Logic analyzer comparison

2010-07-04T21:26:45Z

Hoal:

This is an alphabetically ordered table of various logic analyzer products (commercial and non-commercial) with a short overview of their capabilities. We list all kinds of devices here, not only those supported by sigrok.

You should '''not''' use the information here as the sole source for any buying decisions, this is just meant for informational purposes. Please carefully check the vendor websites if you intend to buy any hardware.

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| colspan="10" | '''Commercial'''

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| [[ASIX SIGMA]]
| 4/8/16
| 200/100/50
| TTL1
| Spartan-3 + SDRAM
| 256Mbit (56/28/14Msmp/ch)
| RLE
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| I2C, SPI, UART
| €298.-

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| [[Braintechnology USB-LPS]]
| 8/16
| 0.12-24/0.12-122
| 3.3/5
| Cypress FX2
| none
| none
| Windows
| I2C, SPI, UART
| €129.-

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| [[CWAV USBee SX]]
| 8
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| Cypress FX2
| none
| none
| Windows
| I2C, SPI, UART
| $139.-

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| [[Intronix Logicport]]
| 34
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| [http://www.inovaflex.de/logicmaid.html Inovaflex LogicMaid]
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| [http://www.nci-usa.com/frame_products_overview.htm NCI GoLogic] (various)
| 36/72
| 250,500 w/o RLE
| cfg.
| Virtex-II + SRAM
| 4/2Msmp/ch
| RLE
| custom
| I2C, SPI, UART (SDK)
| $2995-$5500

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| [http://www.prologix.biz/ Prologix GPIB-USB/Ethernet controller] ([http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=549 S]) (various)
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| [http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/ProductID/46/Default.aspx Parallax USB-Oscilloscope]
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| [[Saleae Logic]]
| 8
| 0.2-24
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| Cypress FX2
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| Windows (Linux/Mac planned)
| I2C, SPI, UART
| €129.-

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| [http://www.tech-tools.com/dv_dv1.htm TechTools DigiView DV1-100] (various)
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| [[ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C]]
| 16
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| [[Buspirate]]
| 5
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| [http://www.ikalogic.com/scanalogic_home.php ikalogic SCANALOGIC]
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| [http://www.ikalogic.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=536 ikalogic SCANALOGIC2] (beta)
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| [http://minila.sourceforge.net/ miniLA]
| 32
| 100
| 3.3/5
| Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD
| 128Kb/channel
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| [[Openbench Logic Sniffer]]
| 32
| 200Msps
| 0-5.5
| Xilinx FPGA
| 4K/ch @ 32bit
| RLE
| Java (open, multiple OS)
| I2C, UART
| $45.-

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| [http://www.sump.org/projects/analyzer/ Sump]
| 32
| 200Msps
| 3.3
| Xilinx XC3S200-4 FPGA
| 256K/channel
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| Java (open, multiple OS)
| I2C, SPI
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| [http://flash-plaice.wikispaces.com/ FLASH - PLAICE]
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| [http://code.google.com/p/cheapla/ cheapla]
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| [http://www.xs4all.nl/~jwasys/old/diy2.html JWA Systems parallel port LA]
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| [http://pe1grl.khds.nl/picla/picla.htm picLA]
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1 Changeable by replacing input buffers. 
2 External clock up to 16MHz supported. 


TODO:
* http://www.totalphase.com/products/beagle_ism/
* http://mcustore.com/acatalog/PoScope_USB-Based_Oscilloscope.html
* ...

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