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Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder supportHermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder supportPosted May 3, 2012 23:31 UTC (Thu) by Zizzle (guest, #67739)Parent article: Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support
Sounds like a worthwhile project.
Although in typical free software fashion, he starts from scratch. I do wish he hadn't decided to reimplement another UI.
I'm sure we'll end up with a handful of crappy LA UIs instead of one decent one.
I have been using the OLS java client http://www.lxtreme.nl/ols/ and it works well, is multi-platform and GPL.
Would have been good if sigrok was just a bunch of plugins to talk to the different hardware.
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Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support Posted May 4, 2012 11:37 UTC (Fri) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402) [Link]
"Would have been good if sigrok was just a bunch of plugins to talk to the different hardware."
Well it sort-of is, isn't it? Why don't you try writing a shim between libsigrok and OLS java client if it's so good?
Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support Posted May 4, 2012 15:17 UTC (Fri) by Zizzle (guest, #67739) [Link]
And rewrite them in Java or just reduce the portability of OLS?
Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support Posted May 4, 2012 19:27 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
Just do whatever is quickest to get the goal, I guess.
Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support Posted May 5, 2012 17:47 UTC (Sat) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402) [Link]
If you like java, then it looks like you'll have to do the work to mould the world to work in the way you want it to. There are plenty more people who have a much lower opinion of java.
And I'm not really sold on this "portability" argument of java. An app written in c++ & Qt is probably portable to even more platforms with a simple recompile.
But this isn't the place to argue about platforms.
Hermann: sigrok - cross-platform, open-source logic analyzer software with protocol decoder support Posted May 5, 2012 9:54 UTC (Sat) by butlerm (subscriber, #13312) [Link] I have been using the OLS java client...and it works well, is multi-platform and GPL.If Oracle has its way, "open Java" will be an oxymoron within weeks, and the Mono project will start looking like the unencumbered alternative.
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