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== Driver == | == Driver == | ||
The board is fully supported by sigrok, using the | The board is fully supported by sigrok, using the [[fx2lafw]] driver. | ||
== Required Testing Hardware Extensions == | == Required Testing Hardware Extensions == | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 26 June 2012
This is a barebones development board for the Cypress FX2 chip, as used in the Saleae Logic and other boards. It is available on Ebay for less than €15, or Taobao for even less.
Hardware
All the pins on the FX2 are broken out to 40 header pins. There's an on/off toggle switch, a reset button, and a jumper that lets you select whether the FX2 gets its configuration from a small EEPROM, or boots into the default mode. The EEPROM's default settings make it come up with the same VID:PID as a Saleae board.
Driver
The board is fully supported by sigrok, using the fx2lafw driver.
Required Testing Hardware Extensions
Do not directly hook the board pins to another circuit, if you don't know what you are doing! This could damage the board!
The simplest circuit would be adding at least resistors in between your circuit-in-test and the LCSoft board, but be aware here that this cypress chip can only tolerate a maximum of 5V I/O. Better would be to use a clamp circuit like shown at Spiralbrain's Blog (but you do not need to add another eeprom for sigrok with fx2lafw!). A buffer circuit using a 74HC241 IC for protection is also possible. Check on the fx2lafw page to see which protection circuits are used on other logic analyzer boards.