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Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer
Part Number: TP320121 Availability: In-Stock Single Unit Price: $330 RoHS Compliant: Yes
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The versatile Beagle™ I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer is the ideal tool for the embedded engineer who is developing an I2C, SPI, or MDIO based product. The Beagle analyzer provides a high performance bus monitoring solution in a small, portable package. Perfect for engineers in the field and in the lab.
Not sure which product is right for your needs? The Product Selector Guide provides a brief summary table of key features for each Total Phase product.
Comparison Chart: See how the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer compares to other I2C analyzers on the market.
Overview
- Non-intrusively monitor I2C up to 4 MHz
- Non-intrusively monitor SPI up to 24 MHz†
- Non-intrusively monitor MDIO up to 2.5 MHz (Clause 22 and Clause 45)‡
- Real-Time Data Capture and Display - Watch I2C, and SPI 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
† 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.
‡ MDIO monitoring is available in the current versions of the API and version 2.20 of Data Center, which can be downloaded from the Data Center Product Downloads section.
What is Included
Beagle I2C/SPI unit- (1) 6 foot USB A->B cable
- Software (downloadable from website):
- Windows USB Drivers
- Linux USB Hot Plug Configuration files
- Data Center Software
- Beagle LabVIEW Driver
- Datasheets
- Documentation
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
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.
Low Cost
The
The low cost makes it affordable for a company to provide every developer with their own analyzer. The benefits of every developer having their own analyzer are:
- Less time wasted because developers do not have to share analyzers or go to the lab to debug simple problems.
- Less wasted time means higher productivity because developers can identify and fix problems quickly and easily with less down-time.
- Higher productivity means shorter development cycles. Projects get done on time and on budget.
By saving just a few hours of engineering time, the Beagle I2C/SPI analyzer will have paid for itself.
Future-Proof
The Beagle monitor is completely field-upgradable via USB. Total Phase is committed to improving the Beagle analyzer and making these improvements available to our customers free of charge. There are no yearly support contracts and no software update fees.
You will never have to worry about being out of step with the latest software features. Software and firmware upgrades are always freely available in the Downloads section of this website.
Here is what some happy Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer customers had to say.
Share your success story too, email us at sales@totalphase.com.
"We design several modules for real-time functions, and link them to the control software through I2C. We ordered the Beagle I2C/SPI analyzer and got it up and running within a few minutes. Within five minutes of connecting to our application, we discovered that a problem we've been having was an out-of-sequence packet. Thank you for a great new tool."
- William R. Price,
P.E.Engineering Manager, Technidyne
Corporation
"SDC Labs is involved in a lot of HDMI video projects, which includes working with EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). We utilize the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer to monitor HDMI/DDC bus traffic and are very happy with its performance."
- Steve DeLaney, President, SDC Labs
"The Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer has been an excellent tool for development and debugging. We use it to understand the communication between two ICs on our PCB and to confirm our code for both I2C and SPI. The Beagle analyzer is a very inexpensive tool, and for its ease of use, functionality, and value, I highly recommend it!"
- Rich Shriner, Magna Electronics
Data Center Software
The Data Center Software 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 capture data files.
Features include:
- Capture and display I2C and SPI traffic in true real time with LiveDisplay™ technology
- Interactive filtering and searching in real time with LiveFilter™ and LiveSearch™ tools
- Packets data grouped in an expandable tree view format
Learn more about the Data Center Software.
MDIO Support
MDIO support is no longer available in the latest version of the Data Center software, but remains supported through current versions of the API and version 2.20 of Data Center, which can be downloaded from the Data Center Product Downloads section. For more details about MDIO support, see this knowledge base article.
Beagle LabVIEW Driver
The Beagle LabVIEW Driver is a free, open source driver for use with LabVIEW. All Beagle API functions are supported. The driver comes complete with example I2C and SPI monitoring applications.
Learn more about the Beagle LabVIEW Driver.
Rosetta Language Bindings - Development API
- Develop custom solutions in C/C++, C#, VB, .NET, Python
- Custom parsing of proprietary protocols
- Clean API is well-documented and easy to integrate
- Fully Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X compatible
- Separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available for all three platforms
- Royalty-free API can be used without licensing fees
Learn more about Rosetta Language Bindings and the API.
Compatibility
The Beagle Protocol Analyzer was engineered from the very beginning to be a cross-platform device. The software and utilities for the Beagle Protocol Analyzer function on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X so that you can develop software for your preferred platform.
Windows
The software is officially supported on Windows XP (SP2 or later, 32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows 8 (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 idiosyncrasies 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 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion.
64-bit Support
The graphical software is offered as a 32-bit or 64-bit application on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the API libraries are provided for all platforms to allow custom applications to be built for either architecture.
| Part Number | Description | Quantity | Unit Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| TP320121 | Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer - v2.00 | 1 | 330.00 |
| 10 | 313.50 | ||
| 25 | 297.00 | ||
| 50 | Call |
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Total Phase reserves the right to change the price without notice.
Please note that the price does not include sales tax, importation tariffs, duties, and other taxes. The customer is solely responsible for paying these fees. Your local distributor's price may differ from the suggested retail price because of importation taxes and fees.
A comprehensive kit that bundles a set of Total Phase's industry-leading I2C tools and accessories.
A comprehensive kit that bundles a set of Total Phase's industry-leading SPI tools and accessories.
A bundled set of tools for programming SPI-based Serial Flash chips.
A bundled set of tools for programming I2C- and SPI-based serial EEPROMs.
USB interface to I2C and SPI for your Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X computer.
High-speed SPI adapter capable of communicating over SPI at up to 40+ MHz.
Provides voltage level translation, ranging from 1.2V to 3.3V, for I2C and SPI tools
Connect your host adapter or protocol analyzer to your target with individual flying leads.
Connect your host adapter or protocol analyzer to your target with individual flying leads.
2m HDMI cable with DDC breakout header
2m DVI cable with DDC breakout header
2m VGA cable with DDC breakout header
Display and filter USB, I2C, SPI, CAN, and MDIO data in real-time with this easy-to-use interface to the Beagle Protocol Analyzers.
The Beagle LabVIEW Driver is a free and open-source LabVIEW Instrument Driver for the Beagle Protocol Analyzers.
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USB Drivers (Windows)
v2.11
2013-02-08
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USB drivers for the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter, Beagle Analyzers, Cheetah Host Adapters, and Komodo Interfaces. Ensure the drivers are installed before plugging in any Total Phase device. The Windows installer contains the 32-bit and 64-bit USB drivers. Refer to the device datasheet for more information regarding which versions of Windows are supported. |
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USB Drivers (Linux)
v2.10
2011-07-01
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USB drivers for the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter, Beagle Analyzers, Cheetah Host Adapters, and Komodo Interfaces. Ensure the drivers are installed before plugging in any Total Phase device. This package contains the configuration files for all Total Phase devices. Refer to README.txt and the datasheet for more details on how the Total Phase devices use the built-in USB drivers in Linux. |
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Beagle Protocol Analyzer Datasheet
v4.51
2012-10-19
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Complete datasheet for the Beagle analyzers, covering usage, programming, engineering notes. |
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Data Center Software
v6.52
2012-11-09
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GUI Application for the Beagle analyzers Note that this software requires an update of the Beagle 5000 firmware to version 2.00 and an update of the Komodo CAN Interface firmware to at least version 1.10. Refer to the User's Manual for system requirements. |
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Data Center Software User's Manual
v6.52
2012-11-09
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User's manual for the Data Center Software |
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Beagle Software API and Shared Library
v4.51
2012-10-19
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Rosetta Language Bindings - 32-bit and 64-bit Software API and Shared Library for C, C#, Python, .NET, VB.NET, and VB6 Note that this software requires an update of the Beagle 5000 firmware to version 2.00. Please read the UPGRADE.txt in the package because some API calls have been changed. |
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Beagle LabVIEW Driver (Windows)
v3.06
2009-02-16
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Free, open-source 32-bit LabVIEW Driver for the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer and the Beagle USB 12 Protocol Analyzer. Installation instructions can be found in the README.txt file. |
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