Q: I’m interested in trying to loop the same command every 3 minutes with my Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter. Is there a repeat command in the XML script language that I can use? A: Thanks for your question! We can certainly help you with doing a loop command using the Aardvark adapter. Total Phase offers [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Working with a Loop Command using the Aardvark adapter
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Guten Tag from Total Phase at Embedded World!
This week, the Total Phase sales team packed their bags and traversed across the world to Nuremberg, Germany for Embedded World! Embedded World is held this year from Tuesday, February 26 to Thursday, February 28. Attendees had the opportunity to drop by our Total Phase booth and experience a live demonstration of our USB, I2C, [...]
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Support Question of the Week: EEPROM and Flash Programming with the Aardvark
Q: I plan on using the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter with the Flash Center Software to program SPI flash chips and I2C EEPROM chips on my prototype board. Is there built-in support in the Flash Center Software to program memory devices? If these parts are not supported in the software, will I still be able [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Monitor USB Traffic with Data Center Software
Q: I am interested in sniffing USB traffic on my USB 2.0 device with the Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer. I have a few questions about the capabilities of the Data Center Software that can be used with the Beagle USB 480 protocol analyzer. First, when monitoring data, does the transaction log show all of [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Testing Multiple Units Simultaneously with the Aardvark Host Adapter
Q: We are ready to use Aardvark Host Adapters (6 units) in order to test our 6 units simultaneously. Does it mean we should use a separate computer (laptop, for instance) for each Aardvark Adapter? Or we can use one for all Aardvark Host Adapters? A: Thanks for your question! Depending on your specific testing [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Monitoring Ethernet Frames Using the Beagle USB 480 Analyzer
Q: I recently bought a Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer and have started using it with the Data Center Software to monitor the CDC-ECM and CDC-NCM classes on the USB 2.0 link. Now, we would like to integrate this USB bus monitor into a custom application. Do you have any software development kits available for [...]
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Support Question of the Week: View the Last I2C Data Transaction with the Data Center Software and Beagle I2C/SPI Analyzer
Q: I am using the Beagle I2C/SPI Protocol Analyzer with the Data Center Software to monitor a particular coming across the I2C bus. I would like to monitor the latest Read transactions that occur after a Write transaction on the I2C bus. Right now, I’m manually scrolling down to see the last transaction. Is there [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Erasing Memory from Any Total Phase Product
Q: I’m interested in buying some of your products, but I have a few questions. First, is there any memory in any of your products that would retain information when powered down? If the answer to this is yes, I have another question – is there a sanitization procedure for these devices that can be [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Transfer Rate and Size for SPI Programming
Q: I recently came across two of your products – the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter and the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter. I am interested in programming SPI data, but I’m not sure which SPI host adapter I should use. Can either of these host adapters support 16-bit, 32-bit, or larger continuous transfers to an SPI [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Synchronizing Output from a USB 2.0 Analyzer
Q: I’m working on analyzing data on a USB 2.0 bus and I would like to synchronize the USB data with an external device. I was looking on your website and I see that you have three USB protocol analyzers. Would I be able to use any of these to trigger another device? A: Thanks [...]
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How to Read and Write to an I2C EEPROM Using the Aardvark adapter and Control Center – Part 1
One of the most popular uses for the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter is to read and write to an I2C memory device. In this special two-part Support Question of the Week feature, we will focus on how to take information in an EEPROM datasheet and execute commands with the Control Center Software. Engineers can also [...]
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How to Read and Write to an I2C EEPROM Using the Aardvark adapter and Control Center – Part 2
Here is part 2 of our Support Question of the Week feature on how to read and write to an I2C EEPROM with the Aardvark I2C/SPI Host Adapter and Control Center Software! In Part 1, we provided some background on the set up of the I2C EEPROM with the Aardvark adapter. Now, in part 2, [...]
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Programming a Single Sector of an SPI Flash Using the Cheetah Adapter and Flash Center – Part 1
The Cheetah SPI Host Adapter is popular for its fast SPI programming capabilities. In this week’s Support Question of the Week, we will feature a two-part series focusing on how to program a single sector of an SPI flash device using the Cheetah adapter with the Flash Center Software. This two-part article is also available [...]
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Programming a Single Sector of an SPI Flash Using the Cheetah Adapter and Flash Center – Part 2
Here is part 2 of our Support Question of the Week feature on how to program a single sector of an SPI flash device using the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter and Flash Center Software. In Part 1, we provided an overview of the different programming options available in the Flash Center Software. We also included [...]
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Writing and Reading from SPI Flash Using the Cheetah Adapter and Cheetah GUI Software – Part 1
Last week, we featured a two-part blog feature on how to program a single sector of an SPI flash with the Cheetah adapter and the Flash Center Software. This week, we want to demonstrate the versatility and fast functions of the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter with the Cheetah GUI Software. This week’s two-part Support Question [...]
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Writing and Reading from SPI Flash Using the Cheetah Adapter and Cheetah GUI Software – Part 2
Here is part 2 of our Support Question of the Week feature on how to write and read an SPI flash device using the Cheetah SPI Host Adapter and the Cheetah GUI Software. In Part 1, we went over the instructions for using the M25P32 flash part, which is used as an example for writing [...]
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Total Phase Sponsors Class at the Design West Conference!
To kick off the Design West Conference this week, Total Phase sponsored a class hosted by Micrium by providing Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzers. The class entitled “Essentials of USB Device Development” provided attendees with an overview of how to design a USB device and the complexities they may face. Users explored the fundamentals of [...]
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Live from Booth 1824 at the 2013 Design West Expo…
Hello from Total Phase! We are eagerly awaiting the start of Day 2 of the Design West Expo in San Jose, CA. Thanks to everybody who dropped by our booth yesterday! Day 1 was exciting as many attendees dropped by to discuss our USB, I2C, SPI, and CAN development tools and also viewed live demonstrations [...]
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Support Question of the Week: Viewing Timestamps for USB 2.0 Transactions
Q: I’m using a Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer to monitor some USB data from a mouse. When I plug in the device and run a capture, the timestamps don’t always show up in chronological order. Is there a function I can use in Data Center Software so that I can view the transactions in [...]
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Support Question of the Week – MDIO
Normally we confine this blog to SPI/I2C/USB and CAN questions, but once in a while we’re asked questions about other protocols. This week, one customer wanted to know about MDIO. Q: Do any of your products support MDIO? Host? Analyzer? A: The Beagle I2C/SPI analyzer non-intrusively monitors MDIO up to 2.5 MHz. The Beagle I2C/SPI [...]
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