cgp44 wrote:You need grossly expensive scopes.
This is why I am hoping that fpga logic sniffer can capture say a frame to a file.
I can then code some perl to search for known patterns. Even labView is way out of budget.
I think that fpgas are the way to go for specialized electronics, because the use of special chips
Just avoids the details which should be open sourced and current fpga chips can hold large systems. Far bigger
Than specialist chips. And the venture risk is spread over general usage.
Some sort of hardware acceleration is the way future electronics will go more and more for sure.
As you mentioned, FPGA has the huge advantage of being much cheaper to setup in smaller quantities as opposed to ASIC chips, where you have to develop and manufacture the chip from ground up.
I can get you access to Faculty of Electrical Engineering labs at my university. There should be all the gear inc. labView. It's Prague, Czech R., Europe.
As electrical engineering is not my expertise, I could get you someone who will do the measurements in person for you, if [s]you[/s] we need that or set up a letter of introduction for some other edu lab.
