Sigh.<p>I really like the concept, I really dislike the lock-in. I think what I want is the unholy love-child of Saleae and Dangerous Prototypes[1]. I've got the original version of DP's Logic Sniffer [2] and built a really nice USB 2.0 protocol analyzer with it. The combination of open source, inexpensive hardware, and awesome documentation let me take it in a direction that no one else had. Salea on the other hand has really slick software that is sexy as heck, but only runs on Windows and well, I am really trying hard to not have to have a Windows box around on my workbench.<p>[1] <a href="http://dangerousprototypes.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dangerousprototypes.com/</a><p>[2] <a href="http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/preorder-open-workbench-logic-sniffer-p-612.html?cPath=75" rel="nofollow">http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/preorder-open-workbench-log...</a>
I bought the Logic 16 a couple of years ago and it's a neat piece of hardware, but the software is really basic and stagnant. I'm jealous of the triggering and overall UI something like Oscium provides (<a href="http://vimeo.com/42342243" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/42342243</a>) and I keep hoping this will come in a future software upgrade.
Huh, Saleae used to have a nice ~50% student discount.<p>Does anyone know what happened to that? I'd be very interested in using this for some projects.