Logic analyzer

Logic analyzers have advanced triggering capabilities, and are useful when a user needs to see the timing relationships between many signals in a digital system.

The evolution of logic analyzer probes has led to a common footprint that multiple vendors support, which provides added freedom to end users.

Introduced in April, 2002, connectorless technology (identified by several vendor-specific trade names: Compression Probing; Soft Touch; D-Max) has become popular.

Recent analyzers can even be set to email a copy of the test data to the engineer on a successful trigger.

Many digital designs, including those of ICs, are simulated to detect defects before the unit is constructed.

Often, complex discrete logic is verified by simulating inputs and testing outputs using boundary scan.

Usually, the Logic Analyzer software will also interpret the protocol layer, making debugging of firmware less tedious task.