In this tutorial video you will see how to stack the LeCroy waveRunner 64Xi with Acute TL2236 Logic Analyzer.

Total Phase has unveiled their new series of Beagle USB 5000 v2 SuperSpeed Protocol Analysers. These new models build on the reliable technology seen in the original Beagle analysers, adding advanced features such as SuperSpeed USB downlink and multi-analyser synchronization to allow engineers to access their captured data with unparalleled precision and speed.

Combined with Total Phase’s signature real-time analysis and display technologies, users will be able to debug their USB 3.0 applications faster than ever before.

“SuperSpeed USB adoption has dramatically increased, as evidenced by many new PC and CE devices entering the market - The introduction of the USB 3.0 analysis port on Total Phase’s Beagle USB 5000 v2 analyser, demonstrates SuperSpeed USB functionality provides value to the test and measurement industry,” said Jeff Ravencraft, Chairman, USB-IF. “Release of this device is not only an indication of the increasing adoption rate of SuperSpeed USB technology, but is also evidence that developers have embraced SuperSpeed USB and are using it for viewing and analysing large volumes of data.”

Total Phase is excited to introduce the all new series of the Beagle USB 5000 v2 SuperSpeed Protocol Analyzer! These new models build on the reliable technology seen in the original Beagle USB analyzers, adding advanced features such as the SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) downlink and multi-analyzer synchronization to allow engineers to access their captured data with unparalleled precision and speed. Combined with Total Phase signature real-time analysis and display technologies, users will be able to debug their USB 3.0 applications faster than ever before.

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Debug and capture the USB 3.0 protocol in less than two minutes, is it really that easy?

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They both increase visibility on embedded systems, but what are they good at?

In the world of general-purpose equipment used to troubleshoot embedded systems, oscilloscopes hold a central place, as 'all-around' tool for all kinds of embedded systems. Digital and mixed-signal oscilloscopes sometimes provide high-level functionalities - such as protocol decoding.

Still, from physical layer to application software, debugging (and verifying, and testing, ...) embedded system will likely require 'more than just a scope'. Byte Paradigm recently investigated the reasons why engineers use other types of general-purpose equipment. We were especially interested in the technical value of digital data logger for embedded system debugging. Figure 1 below summarizes the main findings.

These results originate from systematic informal discussions with visitors at the 2012 editions of Embedded World (Nuremberg, Germany) and Design West (San Jose, USA).

Figure 1: Overlapping areas show that tools are often used interchangeably or together.
Colored arrows show the main reasons why a user would prefer to switch from one Type of equipment to another. Some intersecting areas are labeled with frequently-mentioned tool use.

See how you can stack your Acute logic analyzer together with Agilent DSO to measure I2C signals in the video below.

USB Protocol Analyzers come in one of two basic types: software-only analyzers and hardware-based analyzers. While software USB analyzers can sometimes be priced lower than their hardware-based relatives, Total Phase offers competitively priced hardware analyzers.

To understand what makes Total Phase's hardware-based USB analyzers better than software analyzers, it is important to first understand how a software analyzer works.

Software USB analyzers replace the USB software stack on the host machine under test in order to monitor USB data. They are subsequently fully dependent on the hardware of the host PC (i.e., the host controller under test) with regard to what USB information is available for analysis. The host controller is responsible for arbitrating the flow of data and also manages activities such as data retransmission on errors. These functions are managed internal to the host controller and are therefore beyond the purview of any USB software analyzers.

What are the benefits of using a hardware analyzer over a software analyzer?