“Handy, but if you need one you are a bit of a failure at design though eh, or you bought dodgy parts I guess.”

Or may be writing bit banged code and need to check the timing is right or may be those absolutely perfect parts are not working quite as expected or may be it is just to check they are. Come back when you are a real engineer with some practical experience of the real world.

“Toy”

All my tools are toys and fun to play with. Some are more expensive than others. My Ford G40 is a toy. If it does the job its an excellent toy to have but sometimes I use bigger and more expensive toys.

BTW – This is a Great Product!

I´m looking for a good tool with something of added value.

Regards.

Im a fan of this one more or less the same device but with much more robust software

You are right about the extended capture that the saleae logic device is capable of, it is something that most hobbyists need when using la to learn or understand what is going on deep inside the wires.

The first la I used was the intronix, and I was a little bit frustrated because I could not capture a reasonable amount of data, and when I contacted the company for support, their response was that a logic analyzer was not designed to do that and the main use is to do high-speed, short captures. Well, maybe what I needed was a data logger or a data acquisition board.

In my opinion, there are a lot of devices categorized as logic analyzers, but each deserve to be in a sub-category.

And sorry if I offended any reader or saleae or you for calling the saleae logic device a toy… and for my comment about you having a commercial interest in evaluating and publishing information about “commercial” products… my comment was inappropriate. You are doing a great job providing information and sharing your experience. Thanks.

This is a really interesting tool. I’d bet that it’s similar to our CPLD development board: a 32K SRAM (128K or 1Mbit in the newer versions) with a CPLD-based trigger (1 level) and counter. I suppose it could also be entirely implemented in a FPGA, but the speed (75MHZ) seems about right for a CPLD.

The parallel SRAM and counter approach is great for high-speed, short captures. The Saleae Logic and other Cypress-based LAs are great if you need to capture extended sequences at reasonable speeds.

We use a LA primarily for debugging our own devices, so it’s usually no problem to slow the clock/interface to a speed that works within the limits of the logic analyzer.

It is also fairly obvious that you have hijacked this forum thread in hopes of selling products on your website. I guess you also see that as “fun”. Some (including me) see it as dishonorable. Go advertise on google.

Jan