Logic analyzer comparison
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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 | Voltages | Architecture/chip | Memory | Compression | Vendor software | Protocol decoders | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dig. | An. | |||||||||
| Commercial | ||||||||||
| ASIX SIGMA | 4/8/16 | — | 200/100/50MHz | TTL1 | Spartan-3 + SDRAM | 256Mbit (56/28/14Msmp/ch) | RLE | I2C, SPI, UART | €298.- | |
| Braintechnology USB-LPS | 8/16 | — | 24/12MHz2 | 3.3/5V | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows | I2C, SPI, UART | €129.- |
| Bugblat X34 | ||||||||||
| ChronoVu LA8 | 8 | — | 100MHz | -0.5-5V | CPLD | 64MBit DRAM | none | Windows, Linux, Mac | I2C, SPI, UART | $149.99 |
| CWAV USBee SX | 8 | 24MHz | Cypress FX2 | none | none | Windows | I2C, SPI, UART | $139.- | ||
| Deditec USB-LOGI-100 | Windows (.NET) | |||||||||
| Deditec USB-LOGI-250 | Windows (.NET) | |||||||||
| Deditec USB-LOGI-500 | Windows (.NET) | |||||||||
| GW Instek GLA-1000 (various) | ||||||||||
| Hantek LA4032 | ||||||||||
| Hantek LA5034 | ||||||||||
| Ikalogic SCANALOGIC-2 PRO (Forum) | 4 | — | 20Msps | 1.8/2.8/3.3/5V | ATMega168 | 256kB/ch | None | Windows (.NET) | I2C, SPI, UART, 1-wire, Maple | €59.- |
| Intronix Logicport | 34 | |||||||||
| Inovaflex LogicMaid | ||||||||||
| Link Instruments MSO-19 | 8 | 1 | 200MSa/s | Dig.: 1.2/1.5/1.8/2.5/3.0/3.3/5.0V, An.: +/- 20V max | 1KSa/ch | none | Windows | I2C, SPI | $249 | |
| Meilhaus Logian (various) | ||||||||||
| Meilhaus M611 | ||||||||||
| Meilhaus MEphisto Scope UM20x (various) | ||||||||||
| Microchip PICkit 2 | ||||||||||
| NCI GoLogic (various) | 36/72 | 250/500MHz w/o RLE | cfg. | Virtex-II + SRAM | 4/2Msmp/ch | RLE | custom | I2C, SPI, UART (SDK) | $2995-$5500 | |
| Prologix GPIB-USB/Ethernet controller (S) (various) | ||||||||||
| Parallax PropScope | ||||||||||
| Parallax USB-Oscilloscope | ||||||||||
| 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 | 16 | — | ASIC | |||||||
| Non-commercial / semi-commercial / hobby projects | ||||||||||
| Buspirate | 5 | — | ||||||||
| ikalogic SCANALOGIC | ||||||||||
| miniLA | 32 | 100MHz | 3.3/5V | Xilinx XC95288XL CPLD | 128Kb/channel | |||||
| Openbench Logic Sniffer | 32 | — | 200Msps | 0-5.5V | Xilinx FPGA | 4K/ch @ 32bit | RLE | Java (open, multiple OS) | I2C, UART | $45.- |
| Sump | 32 | — | 200Msps | 3.3V | Xilinx XC3S200-4 FPGA | 256K/channel | Java (open, multiple OS) | I2C, SPI | ||
| FLASH - PLAICE | FPGA | |||||||||
| cheapla | FPGA | |||||||||
| JWA Systems parallel port LA | ||||||||||
| 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.
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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