A logic analyzer records bus communications between two chips. If you’ve ever had a problem getting two chips to talk, or wanted to reverse engineer a protocol, a logic analyzer is the tool you need ...

[Larry Wall], the father of Perl, lists the three great virtues of all programmers: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. After seeing that Saleae jacked up the prices on their popular logic analyzers to ...

When you need a portable logic analyzer for embedded systems or digital I/O lines, turn to the USBee SX digital test pod from CWAV. It connects to your PC's USB port and can run at USB 2.0 speeds (480 ...

My Lab Bench has been piling up with stuff to check out, and I needed to clear some space for new stuff. The latest crop includes an economical, compact logic analyzer, a new version of my favorite ...

Logic analyzers, long a mainstay of chip design, are finding new demand for IoT devices—and frequently in different forms than in the past. Once associated with big, bulky benchtop instruments, this ...

Due to the widespread integration of USB into embedded applications, many developers will be faced with the challenge of working with USB for the first time. New developers need to be aware that USB ...

Just as the oscilloscope is the instrument of choice for analog electronics, and the spectrum analyzer is preferred for RF measurement, the logic analyzer is the go-to instrument for digital system ...

When I originally kicked off this series, I focused on relatively inexpensive, fundamental “must have” tools. Over time, I worked my way up to things like a bench power supply, which I classed as ...