Fx2lafw

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fx2lafw is an open-source firmware for Cypress FX2 chips which makes them usable as simple logic analyzer hardware.

It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2, or later) and written in C, using sdcc as compiler, and fx2lib as helper library.

Hardware overview

The fx2lafw firmware is meant to work on any FX2-based hardware, including logic analyzers, FX2 eval boards, or other hardware which has this chip on-board.

Here's a quick overview of some of the relevant hardware information we have about the various devices.

The devices marked as Clone are those that clone the USB VID/PID of the original product, and also have no own PC software/firmware, but instead illegally ship the software of the original product/manufacturer.

Device USB VID:PID Product type Probes (pins) FX2 package Buffer/ESD-protection Resistor/probe I2C EEPROM Status
6-Lab LOGIC-U5 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
6-Lab LOGIC-U PLUS5 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
6-Lab LOGIC-U PRO5 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
6-Lab LOGIC-U ISL5 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
ARMFLY AX-Pro 08a9:0014 Clone 8 (+1 analog) 56LTXC (QFN) ? 100 Ω Atmel ATML920 24C02N SU27 D 95%1
ARMFLY Mini-Logic2 08a9:0014 Clone 8 56LTXC (QFN) ? 100 Ω Atmel ATML920 24C02N SU27 D 100%
Braintechnology USB Interface V2.x 04b4:8613 Eval board 8/16 56PVXC (SSOP) none none Microchip 24LC64I 100%
Braintechnology USB-LPS 16d0:0498 Original product 8/16 56PVXC (SSOP) none ? 68 Ω Atmel ATML0816 TINY13 20SU 100%
CWAV BusBee ? Original product 4 ? ? ? ? TODO
CWAV USBee AX-Standard 08a9:0012 Original product ? ? ? ? ? TODO
CWAV USBee AX-Plus 08a9:0013 Original product ? ? ? ? ? TODO
CWAV USBee AX-Pro 08a9:0014 Original product 8 (+1 analog) ? ? ? ? 95%1
CWAV USBee DX 08a9:0015 Original product 16 (+2 analog) ? ? ? ? TODO
CWAV USBee EX2 ? Original product 8 ? ? ? ? TODO
CWAV USBee SX 08a9:0009 Original product 8 56PVXC (SSOP) none 560 Ω Microchip 24LC01B 100%
CWAV USBee ZX 08a9:0005 Original product 8 56PVXC (SSOP) none ? ? TODO
EE Electronics ESLA100 0925:3881 Clone 8 56LFXC (QFN) NXP 74HC245D 100 Ω Atmel ATMLH911 02B 1 100%
EE Electronics ESLA201A 08a9:0014 Clone 8 (+1 analog) 56LFXC (QFN) none 100 Ω Atmel ATMLH113 95%1
ITead Studio MiniLogic4 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
ITead Studio ITDB01 ? Eval board ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Lcsoft Mini Board 04b4:8613 Eval board 8/16 56PVXC (SSOP) none none Shenzhen First-Rank Technology T24C128A 95%1
Mollex Logic Analyzer3 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Noname Saleae Logic clone I ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Noname Saleae Logic clone II ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Noname Saleae Logic clone III ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
picavr Digital USB Analyzer v1 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
picavr A/D USB Analyzer v2 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
picavr A/D USB Analyzer v3 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
picavr A/D USB Analyzer v4 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Robomotic BugLogic 2 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Robomotic BugLogic 3 0925:3881 Clone 8 ? ? ? ? 100%
Robomotic MiniLogic 0925:3881 Clone 8 56PVXC (SSOP) 74HC244A ? 2x Microchip 24LC02BI, 1x 24LC64I 100%
Robomotic XZL0247 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
Saleae Logic 0925:3881 Original product 8 56PVXC (SSOP) ST DVIULC6-4SC6 ? ? 100%
Sysclk Box ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
XZL-Studio AX ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO
XZL-Studio DX6 ? Clone ? ? ? ? ? TODO

All devices use a 24MHz crystal. For 8 probes the FX2 pins PB0-PB7 are used, for 16 probes PB0-PB7 and PD0-PD7. For analog support PD0-PD7 (plus additional hardware) is usually used.

1 Analog signal support is not yet implemented.
2 Even though this devices has the same USB VID/PID as the CWAV USBee AX-Pro, it only has 8 channels and no analog support.
3 Clone of the USBee AX and Saleae Logic. "Mollex" is the name of the guy who seems to sell it on some forum.
4 Clone of the USBee AX (SX?) and Saleae Logic, see also here and here. Dissection by a user here. Seems to be the same hardware as the Robomotic MiniLogic.
5 It seems 6-Labs has/had permission from Saleae to distribute the hardware in Ukraine (only)? Various adapters are available, for example RS422/RS232/CAN, galvanic isolation, "BNC divider".
6 There is apparently a post from the author of XZL-Studio DX in some forum.
7 There's an RS232/RS485/RS422/CAN converter board for this.

Download

$ git clone git://sigrok.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/sigrok/fx2lafw

Usage

Build sigrok

  • Build and install a sigrok frontend (CLI or GUI) with libsigrok >= 0.1.1 (or latest git HEAD) for your platform as usual, see e.g. Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, or Windows.

Install the udev rules file

These steps prevent the need to run sigrok as superuser.

  • Copy the udev rules file from sigrok/libsigrok/contrib/z60_libsigrok.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/.
  • Restart udev: sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart.

Build fx2lafw

$ cd fx2lafw
$ git clone git://github.com/mulicheng/fx2lib.git
$ make
$ sudo cp hw/*/build/*.fw /usr/local/share/sigrok-firmware/

Where /usr/local is your installation prefix.

Test

$ sigrok-cli -D

If everything has worked, sigrok can now see your fx2lafw device, ready for use.

TODO

  • Digital sampling with 16 channels
  • Analog sampling
    • 1-channel
    • 2-channel
    • Voltage meter
  • Trigger pin
  • Clock input
  • Clock output
  • Frequency/pulse counter
  • Signal generator

Resources

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