Logic analyzer comparison
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.
| Logic analyzer | Channels | Max. Samplerate | Supported/max. Voltages | Architecture/chip | Memory | Compression | Vendor software | Protocol decoders | Price | ||
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| Dig. | An. | Dig. | An. | ||||||||
| Commercial | |||||||||||
| ASIX SIGMA | 4/8/16 | — | 200/100/50MHz | TTL1/LVTTL/2.7—5.5V CMOS | — | Xilinx XC3S50 FPGA | 256Mbit, 56/28/14Msmp/ch | RLE | Windows, Linux (wine) | I2C, SPI, UART | €298.- |
| Braintechnology USB-LPS | 8/16 | — | 24/12MHz2 | 3.3/5V | — | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows | I2C, SPI, UART | €199.- |
| Bugblat X34 | |||||||||||
| ChronoVu LA8 | 8 | — | 100MHz | -0.5—5V | — | Xilinx XC2C256 CPLD | 64Mbit SDRAM | none | Windows, Linux, Mac | I2C, SPI, UART | $149.99 |
| CWAV Busbee | 4 | — | 24MHz | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Windows | ? | $295.- |
| CWAV USBee SX | 8 | — | 24MHz | 3.3/5V | — | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows | various4 | $169.- |
| CWAV USBee ZX | 8 | — | 24MHz | ? | — | Cypress FX2 (?) | ? | ? | Windows | various4 | $395.- |
| CWAV USBee AX/Pro | 8 | 1 | 24MHz | ? | ? | Cypress FX2 (?) | ? | ? | Windows | various4 | $545.- |
| CWAV USBee DX | 16 | 2 | 24MHz | ? | ? | Cypress FX2 (?) | ? | ? | Windows | various4 | $1495.- |
| Deditec USB-LOGI-100 | Windows (.NET) | ||||||||||
| Deditec USB-LOGI-250 | Windows (.NET) | ||||||||||
| Deditec USB-LOGI-500 | Windows (.NET) | ||||||||||
| EE Electronics ESLA100 | |||||||||||
| EE Electronics ESLA201A | |||||||||||
| GW Instek GLA-1000 (various) | |||||||||||
| Hantek LA4032 | |||||||||||
| Hantek LA5034 | |||||||||||
| Ikalogic SCANALOGIC-2 PRO (Forum) | 4 | — | 20Msps | 2/2.8/3.3/3.6/5V | — | Atmel ATMega168 | 256kB/ch | none | Windows (.NET) | various5 | €59.- |
| Intronix Logicport | 34 | ||||||||||
| Inovaflex LogicMaid | |||||||||||
| Janatek LA-Gold-16 | 16 | — | 1GHz | threshold: -5—5V | — | 1Msmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek LA-Gold-36 | 32 | — | 1GHz | threshold: -5—5V | — | 1Msmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek Logic-16 | 16 | — | 200MHz | threshold: 1.2—2.2V | — | 1Msmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek Annie-USB | 8 | — | 500MHz | threshold: 1.2—2.3V | — | 1Msmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek Logic-3p (LPT) | 16 | — | 200MHz | 1/1.3/1.5/1.7/2/2.2/2.3V | — | 128Ksmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek Lu-La-USB | 16 | — | 200MHz | 0—7V, threshold: 1.2—2.2V | — | 1Msmp/ch | Windows | ||||
| Janatek Annie-200p | |||||||||||
| Link Instruments MSO-19 | 8 | 1 | 200MSa/s | 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.5/3/3.3/5V | +/-20V | 1KSa/ch | none | Windows | I2C, SPI | $249 | |
| Meilhaus Logian (various) | |||||||||||
| Meilhaus M611 | |||||||||||
| Meilhaus MEphisto Scope UM20x (various) | |||||||||||
| Microchip PICkit 2 | |||||||||||
| NCI GoLogic-U36-1M | 36 | — | 500MHz | cfg. | — | Xilinx Virtex-II (?) | 1Msmp/ch | RLE | Windows | various6 | $2995.- |
| NCI GoLogic-U72-1M | 72/36 | — | 250/500MHz | cfg. | — | Xilinx Virtex-II (?) | 1/2Msmp/ch | RLE | Windows | various6 | $4300.- |
| NCI GoLogic-U72-2M | 72/36 | — | 250/500MHz | cfg. | — | Xilinx Virtex-II | 2/4Msmp/ch | RLE | Windows | various6 | $5500.- |
| Prologix GPIB-USB/Ethernet controller (S) (various) | |||||||||||
| Parallax PropScope | |||||||||||
| Parallax USB-Oscilloscope | |||||||||||
| RoboMotic MiniLogic | 8 | — | 24MHz | 2/2.5/3.3/5V | — | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows, Linux, Mac | various3 | £25.- |
| RockyLogic Ant8 | |||||||||||
| RockyLogic Ant18e | |||||||||||
| Saleae Logic | 8 | — | 24MHz | 2/2.5/3.3/5V | — | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows, Linux, Mac | various3 | €129.- |
| TechTools DigiView DV1-100 (various) | |||||||||||
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 16032 | 16 | — | 100MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC | 512Kbits, 32Kbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €89.- |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 16064 | 16 | — | 100MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC (?) | 1Mbit, 64Kbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €159.- |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 16128 | 16 | — | 200MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC (?) | 4Mbit, 128Kbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €269.- |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 162000 | 16 | — | 200MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC (?) | 64Mbit, 2Mbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €859.- |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 32128 | 32 | — | 200MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC (?) | 4Mbit, 128Kbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €629.- |
| ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C 322000 | 32 | — | 200MHz | -6—6V | — | ASIC (?) | 64Mbit, 2Mbits/ch | yes | Windows | many | €1299.- |
| Non-commercial / semi-commercial / hobby projects | |||||||||||
| Buspirate | 5 | — | |||||||||
| CoolLA | |||||||||||
| ikalogic SCANALOGIC | |||||||||||
| Logic Shrimp | |||||||||||
| miniLA | 32 | 100MHz | 3.3/5V | Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD | 128Kb/ch | ||||||
| miniLA Mockup | |||||||||||
| Openbench Logic Sniffer | 32 | — | 200Msps | 0-5.5V | — | Xilinx XC3S250E FPGA | 4K/ch @ 32bit | RLE | Java (multiple OS) | I2C, UART | $45.- |
| Sump | 32 | — | 200Msps | 3.3V | Xilinx XC3S200-4 FPGA | 256K/ch | Java (multiple OS) | I2C, SPI | |||
| FLASH - PLAICE | Xilinx Spartan-3E FPGA | ||||||||||
| cheapla | Xilinx Spartan-3E/3A FPGA | ||||||||||
| JWA Systems parallel port LA | |||||||||||
| LOGAN18 | |||||||||||
| picLA | |||||||||||
1 Changeable by replacing input buffers.
2 External clock up to 16MHz supported.
3 I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, I2S/PCM, 1-Wire, UNI/O.
4 The standard software supports I2C, SPI, and UART. The USBee Suite Pro ($299.-) supports I2C, SPI, UART, 1-Wire, CAN, USB, I2S, SMBus, and PS/2.
5 I2C, SPI, UART, 1-wire, LIN 1.x/2.x, Maple
6 I2C, SPI, UART, LIN, CAN
TODO:
- http://www.totalphase.com/products/beagle_ism/
- http://mcustore.com/acatalog/PoScope_USB-Based_Oscilloscope.html
- http://www.antotronic.com/ 30MHz USB oscilloscope, schematics may be available, around 75 EUR
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