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Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer
Total Phase has also expanded the functionality of the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer by adding the ability to monitor the MDIO bus at up to 20 MHz.
Part Number: TP320121
Availability: In-Stock
Single Unit Price: $300 
Key Features
Overview
- Non-intrusively monitor I2C up to 4 MHz
- Non-intrusively monitor SPI up to 24 MHz†
- Non-intrusively monitor MDIO up to 20 MHz (Clause 22 and Clause 45)
- Real-Time Data Capture and Display - Watch I2C, SPI, and MDIO packets as they occur on the bus.
- Bit-level timing down to 20 ns resolution.
- Fully Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X compatible
- Includes full function monitoring tools
- Low Cost
Detailed technical information about the Beagle I2C/SPI can be found in the datasheet.
† Actual SPI capture performance is dependent on CPU speed and SPI bus throughput. 24 MHz SPI capture has been tested for typical applications (e.g., captures of a few hundred SPI packets). Depending on user configuration, the maximum achievable capture throughput for continuous streaming applications may be less than 24 MHz.
What is Included
- Beagle I2C/SPI unit
- 6 foot USB A->B cable
- Windows USB Drivers
- Linux USB Hot Plug Configuration files
- Beagle Data Center Software
- Datasheets
- Documentation
Specs
Non-intrusive capture I2C, SPI, and MDIO data
The Beagle analyzer has high-impedance inputs so it will not affect the system under test and distort the results. Simply attach the Beagle I2C/SPI inline to passively capture the data traffic to the target devices.
Nearly Limitless Capture
Captured data is streamed via High-Speed USB directly to your computer. The amount of data captured is limited only by the amount of physical memory that is available on the machine.
Bit-Level timing
Not only can you get timings for an entire packet, it is also possible to get timing for each individual bit in the packet. The Beagle analyzer can return bit-level timing down to a 20 ns resolution.
High-Speed USB 2.0
The Beagle monitor is a bus-powered, High-Speed USB 2.0 device. This provides two major benefits. As a high speed device, all the data captured by the Beagle monitor are transferred to the test computer at 480 Mbps. As a bus-powered device, the Beagle monitor does not require a power adapter. This makes the Beagle monitor the ideal tool for engineers in the field. Just plug it into a High-Speed USB 2.0 port on your laptop and you are ready to go.
The Beagle analyzer has high-impedance inputs so it will not affect the system under test and distort the results. Simply attach the Beagle I2C/SPI inline to passively capture the data traffic to the target devices.
Nearly Limitless Capture
Captured data is streamed via High-Speed USB directly to your computer. The amount of data captured is limited only by the amount of physical memory that is available on the machine.
Bit-Level timing
Not only can you get timings for an entire packet, it is also possible to get timing for each individual bit in the packet. The Beagle analyzer can return bit-level timing down to a 20 ns resolution.
High-Speed USB 2.0
The Beagle monitor is a bus-powered, High-Speed USB 2.0 device. This provides two major benefits. As a high speed device, all the data captured by the Beagle monitor are transferred to the test computer at 480 Mbps. As a bus-powered device, the Beagle monitor does not require a power adapter. This makes the Beagle monitor the ideal tool for engineers in the field. Just plug it into a High-Speed USB 2.0 port on your laptop and you are ready to go.
Value
Low Cost
The Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer comes complete with software for $300. Additional discounts are available for larger volumes. There are no additional yearly support contracts and no fees for software updates.
This low price means that it is immediately affordable for a company to provide every developer with their own analyzer.
The benefits of the Beagle analyzer's low cost are:
Future-Proof
The Beagle monitor is completely field-upgradable via USB. Total Phase is committed to improving the Beagle USB analyzer and making these improvements available to our customers free of charge. There are no yearly support contracts and no software update fees.
Updates will be available for download from Total Phase's Downloads section.
The Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer comes complete with software for $300. Additional discounts are available for larger volumes. There are no additional yearly support contracts and no fees for software updates.
This low price means that it is immediately affordable for a company to provide every developer with their own analyzer.
The benefits of the Beagle analyzer's low cost are:
- Less time wasted because developers do not have to share analyzers or go to the lab to debug simple problems
- Shorter development cycles because developers can identify and fix problems quickly and easily
- Less wasted time means higher productivity
Future-Proof
The Beagle monitor is completely field-upgradable via USB. Total Phase is committed to improving the Beagle USB analyzer and making these improvements available to our customers free of charge. There are no yearly support contracts and no software update fees.
Updates will be available for download from Total Phase's Downloads section.
Software
The Beagle Data Center is the free software that is included with the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer. Everyone is welcome to download this software from the Total Phase website to allow for easy collaboration through the sharing of captured data files.
Features include:
- Interactive filtering by token, packet, address, endpoint, arbitrary data patterns
- Packet and Descriptor decoding
- Real-time data capture and display
Total Phase will be releasing a new version of the Beagle Data Center software in 2009 with many features at no extra charge, including:
- class level decoding
- enhanced timing analysis
- faster filtering
- and more
Rosetta Language Bindings - Development API
The full power of the Beagle analyzer is available for custom software applications through a free and royalty-free API. Developers have access to the same API that is used by the Beagle Data Center. Full functionality is available for automated test suites, production test fixtures, and more.
- Develop custom solutions in C/C++, C#, VB, .NET, and Python
- Clean API is well-documented and easy to integrate
- Fully Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X compatible
- Royalty-free API can be used without licensing fees
- No extra development kit to buy, you can download it before you even buy a Beagle I2C/SPIProtocol Analyzer.
Compatibility
Windows
The software is supported on Windows 2000 (SP4 or later), Windows XP (SP2 or later, 32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit).
Linux
The software has been designed for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 with kernel 2.6. Customers have reported successful operation with SuSE and Ubuntu distributions. Please be aware that there may be significant differences and idiosyncracies in the way that different distributions of Linux operate. As such, Total Phase may not be able to support your particular distribution of Linux. Support will be offered on a case-by-case basis.
Mac OS X
The software is supported on Intel versions of Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard.
64-bit Support
The software will run on 64-bit Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X systems as a 32-bit application.