X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=libsigrok.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.devices;h=e4416402b0b8bb3b7991b44f2af73ab75e4d4998;hp=30f8e474d7eb2e9130f9f1f3fb9fb3a8b3d07597;hb=71422cb6eb8be34f6fca8a3be7ebe10fe1bea319;hpb=ecaa89af0e01f9c3f585e82eb849bf616bff22cf diff --git a/README.devices b/README.devices index 30f8e474..e4416402 100644 --- a/README.devices +++ b/README.devices @@ -50,13 +50,12 @@ The following drivers/devices require a firmware upload upon connection: The following drivers/devices do not need any firmware upload: - agilent-dmm - - alsa - appa-55ii - brymen-bm86x - brymen-dmm - cem-dt-885x - center-3xx (including all subdrivers) - - chronovu-la8 + - chronovu-la - colead-slm - demo - fluke-dmm @@ -116,10 +115,9 @@ The following drivers/devices require a serial port specification: The following drivers/devices do not require a serial port specification: - - alsa - asix-sigma - brymen-bm86x - - chronovu-la8 + - chronovu-la - demo - fx2lafw - hantek-dso @@ -316,20 +314,6 @@ a short list for convenience: - Voltcraft VC-830: Press the "REL/PC" button for roughly 2 seconds. -ALSA driver ------------ - -The 'alsa' driver can be used to sample analog data using a PC's soundcard. -I.e. the sound card can act as a simple oscilloscope (with some limitations) -using commercial or DIY "sound card scope probe" cables. - -Since ALSA is a Linux-specific sound system, this driver will inherently -only compile and work on Linux. - -We might write additional drivers to make a similar functionality available -on other OSes at some point. - - Link Instruments MSO-19 ----------------------- @@ -340,20 +324,19 @@ system). Thus, this driver can currently only compile and work on Linux. We plan to fix this though, so that it'll work on all other OSes, too. -ChronoVu LA8 USB VID/PIDs -------------------------- +ChronoVu LA8/LA16 USB VID/PIDs +------------------------------ -The ChronoVu LA8 logic analyzer is available in two revisions. Previously, -the LA8 shipped with a USB VID/PID of 0403:6001, which is the standard ID +The ChronoVu LA8/LA16 logic analyzer is available in two revisions. Previously, +the device shipped with a USB VID/PID of 0403:6001, which is the standard ID for FTDI FT232 USB chips. -Since this made it hard to distinguish the LA8 from any other device +Since this made it hard to distinguish the LA8/LA16 from any other device with this FTDI chip connected to the PC, the vendor later shipped the -LA8 with a USB VID/PID of 0403:8867. +device with a USB VID/PID of 0403:8867. -The 'chronovu-la8' driver in libsigrok supports both VID/PID pairs and -automatically finds devices with either VID/PID pair. However, currently -the driver will assume any device with VID/PID 0403:6001 is a ChronoVu LA8. +The 'chronovu-la' driver in libsigrok supports both VID/PID pairs and +automatically finds devices with either VID/PID pair. OLS