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2README
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5The sigrok project aims at creating a portable, cross-platform,
6Free/Libre/Open-Source logic analyzer software that supports various
7logic analyzer hardware products.
8
9libsigrok is a shared library written in C which provides the basic API
10for talking to logic analyzer hardware and reading/writing the acquired data
11into various input/output file formats.
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14Requirements
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17 - git
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19 - make
20 - autoconf >= 2.63
21 - automake >= 1.11
22 - libtool
23 - pkg-config >= 0.22
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24 - libglib >= 2.22.0
25 - libusb >= 1.0.5 (for most logic analyzer hardware)
26 - libzip >= 0.8
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27 - libftdi >= 0.16 (for some logic analyzer hardware)
28 - libudev >= 151 (for some logic analyzer hardware)
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30
31Building and installing
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33
34In order to get the libsigrok source code and build it, run:
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36 $ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/sigrok
37 $ cd sigrok/libsigrok
38 $ ./autogen.sh
39 $ ./configure
40 $ make
41
42For installing libsigrok:
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44 $ make install
45
46Please see the following wiki pages for more detailed instructions:
47
48 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Linux
49 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X
50 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Windows
51 http://sigrok.org/wiki/FreeBSD
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54Firmware
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57Some devices supported by libsigrok need a firmware to be uploaded before the
58device can be used.
59
60The default location where libsigrok expects the firmware files is:
61
62 $prefix/share/sigrok-firmware
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64($prefix is usually /usr/local or /usr, depending on your ./configure options)
65
66For further information see:
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68 http://sigrok.org/wiki/Firmware
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71Mailing lists
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73
74There are two mailing lists for sigrok/libsigrok:
75
76 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
77 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-commits
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80IRC
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82
83You can find the sigrok developers in the #sigrok IRC channel on Freenode.
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86Website
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89http://sigrok.org
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