Logic analyzer comparison

2011-02-01T20:23:39Z

Techveteran:

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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!Samplerates/MHz
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!Vendor software
!Protocol decoders
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| colspan="11" | '''Commercial'''

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| [[ASIX SIGMA]]
| 4/8/16
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| 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
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| 0.12-24/0.12-122
| 3.3/5
| Cypress FX2
| none
| none
| Windows
| I2C, SPI, UART
| €129.-

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| [http://www.bugblat.com/products/x34.html Bugblat X34]
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| [http://www.chronovu.com/features/ ChronoVu LA8]
| 8
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| 100MHz
| -0.5-5
| CPLD
| 64MBit DRAM
| none
| Windows, Linux, Mac
| I2C, SPI, UART
| $149.99

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

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| [http://deditec.de/de/logikanalysatoren/prod/usb-logi-100.html Deditec USB-LOGI-100]
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| [http://deditec.de/de/logikanalysatoren/prod/usb-logi-250.html Deditec USB-LOGI-250]
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| [http://deditec.de/de/logikanalysatoren/prod/usb-logi-500.html Deditec USB-LOGI-500]
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| [http://www.gwinstek.com/en/product/productdetail.aspx?pid=3&mid=71&id=77 GW Instek GLA-1000] (various)
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| [http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/produce_list.asp?unid=67 Hantek LA4032]
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| [http://www.hantek.com.cn/english/produce_list.asp?unid=44 Hantek LA5034]
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| [http://www.ikalogic.com/scanalogic2/index.php Ikalogic SCANALOGIC-2 PRO] ([http://www.ikalogic.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=22 Forum])
| 4
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| 20Msps
| 1.8/2.8/3.3/5
| ATMega168
| 256kB/ch
| None
| Windows (.NET)
| I2C, SPI, UART, 1-wire, Maple
| €59.-

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| [[Intronix Logicport]]
| 34
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| [http://www.inovaflex.de/logicmaid.html Inovaflex LogicMaid]
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| [[Link Instruments MSO-19]]
| 8
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| 200MSa/s
| Dig.: 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.5/3.0/3.3/5.0V, An.: +/- 20V max
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| 1KSa/ch
| none
| Windows
| I2C, SPI
| $249

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| [http://www.meilhaus.de/produkte/messgeraete-instrumente/?user_produkte%5BPATTR%5D=HPG_7-UPG1_79-UPG2_113&user_produkte%5BPR%5D=276 Meilhaus Logian] (various)
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| [http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1406&dDocName=en023805&redirects=pickit2 Microchip PICkit 2]
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| [http://www.nci-usa.com/frame_products_overview.htm NCI GoLogic] (various)
| 36/72
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| 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/Store/Microcontrollers/PropellerTools/tabid/143/ProductID/586/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName Parallax PropScope]
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| [http://www.parallax.com/tabid/768/ProductID/46/Default.aspx Parallax USB-Oscilloscope]
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| [http://www.rockylogic.com/products/ant8.html RockyLogic Ant8]
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| [[Saleae Logic]]
| 8
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| Cypress FX2
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| none
| Windows, Linux, Mac
| 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]]
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| [http://www.ikalogic.com/scanalogic_home.php ikalogic SCANALOGIC]
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| [http://minila.sourceforge.net/ miniLA]
| 32
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| 3.3/5
| Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD
| 128Kb/channel
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| [[Openbench Logic Sniffer]]
| 32
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| 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
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| 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://www.xs4all.nl/~jwasys/old/diy2.html JWA Systems parallel port LA]
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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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