Getting up and running

I will soon be getting Rev 1 of my design up and running with a XC167 uP. I'm looking for opinions from people with experience getting uP boards up and running in regards to Logic analyzers and scopes. I need to buy a new scope anyway and am looking at the Agilent MSO 4ch + 16logic scope. It has I^2C and SPI triggering which I like, but would I be better off buying a real Logic analyzer? Is it even necessary? My interest is just to help speed up getting this up and running. I'm assuming I will run into problems talking to deferent devices along the way. I know its hard to believe, but I actually have made mistakes before.........LOL....... Just looking for people opinions.

Thanks,
Mike

Also, Anyone know of any good computer based logic analyzers with good and user friendly software?

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  • my preferred hardware tool is the emulator. You can see so much on just observing the ports. Checking of a possible external memory is correctly connected is a breeze, if a couple of pins are reversed, it's obvious .....

    I do not have a logic analyzer and am very happily chugging along with a 2 channel stoarce scope (tektronix). Yes, indeed, once a year I would gain some benefit from a logical analyzer, but that is not worth the investment.

    Somehow, your post can be read "should I not buy a scope, but buy a logic analyzer instead" if that is the case, my reply will be a resounding NO. The little glitches (such as a 1.3 volt little blip) that are the real killers never show up on a logical analyzer.

    Erik

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  • my preferred hardware tool is the emulator. You can see so much on just observing the ports. Checking of a possible external memory is correctly connected is a breeze, if a couple of pins are reversed, it's obvious .....

    I do not have a logic analyzer and am very happily chugging along with a 2 channel stoarce scope (tektronix). Yes, indeed, once a year I would gain some benefit from a logical analyzer, but that is not worth the investment.

    Somehow, your post can be read "should I not buy a scope, but buy a logic analyzer instead" if that is the case, my reply will be a resounding NO. The little glitches (such as a 1.3 volt little blip) that are the real killers never show up on a logical analyzer.

    Erik

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