USB 24M 8CH 24MHz Logic Analyser

I wasted about an hour trying all of the different drivers that come with Saleae's Logic2 program, after having read here that it identifies itsself as a Saleae device.I tried all of those drivers, in all cases:( Logic 4, Logic 8, Logic 16 Pro, Logic 8 Pro...)A: Sigrok/Pulseview couldn't find the device (as a Saleae or fx2lafw)B: Saleae's Logic2 would either connect to 100% then fail, or just crashAfter about an hour, for some reason, after selecting a deliberately wrong driver (Saleae Logic Pro 16 by going into the Device manager (devmgmt.msc) -> update -> have disk -> browse -> logic 2 directory -> drivers -> saleae.inf), it somehow, randomly showed up a fx2lafw device, with the warning triangle.At that point it clicked, install Sigrok/Pulseview and fire up zadig.exe in that directory.This installs the open firmware to the (I presume) cypress chip, and lets you use it in Sigrok.That worked.This took me about an hour to figure out, and maybe 10 minutes to type out.Would probs have been an easy 5 star if the seller had bothered to do this.

This item arrived ahead of schedule and was adequately packaged. I had already downloaded the relevant software in anticipation and eventually loaded it after temporarily deactivating my anti-virus protection.On first inspection of the device I was amused to see that the pin-out label on the top of the analyser was covering the PWR and CH0 LEDs. A little pruning with a sharp knife easily rectified this issue. When I plugged the logic analysed into the USB port of my computer the first time I received an error telling me that the device wasn't working. On the second attempt this error wasn't repeated so I went ahead and fed the analyser some data which it transferred to my computer and was displayed. Great!Later there were some warnings telling me to plug the device in again and I eventually tracked the problem down to the USB lead supplied with the analyser. With this lead replaced I have had no problems with the device (so far) and it is working perfectly.In summary, I would have given five stars if it hadn't been for the few minor and easily rectified issues. I do however feel a little harsh docking the star as its a functioning logic analyser - all for less than a tenner!

Had to use to SPI transactions from a raspberry pi. Worked great.

I was going to buy a more expensive logic analyser, but as my requirements were limited, I took a chance on this very inexpensive device. It arrived within six hours of ordering, so no complaints there, but when I opened the package the device and it leads were loose in a large Hantek plastic bag along with the anti-static bag which should have contained the analyser. The anti-static bag was already ripped open and its contents loose it the outer bag. Clearly the device was not new. Nevetheless I tested it on a function generator and on a SPI bus and it seemed to be OK.Connecting to the input pins is very awkward, but for £12 what can you expect. The open source Pulseview software is excellent and makes this logic analyser a very useful piece of equipment.

This is REALLY bare-bones. It's much smaller than expected, comes in an anti-static bag with just a url to a forum on it.Anyway, if you install pulseview, and configure its driver from "Dummy" to "fx2lafw", it should work.Note that the cables with it aren't going to be very useful for analysing chips, so you might need to buy the other "Hobby Components Logic analyzer test hook clips USB Logic Analyser 24M 8CH - 10-way YELLOW" product on here. Which significantly changes the value proposition, and so you might want to look at other products that come with everything for a similar price.Also, bear in mind that you might need 16 or 24 (or more) address channels, stop-bit channels, etc., aside from 8 channels of data, even if working with 8 bit machines.

I was pleasantly surprised by this little device. The build quality is pretty low (though surprisingly better than I expected for the £9 price tag). Though I did have to clean the plastic housing with a scalpel to make the lid fit properly.I've not tried it out with anything very taxing (it claims 24M Sample/sec – which is faster than you'd likely need for most applications); but for monitoring and diagnosing I2C / SPI / Serial (which is what most people will want it for) it works very well. Is it as good as one you'd buy for £250? No... But I'd say it favourably compares to anything else I've seen under £100. It's ideal for hobby or educational use (e.g. it's really cheap and it works!). If you're a pro then you'll probably want something a bit higher spec / more robust for the lab bench (but then someone else will probably be paying!) – but this would make a nice second unit: it's cheap enough that you can throw it in a field kit box without worrying about it.All in all, it's well worth the price.

This USB dongle is a very good tool indeed. Its functionality is provided by the Pulseview software, which I'm running on Windows 10 Home without any issues. The Hobby Components site and the links there provide all the info needed to get up and running, and then it's just a matter of becoming familiar with Pulseview.What can you do with this gadget? As an example I attach a Pulseview screenshot showing the I2C activity of an Arduino Nano while writing to an LCD screen; the upper trace (labelled D1) is Data and the lower (labelled D3) is Clock. I've used the cursors to measure the length of a Clock pulse as 10μs, equating to 100 kHz frequency, while at at bottom of the screen the data stream has been fully decoded to show the address being written to and the data being sent. If your project is working as expected this sort of information is interesting and educational, not to mention very cool, but if your project is giving grief then it can be a lifesaver.So a great buy for the serious or semi-serious hobbyist. Go ahead and order one, you know it makes sense.