cost about $250
> >> and is around the size of a pack of cigarettes.  It has 24 channels with
> >> 32k samples a channel and hangs off the parallel port on a PC.  There's
> >> some windows software that allows you to setup your triggers and organize
> >> the channels to figure out what is going on.  The little wire things fit
> >> perfectly on IDC header pins, so you don't really need to buy a full set of
> >> the test clips (though they are nice).  It goes from 1 MHz sampling rate to
> >> 20MHz sampling rate with the internal clock and any speed from 1 HZ to
> >> 50MHz with an external clock.  It has saved my ass a number of times in the
> >> few weeks I've had it.

> At 08:17 PM 10/25/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >What where you main reasons for choosing this product. The all in one tool.
> >I am
> >trying to make a decision on what to purchase.  I am primarily concerned
> with a
> >logic analyzer and oscilloscope
> >
>
> The one from Virtual Tools does have an all in one strategy.  They have a
> parallel port adapter that allows two of their probes to be attached to
> just the on parallel port.  I haven't tried the Oscope, but I can vouch for
> the logic analyzer.
>
> -Erik Reikes

> logic analyzer and oscilloscope
>
> Jeff Rush wrote:
>
> > For another all-in-one diagnostic tool, check out the Portable
> > Test Bench (PTB-200/400) product at:
> >
> >     http://www.sni.net/~oricom
> >
> > I'm about to order one for use with all my PIC projects.  It is
> > a logic analyzer, A/D measurement/volt/current meter, frequency
> > generator and counter, serial line protocol analyzer, etc. etc.
> > It uses a 16Fxx and SX28xx chip for all it's work.
> >
> > -Jeff Rush
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 21:28:48 -0700, Brian Kraut wrote:
> >
> > >Glad to hear it work good.  I am going to a hamfest next weekend to