Just a quick shoutout to the team at Saleae. They make some excellent low-cost logic analyzers that I first heard about via a coworker at a former job. When I started my current position, I was introduced to them formally since we had a few we used to analyzed I2C communication.

I’ve used their Logic hardware/software many times over the past year, but only recently started trying their new Alpha release. I was blown away with the new capabilities it gave the device, such as a “real time” display of traffic as it was captured on the wire, as well as being able to trigger on specific data. Very useful!

When one of our units started misbehaving, their tech support quickly diagnosed it as a hardware problem and had a replacement unit shipped out and in our hands a few days later — excellent post-sale service!

And most recently, their support let me know the software didn’t support a display mode I was wanting, but pointed me to their extension support so I could achieve what I needed to do. Even though I didn’t know Python (the language their extensions use), I was able to take their template code and quickly modify it for my basic needs.

That, of course, led me down the rabbit hole and tonight I fleshed out my extension so it not only shows the I2C address like I wanted, but identifies the various components of our internal I2C communication protocol. Spiffy!

I am very impressed with their hardware, software, and support. And, they offer special pricing for students and enthusiasts. I see a Logic unit of my very own in the not-to-distant future.

Thanks, Saleae, for a great product and great support.

(And one day maybe I’ll actually learn how to spell Saleae correctly.)