[chbot] Cheap Xilinx/Altera/Lattice FPGA programmer with Saleae logic analyser functionality (5 in 1 unit).

[Charles Manning]

I have a Saleae unit. They really are great and at the price I recommend
every embedded programmer have one.

Hobbiests might want to bypass the cost of the hardware, but I agree with
Volker here.

If  you want to commit a crime to save a few dollars then go shoplifting.
The big chain stores can spare the money more than a small company like
Saleae logic can,



On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Volker Kuhlmann
<list0570 at paradise.net.nz>wrote:

> On Sun 26 May 2013 18:41:17 NZST +1200, Yani Dubin wrote:
>
> Thank you for the details on this device.
>
> The Saleae is very good, and has a reputation for its software. Although
> the software is a free download, it is paid for with the purchase of the
> analyser hardware.
>
> It is extremely cheeky of the Chinese to reverse engineer the analyser
> hardware (or design something compatible) and to sell this as "Saleae",
> while expecting you to use the software from Saleae. There is mentioning
> of this on Salaea's website. It is up to you whether you want to
> actively participate in this scam.
>
> There are no issues with using this thing as an FPGA programmer of
> course, when those companies sell a chip, they've already been paid for
> its programming software that is included in the devloper software.
>
> Volker
>
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