Logic Pro 16 (Black) - Saleae 16-Channel Logic Analyzer - Compatible with Windows, Mac, or Linux - Easy to Use, Ultra-Portable, Saves Time & Frustration

I've used a couple of the cheap LA2016 analyzers and they pale in comparison with the Saleae. Don't have to muck with trying to find the right Mhz selection in the software. There is online support. Software is very easy to use. Yes, this wasn't cheap, but the hours I wasted on trying to figure out and use the other cheaper ones consistently, wasn't worth my time. It does use a lot of memory so make sure your PC or Linux box has enough memory. I had to upgrade my Ubuntu box from 16G to 32G. Oh, and everything isn't poorly translated from Chinese to English.

It is helpful for engineers to use 16 analogy channel on power sequence measurement if firmware team coding is not solid when board bring up moment. As my experience, it saved time a lot for my team members when August. If to use traditional scope, it will make my team and me crazy.

It's very reliable, nice software, but you can't select the channels and create a bus vector. I wish they add it to their software.

I got this unit for micro controller analysis. The downloaded PC software and found it to be very intuitive. I need to get more hours on this before I can return a thorough review.So far, it's a great product.

I had the original 8-channel 100MHz version which was useful for slow speed capture such as I2C but this new 16-channel 500MHz version is just incredible. It only captures 6-channels at 500MHz and 12-channels at 250MHz but I am able to capture 12 channels of a state machine running at 100MHz. The software is the real jewel of this product. It is fast and has multiple trigger and viewing options. I highly recommend this to even the professional electrical engineer when the big heavy logic analyzer is too much to deal with.

Easy to use, good software to work with

I've had the Saleae Logic Pro 16 for several years no and it has come in very handy on several projects. I work with PIC MCUs and interface them to many different component using SPI, I2C, and RS-232 protocols. There has been a hand of times when I was stuck on a problem and was convinced that I did everything right with the communications protocols but the target just wasn't working as expected. So, I pulled out the Logic Pro 16 and looked at the signals and sure enough, some incorrect value or signal inversion or incorrect bit order was responsible for the problem. Without the Logic Pro 16, It may have taken a long time to find the error and the Logic pro helped me find it in minutes. Every embedded system developer should have the Saleae Logic Pro 16 in their tool box.

I contacted Saleae after chatting with an on-line Saleae sales rep. on their website. I was told that Saleae offers 50% discount for personal use. So, I ordered the logic Pro 16. I received my Logic Pro 16 a few days later and started to evauate it. My reference was a Rigol MSO4024 Scrope, which is a nice instrument and has the CAN/I2C/SPI decode option, and a Ikalogic 200 competator logic analyizer. I downloaded the beta software on the Saelae web site (1.2.29) as it has real time capture, and proceeded to scope an I2C STM32F466RE NUCLEO board I have been working with. I found the Saleae application mostly intuitive, haveing to refer to the user manual a few times. The not so intuitive feature I need to consult the user manual for had to do with how the I2C address is decoded. There are three options: 1) 7-bit, address bits only, 2) 8-bit read/write bit included (default) and 8-bit, read/write bit set as 0. The default of 8-bit read/write bit included confused me as the address decoding display was not even close to what I had expected. However, after thinking through how I wanted to see the address, and realizing I simply needed to look at the trace to see if the frame was a read or write (not to mention that the display displays a "R" or "W" above a frame when you hover the mouse over it), I selected 7-bit, address bits only. The real time display that was included recently, was a blessing to me as one of the isssues I had with both the Rigol and the Ikalogic 200 was one of triggering on a specific address. Although the Saleae does not have (to my knowlege) such a feature the real-time capture can be triggered on another pin as can the Rigol and Ikaloc; the real-time, however, has the ability to capture lengthy traces depending on how much memory you have and how many channels your have enabled. In my case a 10second trace of 3 channels was under 1 GB.The Saleae also has "analog" measurement capability. Really, the analog channes are a sampled display of discrete data with an interpolated continuous draw waveform. No difference that a digitizing scope without all of the fancy features. But wait, there's more. The Saleae has a donloadable SDK and automation software that you can script and extend the unit. I haven't had the opportunity to dig into these yet, but I am told the scripting of the Saleae is very good. I have to believe that, if someone hasn't done so already, you could proably access the digitize "analog" waveform and perform FFT, etc. on the data. However, I have not confirmed that suspicion - yet.The Saelae Pro 16 is packaged in a solid metal enclosure, with accessories that I would say match Rigol, Tektronix, and Keysight analyizers (that I have experence with). The unit is about 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". My experience thus far has me convienced that this logic analyizer will be my first choice to use followd by the Rigol. The Ikalogic 200 will most likley remain evidence that I should have been more thorough in seeking out a better solution.