An easy to implement logic analyzer for long-term precise measurements
[Display omitted] Most of market-available logic analyzers are designed for hardware debug purposes and cannot record continuous measurement in long-term while in different fields of scientific research it is necessary to make data acquisition within small periods (less then 1 ms) during several hou...
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Published in | HardwareX Vol. 9; p. e00164 |
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Main Author | |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Elsevier Ltd
01.04.2021
Elsevier |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Most of market-available logic analyzers are designed for hardware debug purposes and cannot record continuous measurement in long-term while in different fields of scientific research it is necessary to make data acquisition within small periods (less then 1 ms) during several hours or even days. The common example is real-time communication worst-case jitter analysis. This paper introduces an easy to implement approach how to create a logic analyzer for such kind of task on a basis of a low-cost Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) kit and a personal computer. The Author provides both sample FPGA design files compatible with an open-source toolchain and the approach how to collect data using standard software and Octave scripts to post-process the experimental result. Following the Author’s guidelines even with minimal knowledge in FPGA design makes it easy to modify the introduced hardware for specific laboratory team needs. |
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ISSN: | 2468-0672 2468-0672 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00164 |