Hi, Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical issue but more is obviously better. Thank you!
32-channel PC-based logic analyzers
Started by ●July 19, 2004
Reply by ●July 19, 20042004-07-19
It's starting to look like ChipScope is a pretty decent logic analyzer. You could get a Xilinx eval board with headers on it and use it and ChipScope as a logic analyzer. The depth will be limited by the number of blockRAMs on the part. -Kevin "ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com...> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better. > > Thank you!
Reply by ●July 20, 20042004-07-20
ernie wrote:> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better. > > Thank you!HP/Aligent Logicwaves show up on Ebay occasionally. I don't know anything about them but you might want to take a look. Mike
Reply by ●July 20, 20042004-07-20
"ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com...> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better. > > Thank you!You might be better off buying a second hand logic analyzer (non PC based) from eBay. Any PC based logic analyzer is going to be limited, especially with 32 channels. A lot of logic analyzers have RS232 or Network connectors so you can transfer the data to a PC.
Reply by ●July 21, 20042004-07-21
"ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com...> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better.Ernie, what do you mean by 'decently' fast? 100Msps, 500Msps? Nial. ------------------------------------------------ Nial Stewart Developments Ltd FPGA and High Speed Digital Design Cyclone Based 'Easy PCI' proto board www.nialstewartdevelopments.co.uk
Reply by ●July 21, 20042004-07-21
Ernie, We use a couple of Rocky Mountain Logic Ant16 USB logic analyzers. Works very well and fits in your pocket! http://www.rockylogic.com/products/ant16.html I've only used one at a time and have never had more than 12-13 channels going at once, but suits our purposes on our under 100MHz fpga boards. Love working on my board on my laptop with Byteblaster, serial port, and Ant16 a blazin'. Cheers, Ken "ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com...> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better. > > Thank you!
Reply by ●July 22, 20042004-07-22
I'm using iSystem's logic analyzer: http://www.isystem.com/Products/Logic%20Analyzer/iLA128_Page1.htm It's not state of the art, but you can build pretty complex triggers. It comes with decent SW, which is rare these days... Igi "ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com...> Hi, > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > issue but more is obviously better. > > Thank you!
Reply by ●July 22, 20042004-07-22
> We use a couple of Rocky Mountain Logic Ant16 USB logic analyzers. Works > very well and fits in your pocket! > > http://www.rockylogic.com/products/ant16.html > > I've only used one at a time and have never had more than 12-13 channels > going at once, but suits our purposes on our under 100MHz fpga boards. Love > working on my board on my laptop with Byteblaster, serial port, and Ant16 a > blazin'. >Hi Ken, I was actually thinking of purchasing one of the Ant16 analyzers too, but I couldn't find any reviews so I was hesitant. So you don't find having only 16 channels limits your work? I am trying to debug a memory bus so I thought that 16 channels would be inadequate. I was also wondering if you know anyone who's tried maybe using more than one Ant16 analyzer at a time, ie. if you plug in 2 Ant16s would the software recognize both at the same time? Thanks! Ernie
Reply by ●July 22, 20042004-07-22
"Nial Stewart" <nial@nialstewartdevelopments.co.uk> wrote in message news:<40fe1ee5$0$7126$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>...> "ernie" <ernielin@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:d7fe9825.0407191638.58b29e0c@posting.google.com... > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone recommend any good (and cheap) 32-channel analyzers? By > > cheap I mean less than or approximately $1000. It would be nice if > > the software supported complex triggering and the analyzer had > > decently fast sampling rates. Sample depth is not really a critical > > issue but more is obviously better. > > Ernie, what do you mean by 'decently' fast? 100Msps, 500Msps? > > > Nial. > > ------------------------------------------------ > Nial Stewart Developments Ltd > FPGA and High Speed Digital Design > Cyclone Based 'Easy PCI' proto board > www.nialstewartdevelopments.co.ukHi Nial, Well, I'm thinking at least 100 Msps...I'm not trying to capture any really high-speed signals. Thanks! Ernie
Reply by ●July 22, 20042004-07-22
Dave wrote:> I have used the Ant8 logic analyzer and for the money it is good > value. Obvisouly having only 8 channels limits what you can do. The > sample depth of the Ant8 is quite small and so it is only suitable > for slow signals.It depends, but modest folk though we are, we sometimes brag about getting 500MHz from a Spartan-2 ;-) Of course, Peter A has done way better than that for a frequency counter. As I recall, he got most of the way to 1GHz in a Xilinx 4K part several years ago.> I haven't checked this, but I think the Ant16 has > only half the sample depth of the Ant8.Ant8: 3K deep, Ant16: 2K deep.
