Re: HP1630 Analyzer questions..

In article <1129108748.624839.7730@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
randomdude@xxxxxxxxx says...
> Hi people.
> I bought me a HP1630 logic analyser a few months ago, and its been
> really useful for debugging CPLD based designs. Now, though, I'm
> wanting to debug slow-speed microprocessors with it.
> It has a built-in 'inverse assembler' for the 68K, but I'm going to be
> using the z80.. is there a way to upload the z80 instruction set
> informations (gpib?) to the analyzer so it can inverse-assemble
> (disassemble?) on the fly? How about software to upload it, am I on my
> own here?
> In a related question - I'm tempted to pick up a PCI GPIB interface
> from ebay. What will this let me do - I know it will let me 'talk to
> the analyzer' but to what extent? Will be able to dump the captured
> data to PC? That'd be handy. How about remote control, so I don't have
> to fiddle with its keypad? Is the software to do this fairly
> availiable? Or do I have to write my own? And is it fairly nontrivial?
>
> Thanks for reading...
>
>

I'm not familiar with the 1630, but most HP instruments will let you
control pretty much everything via GPIB. If the card you buy is from
National Instruments, you will be able to download tons of drivers and
support/programming literature from www.ni.com. The NI PCI-GPIB is a
great way to go.

Given the popularity of the 1630, I'd imagine that some time spent in
Google will reveal plenty of control software options. At a minimum,
you should certainly be able to obtain a screen dump from it. Quite a
few free/shareware/inexpensive commercial utilities for plotter
emulation are available, including mine (see http://www.speakeasy.org/
~jmiles1/ke5fx/7470.htm ). The source code at that link should be a
good starting point for writing your own, if it comes to that.

-- jm

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