> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Tom Van Baak" <tvb@LeapSecond.com> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" < > time-nuts@febo.com> > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:38:55 -0700 > Subject: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help > I'd like to do a continuous capture of the bits, for up to tens of > minutes, into a PC. That comes to about 1 GB of raw data. I can > handle the decoding of the bits in software after the capture is > done. This is a one-time experiment. > > What is the best/quickest/easiest way to capture data like this? > I've looked at various USB or LAN logic analyzer and 'scopes > but most seem to work on batches of data. I need a continuous > capture. > Maybe you can use one of those products: http://www.usbee.com/ just to not waste samples memory, you can deserialize the signal with a 8 bit Shift register and use the clock/8 as trigger for sampling received data. Unfortunately, the cheaper one (SX) lets you use only your PC memory as capture buffer. You have to resort to more expensive models to directly stream your data to HDD. Elio.