NEW for 2.2 Released September 2016 =========== ======================= * AppStream support NEW for 2.1 Released January 2015 =========== ===================== * ALSA soundcard support * Perl functions now supported again * Bitscope support dropped due to its proprietary interface NEW for 2.0 Released June 2009 =========== ================== * Completely X Windows / GTK 2.0 based * Ability to scroll a signal too wide to fit on the screen NEW for 1.10 Released June 2003 ============ ================== * COMEDI support - http://www.comedi.org/ * Ability to use parallel port for digital data collection * Improved performance under X Windows * More modular data source interface NEW for 1.8 Released May 2001 =========== ================= * Standard GNU-style `./configure ; make' automated build process. * Samples are now collected in parallel to display refresh for audio and bitscope devices. * This has enabled much longer sweep times: up to 2 sec/division! * Memory buffers increased to 256K to support such slow sweeps. Memories now store time zero to current display point and file length is as long as longest memory. * New step display mode, hit the ! key. * Under GTK, mouse cursors are now draggable while left button decreases and middle button increases the variable pointed to. Right menu still pops up the context-sensitive menu. * Basic limited bitscope data capture at a fixed sample rate. If a BitScope is identified, it is used exclusively, turning off sound and ProbeScope input devices. It connects BitScope Channel A, B and LA to X, Y and Z respectively. NEW for 1.7 Released June 2000 =========== ================== * Logic Analyzer display mode. Instead of drawing one analog line, multiple digital bit lines are drawn. Hit ` or ~ to decrease or increase the number of bits shown. * Manually-positioned measurement cursors. Hit ' to turn them on, " to reset them, and Ctrl-d/f/e/r to move them. Under GTK+, left click positions one cursor and middle click sets the other. Right click always brings up the context-sensitive menu. NEW for 1.6 Released March 2000 =========== =================== * EsounD (Enlightened Sound Daemon) support. Esd is common with Gnome and allows xoscope to share a sound device with other programs or across a network. So xoscope can now see your MP3s playing on xmms! * GTK+ 1.2 or better is now required to build the xoscope X11 client: + Oft-used menus can be "torn-off" and kept available. + Context-sensitive pop-up menus for selecting channel, scale, position, memory store and recall, plot mode, trigger, etc. NEW for 1.5 Released August 1999 =========== ==================== * GTK+ support for building the xoscope X11 client + This release supports 1.0 now but future versions will require 1.2 or higher. You can ignore the menu_factory warning if you build with 1.2+. This warning will go away in 1.6 and is why GTK+ 1.2 will then be required. + keyboard interface works as in all other interfaces + nearly everything is also available from the menubar + double buffered display (no loss if you cover it up) + xoscope will build with GTK+ (default) *or* libsx, see Makefile * Bug Fixes / Enhancements + sound card sample rates fixed (i.e. 44100, not 44000). + smarter more correct sound card buffer flushing and syncing + this results in a faster refresh rate in real-time + new frame per second display shows actual refresh rate * New example data files to load or look at + audio.dat: good for watching stereo audio + proscope.dat: good for using ProbeScope/osziFOX + oscope.dat: default settings, good for resetting NEW for 1.4 Released June 1997 =========== ================== * Supports Radio Shack's ProbeScope as an input device! + auto-detected, see ENVIRONMENT in the man page. + increased time scale: 1us/div - 20ms/div + real V/div vertical scale labels. + displays all ProbeScope status and DVM value * DOS port finally works + All ProbeScope support works on DOS. - mono sound support only so X = Y; no Left and Right. - external math commands don't work since DOS doesn't fork NEW for 1.3 Released May 1997 =========== ================= * sample rate can be changed independent of horizontal scale. * signals of any sample rate can now be stored and recalled. * you can zoom out further to see more time (skip samples). * math functions can now operate on memory buffers. * display and controls rearranged slightly; a button for xy. * the code is more modular for easier porting, see TODO #24. * unfinished DOS (DJGPP/GRX) port is included, see TODO #24. NEW for 1.2 Released October 1996 =========== ===================== * !!! At least 2X faster (inefficient display loop fixed) !!! * average math function fixed; it didn't work in 1.2. * single shot mode; show the first set of samples after trigger. * xy external command for xoscope; show xy in another window. * cleaner easier to read display; hit ? to toggle the help screen. * buff2.*, pcb.*; exact layout of the circuit described in HARDWARE. NEW for 1.1 Released August 1996 =========== ==================== See ChangeLog NEW for 1.0 Released April 1996 =========== =================== See ChangeLog