Saleae Logic16
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Status | supported |
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Source code | saleae-logic16 |
Channels | 3/6/9/16 |
Samplerate | 100/50/32/16MHz |
Samplerate (state) | — |
Triggers | none (SW-only) |
Min/max voltage | -0.9V — 6V |
Threshold voltage |
configurable: for 1.8V to 3.6V systems: VIH=1.4V, VIL=0.7V for 5V systems: VIH=3.6V, VIL=1.4V |
Memory | none |
Compression | yes |
Website | saleae.com |
The Saleae Logic16 is a USB-based, 16-channel logic analyzer with 100/50/32/16MHz sampling rate (at 3/6/9/16 enabled channels).
The case requires a Torx T5 screwdriver to open.
See Saleae Logic16/Info for more details (such as lsusb -v output) about the device.
See Saleae Logic for the predecessor product of the Saleae Logic16.
Hardware
- FPGA: Xilinx Spartan-3A XC3S200A, 200K gates (datasheeet)
- USB interface chip: Cypress CY7C68013A-56PVXC (FX2LP) (datasheet)
- Ultralow capacitance ESD protection: 4x ST DVIULC6-4SC6 (datasheet)
- 2Kbit I2C EEPROM: Microchip 24AA02 (datasheet) (marking: "B2TH", starts with "B2" always, the last 2 characters are a "traceability code")
- 2.5MHz, 1.5A synchronous step down switching regulator (1.2V): Semtech SC189 (datasheet) (marking: "189C")
- 2.5MHz, 1.5A synchronous step down switching regulator (3.3V): Semtech SC189 (datasheet) (marking: "189Z")
- N-MOSFET: 2x 2N7002 type MOSFET (marking: "72Y7"). Connected as "low-side" switch/LED driver and inverter.
Pinouts and connections:
JTAG header (FPGA):
The J3 pin header is a JTAG connector wired to the FPGA. The pins are (from left to right, the right-most pin, pin number 1, is square):
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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GND | TMS | TCK | TDO | TDI |
Testpoints:
T1 | T2 | T3 |
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1.2V | 3.3V | GND (FX2) |
Cypress FX2:
(FPGA 15, IO_L05P_3) PD5 | 1- | O | -56 | PD4 (FPGA 12, IO_L04P_3) |
(FPGA 13, IO_L04N_3) PD6 | 2- | -55 | PD3 (FPGA 44, IO_L09N_2) | |
(FPGA 10, IO_L03N_3) PD7 | 3- | -54 | PD2 (FPGA 5, IO_L02P_3) | |
GND | 4- | -53 | PD1 (FPGA 4, IO_L01N_3) | |
(FPGA 90, IO_0) CLKOUT | 5- | -52 | PD0 (FPGA 6, IO_L02N_3) | |
VCC | 6- | -51 | *WAKEUP (3.3V) | |
GND | 7- | -50 | VCC | |
(FPGA 3, IO_L01P_3) RDY0/*SLRD | 8- | -49 | RESET# (3.3V via D2 (diode?)) | |
(FPGA 16, IO_L05N_3) RDY1/*SLWR | 9- | -48 | GND | |
AVCC | 10- | -47 | PA7 (FPGA 9, IO_L03P_3) | |
(24MHz crystal) XTALOUT | 11- | -46 | PA6 (FPGA 30, IO_L04P_2) | |
(24MHz crystal) XTALIN | 12- | -45 | PA5 (FPGA 85, IO_L03P_0) | |
AGND | 13- | -44 | PA4 (FPGA 98, IO_L06P_0) | |
AVCC | 14- | -43 | PA3 (FPGA 51, MISO) | |
(USB D+) DPLUS | 15- | -42 | PA2 (FPGA 53, CCLK) | |
(USB D-) DMINUS | 16- | -41 | PA1 (FPGA 48, INIT_B) | |
AGND | 17- | -40 | PA0 (FPGA 54, DONE) | |
VCC | 18- | -39 | VCC | |
GND | 19- | -38 | CTL2 (FPGA 100, PROG_B) | |
(FPGA 84, IO_L02N_0) *IFCLK | 20- | -37 | CTL1 (FPGA 97, IP_0) | |
RESERVED | 21- | -36 | CTL0 (FPGA 94, IO_L05N_0) | |
(EEPROM SCL) SCL | 22- | -35 | GND | |
(EEPROM SDA) SDA | 23- | -34 | VCC | |
VCC | 24- | -33 | GND | |
(FPGA 40, IO_L08P_2) PB0 | 25- | -32 | PB7 (FPGA 93, IO_L05P_0) | |
(FPGA 78, IO_L01N_0) PB1 | 26- | -31 | PB6 (FPGA 37, IO_L07N_2) | |
(FPGA 77, IO_L01P_0) PB2 | 27- | -30 | PB5 (FPGA 41, IO_L08N_2) | |
(FPGA 49, IO_L10N_2) PB3 | 28- | -29 | PB4 (FPGA 46, MOSI) |
Other FPGA connections:
28 | CH0 | 52 | CH8 |
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29 | CH1 | 56 | CH9 |
32 | CH2 | 57 | CH10 |
33 | CH3 | 60 | CH11 |
34 | CH4 | 61 | CH12 |
36 | CH5 | 62 | CH13 |
43 | CH6 | 64 | CH14 |
50 | CH7 | 65 | CH15 |
73 | LED (active low) |
Photos
Firmware
Firmware and FPGA bitstream usage
You can use the sigrok-fwextract-saleae-logic16 tool to extract (from the "Logic" Linux binary) the FX2 firmware and the FPGA bitstreams required for using the Saleae Logic16:
$ sigrok-fwextract-saleae-logic16 Logic saved 5214 bytes to saleae-logic16-fx2.fw saved 149516 bytes to saleae-logic16-fpga-18.bitstream saved 149516 bytes to saleae-logic16-fpga-33.bitstream
Copy these files to the directory where your libsigrok installation expects them (usually /usr/local/share/sigrok-firmware) and they will be found and used automatically by the libsigrok saleae-logic16 driver.
The script has been tested to work with the Saleae vendor software version 1.2.10. More recent versions might not be supported currently (see bug #989). Old Saleae vendor software versions can be downloaded from support.saleae.com.
Technical firmware details
The firmware for the FX2LP is embedded in the vendor application as a set of Intel HEX lines. Each line is uploaded individually with a separate control transfer. The firmware currently occupies the address range [0x0000-0x145d], but is uploaded out of order.
See Saleae Logic16/Firmware for more details on the vendor firmware.
Protocol
Sample format:
The samples (as received via USB) for the enabled probes (3, 6, 9, or 16) are organized as follows:
0xLL 0xLL 0xMM 0xMM 0xNN 0xNN 0xPP 0xPP 0xQQ 0xQQ 0xRR 0xRR ...
In the above example, 3 probes are enabled. For each probe there are 2 bytes / 16 bits (e.g. 0xLL 0xLL for probe 0), then the next probe's data is received (0xMM 0xMM for probe 1), then 0xNN 0xNN for probe 2. When 2 bytes have been received for all enabled probes, the process restarts with probe 0 again.
The 16 bits of data per probe seem to contain the pin state of the respective probe (1: high, 0: low) at 16 different sampling points/times (which ones depends on the samplerate).
Configuration:
Endpoint 1 is used for configuration of the analyzer. The transfers are "encrypted" using a simple series of additions and XORs. Two kinds of transfers are used; a 3 byte out transfer starting with 0x81 followed by a 1 byte in transfer, and a 4 byte out transfer starting with 0x80. It's quite plausible that these provide raw read/write access to memory locations.
Channel number configuration | |
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3 channels | 0x80 0x01 0x02 0x07 0x80 0x01 0x03 0x00 |
6 channels | 0x80 0x01 0x02 0x3f 0x80 0x01 0x03 0x00 |
9 channels | 0x80 0x01 0x02 0xff 0x80 0x01 0x03 0x01 |
16 channels | 0x80 0x01 0x02 0xff 0x80 0x01 0x03 0xff |
Sampling frequency | |
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500kHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0xc7 |
1MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x63 |
2MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x31 |
4MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x18 |
5MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x13 |
8MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x01 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x13 |
10MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x09 |
12.5MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x07 |
16MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x01 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x09 |
25MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x03 |
32MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x01 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x04 |
40MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x01 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x03 |
50MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x01 |
80MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x01 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x01 |
100MHz | 0x80 0x01 0x0a 0x00 0x80 0x01 0x04 0x00 |