Low-cost USB analyser

Now available from Computer Solutions, the USB Tracker 110 is a compact, low-cost, non-intrusive USB analyser designed to support the development of USB devices and related software.

USB is becoming more and more popular as a way of interfacing embedded systems to PCs. However, its protocols are complex, and an analyser greatly simplifies debugging both the hardware and the application. To date, USB analysers have cost around 4,000 pounds, but the new USB Tracker 110 sells for little more than 500 pounds: a price level that makes it feasible to purchase one for every engineer working on the project.

The USB Tracker 110 can be used to analyse the operation of an existing device, searching for incompatibility and measuring the performance of a driver or piece of equipment. It displays the packets sent, decodes the descriptors according to the USB specification, detects bus errors created by peripherals or drivers and provides a measure of overall performance.

The new instrument features an ergonomically designed user interface which presents the data collected in a clear and precise way.

It is the ideal companion for anyone developing USB peripherals, embedded software or drivers. Its analysis and display software allows the user to quickly learn all about USB. It can be connected between a personal computer or a laptop and any USB peripheral to provide an instant record of the traffic..

The packets are displayed in time order together with the peripheral's address and the endpoint number. A second window provides details of the selected items data. To make it easier to identify particular packets, the software provides colour-coding functions and extensive user-selected filtering. It also gives the user the choice of several levels of detail, and the information taken from the bus is referenced to the USB specification, giving a full text description of hub requests.

The USB Tracker 110 can carry out USB 'low-speed' (1.5 Mbit/s), 'full-speed' (12 Mbit/s) or mixed-speed capture, automatically detecting the speed. Unlimited capture time is provided through a high-speed USB 2.0 connection to the host PC, and power is taken from the USB.

It is available from the Computer Solutions online web shop (http://www.computer-solutions.co.uk) .

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Computer Solutions Ltd. is the UK's premier supplier of microprocessor development tools. It supplies a wide range of software and hardware tools that support over 100 different microprocessor families. Hardware products include: BDM interfaced debuggers, In-circuit emulators , EPROM emulators RS232 & CAN analysers and device programmers,. Software tools include: assemblers, debuggers, compilers, real-time executives, TCP/IP stacks and other high-level protocol libraries.

With 25 years' experience, Computer Solutions Ltd. has unrivalled expertise in embedded tools, consultancy and support.

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