justDIY
Active Member
I have a Tektronix Digital scope, 2 chan, 60mhz, 1gsps ... its' only output, other than the lcd, is via a parallel printer port which supposedly only talks to HP Laser Printers (never tried it)
Is there an inexpensive way to capture data from that port, and transform it into a bitmap for viewing on the PC?
as I understand it, HP lasers accept raw raster data as an image (along with other more complex formats), so, if I connected the scope to my pc via some sort of parallel port null modem cable, I should be able to capture that raster data, and display it as a bitmap right? That is assuming of course, the scope is just sending out a raster image of the screen and not something more complexe.
Has anyone seen something like this, or have ideas on where to start searching?
Is there an inexpensive way to capture data from that port, and transform it into a bitmap for viewing on the PC?
as I understand it, HP lasers accept raw raster data as an image (along with other more complex formats), so, if I connected the scope to my pc via some sort of parallel port null modem cable, I should be able to capture that raster data, and display it as a bitmap right? That is assuming of course, the scope is just sending out a raster image of the screen and not something more complexe.
Has anyone seen something like this, or have ideas on where to start searching?