Introduction
This is a very affordable 24Mhz 8 Channel USB Logic analyzer. This is a hobbyist level analyzer, ideal for testing your Arduino or other hobbyist microcontroller's communications. A logic analyzer is a must have tool for any serious electronics hobbyist. With a logic analyzer it is possible to see a visual representation of the zeros and ones that are flashing by between two components. A logic analyzer is different from an oscilloscope because the analyzer allows you to capture the data on a PC for a more detailed analysis of the data which is being transmitted and received. This logic analyzer supports 10 different communications standards (see Specifications below). with 8 channels it will allow you to monitor upto 8 differnet wires. So on an Arduino you could monitor the Serial port (tx/Rx pins), the I2C port (pins A4, A5), and the SPI port (pins 10, 11, 12, and 13) all at the same time.
Specifications
8 Channels Supports triggering (rising, high, falling, low) Up to 24Mhz sampling Up to 10 Billion samples Max Voltage: 5.25Vdc supports:
- CAN
- DMX-512
- I2C
- I2S/PCM
- Manchester
- 1-Wire
- Async Serial
- Simple Parallel
- SPI
- UNI/O
Fully compatible with the Saleae Logic software
Tutorial
Connection diagrams
I2C
config:
Serial TTL
config:
SPI
config:
- NOTE: It does not matter to which pin on the analyzer you connect each signal. This will be configured in the logic analyzer software later, as shown in the screen shots above.