Re: Development Tools

[CSimpson@corp.adaptec.com]

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You REALLY need to check out the HP 16505A Prototype Analyzer - They feed 
the data into what is essentially an HP workstation which does the 
post-processing, filtering, and display.  No touch screen or stupid little 
wheel - it's all X based.  You can see a lot of signals on a 21" screen.   
For statistical analysis, the SPA package runs on the 16505A, not the LA.  
It gives you all kinds of neat displays and ways to slice and dice.

Cris

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From pierce@hogranch.com (John R Pierce), on 5/8/97 12:24 PM:
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> I would like to hear about anyones experiences with PCI analyzers and
> exercisers. Specifically HP16500 analyzer with the FuturePlus Systems
> preprocessor.

I've used those in several incarnations, been quite useful to me as a 
software
engineer specializing in device drivers.	

I actually preferred the 1660C (?)  analyzer over the 16550B (again, ? not 
sure
the exact model numbers), the front panel keyboard on the 1660C is far 
easier
to use than the dreaded touchscreen on the 16500.  A mouse can help too.

I've mostly used this for things like timing analysis of io drivers, seeing 
how
bursting is working, fine tuning things.  But its also been useful for 
reverse
engineering i/o ports of 3rd party devices, finding really nasty real time
bugs, and other such.   I know the hardware engineers get good mileage out 
of
it too for finding hw level incompatibilities, and debugging PCI bus 
interface
designs...

-jrp


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