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LOGIC ANALYZER
USE GUIDE
V1.00.01 DEC. 2016

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  • Page 1 ZP-Studio LOGIC ANALYZER USE GUIDE V1.00.01 DEC. 2016...
  • Page 2 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Table of Content Precautions ................. 3 1. Introduction ................4 1.1. Preface .......................4 1.2. About this document ....................4 1.3. Product Introduction ....................4 1.4. Package Content ....................5 1.5. System Requirements ..................6 1.6. Product Specifications ..................7 2.

  • Page 3: Precautions

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Precautions Users are advised to carefully review this section to avoid potential hazards to persons, this product and other products connected to it. To protect the instrument and the Device under Test (DUT), grounding is ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    The purpose of the User Guide is to help users understand and get familiar with the operations of the instrument and the software. Throughout the document, the instrument software is referred to as ZP-Studio and the instruments as LAP Educator.

  • Page 5: Package Content

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw The software ZP-Studio is an all-new UI especially designed for the LAP Educator. The UI is typical for its color gradient background and ease of operation. The extensive protocol library consisting of more than 80 protocol decoders, internal or external clock, direct streaming to disk, user-friendly software and a host of other functions make debugging a joy.

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw LAP Educator Micro Usb Data Transfer Cable Dupont connectors (8Px1, 2Px1, 1Px1) Clip-on hooks 10pcs Experiments Guide Warranty Card USB Type B Data Transfer Cable Table 1:1 LAP Educator package content Package content shows as Figure 1-1.

  • Page 7: Product Specifications

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Supported OS Versions Windows 7 Recommended Windows 8.1 Support Windows 10 Support Table 1:2 Supported operating systems 1.5.2. Hardware Requirements Item Minimum Recommended CPU Speed 1GHz 2GHz 1 GB 500 MB Hard Drive Space USB 1.1...

  • Page 8: Specifications

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw 1.6.2. Specifications Model LAP Educator Supported operating systems Win 7 (Win 8.1, Win 10) LAP-F2 Acquisition Channels Interface USB 1.1 (2.0 compatible) Sampling Frequency Internal (Timing) 100MHz External (State) 75 MHz...

  • Page 9: Electrical Specifications

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Phase Errors < 1.5 ns Source DC Connection Power 5V DC, < 500 mA ( 1W standby) Maximum Input Voltage ± 30V Impedance 500 k Ω/10pF Dimensions 113 x 83.4 x 18.5mm...
  • Page 10 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Port Name Description A0-A7 Port A Signal input pins. Start Out A 3.3 V DC rising edge signal is sent over the S_O pin when an acquisition is initiated by pressing RUN or the START button on the casing.

  • Page 11: Installation Setup

    Software Installation NOTE For users who have internet access, we recommend that you download the latest version of the ZP-Studio software from our website: www.zeroplus.com.tw. It is recommended close all other programs. Connect the LAP Educator to the PC via USB. Insert the installation CD into CD-ROM.
  • Page 12 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 2-2 License Agreement window Clicking “Next” throughout the installation to install the standard version is recommended, but options for customizing the installation are also available for users who want that. Upon completion, the user will be prompted to restart the computer;...

  • Page 13: Hardware Connection

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw When the ZP-Studio is launched for the first time, a Find New Hardware dialog box will appear and the driver will then be installed automatically. ZP-Studio will also download all the available protocol decoders, as seen in Figure 2-4.

  • Page 14: Operating Environment And Maintenance

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw NOTE Analyzer and finalize the installation for hardware connection. Figure 2-2 Signal cable connection and power lamp location 2.3. Operating Environment and Maintenance Please follow the below instructions when using, cleaning or storing your LAP Educator and probes.
  • Page 15 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Temperature (Working) Min: 5° C Max: 35° C Temperature (Storage) Min: -20° C Max: 60° C Rel. humidity (Working) Min: 20% Max: 85% Rel. humidity (Storage) Max: 90% Altitude Max: 2,000 m Insolation Avoid direct sunlight.

  • Page 16: Interface And Functions

    ZP-Studio will automatically check online for updates upon startup. 3.1. User interface The ZP-Studio user interface is shown in Figure 3-1. Figure 3-1 ZP-Studio user interface The ZP-Studio window can be divided into sections; see Table 3:1. Note that many functions can be accessed with Hot Keys combinations.

  • Page 17: Option

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Name Area Description Option Menu Access main functions by Option button. The details see corresponding function introduction. Single Run Acquisition signal one time or continuously with the current sample and trigger setting.
  • Page 18 Some of this information is user-added to the file when saving; the rest is automatically added by ZP-Studio. Hot Key: CTRL + O.
  • Page 19 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Hot Key: CTRL + S. 3.2.4. Save As Save As is useful for users who wish to save a file under a different name or type or change the destination folder. The Save As dialog box also opens when the user saves a file for the first time so that these parameters can be defined.
  • Page 20 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-2 Export Packet List dialog box Item Description File name Input a file name; the default is Packet. Save as type Export in .csv or .txt format; the default is .txt.
  • Page 21 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Export the environment Include acquisition parameters etc. in the export file; checked parameters by default. Export the packet title Include packet titles in the export; unselected by default. Pop up an export file Open the exported file once it is ready;...
  • Page 22 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-4 Screen capture dialog box Item Description Capture to File Save the captured region in .bmp or .jpeg format. Clipboard Copy the captured region to the clipboard for editing in other software.
  • Page 23 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw 3.2.8. Files Comparison Files Comparison examines how and where two files differ from each other. The number of differences between the two files is listed channel by channel in the dialog box, and new, curly traces in the waveform area evidence where the two signals differ.
  • Page 24 Select where to end the Files Comparison, using the reference file as base. Error Tolerance Define how many sample points that may differ between the two files before ZP-Studio regards the two files as unequal; 0-10 samples can be chosen (the default is 0). Display Options Show files Display the two files horizontally;...
  • Page 25 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-3 Files Comparison ex; differences marked in the lower window 3.2.9. Noise Filter The Noise Filter is used to filter out short-lasting pulses or dips in signals that the user considers to be noise; see the dialog box in 錯誤! 找不到參照來源。.
  • Page 26 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-7 Noise Filter dialog box 3.2.10. Signal Activity Signal Activity offers the user real-time views of what the probes are seeing. Two modes are available; Real-time Frequencies and Signal Status. By means of these functions the LAP Educator monitors signal frequencies and states, thus assuming the function of a frequency counter and that of a logic pen.
  • Page 27 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-8 Real-time frequencies window NOTE Other operations cannot be performed when the Real-time Frequencies window is open. Also, at least two periods must be captured for the function to work.
  • Page 28 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw 3.2.11. Options The appearance and behavior of the user interface and functions can be customized. Configurations, options and settings are gathered under this menu item.  General Figure 3-10 Environment settings dialog box...
  • Page 29 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw data until the Stop moment is displayed; this is the default option. Gridlines Show vertical gridlines in the waveform area; unchecked by default. Packet Names Full names Display the full names of packets; this is the default option.

  • Page 30: Color Settings

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Modification Description Show modification descriptions. Open the last used file The last saved file is opened when ZP-Studio starts; selected when starting a new by default. session Round inputs up/down Illegal input values are automatically rounded to the nearest to nearest valid number valid value.
  • Page 31 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-4 Color Settings dialog box Item Description Color Settings Select displayed color for items. Preview Preview the color selections; the left frame shows the Waveform and the right the State List.
  • Page 32 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-5 Waveform Area settings dialog box Item Description Trace Information Time Show the time between two edges; this is the default option. Number of Show number of samples between two edges.
  • Page 33 Table 3:9 Waveform Area settings dialog box description  Hot Keys In ZP-Studio, Hot Keys are keyboard combinations that invoke a function. See Table 3:11 for a complete description of all Hot Keys. Figure 3- shows the dialog box used to customize the Hot Keys.
  • Page 34 Zoom out waveform display area. Full-page Mode Show the whole waveform display Ctrl＋Alt＋P area. Help Open the operating instructions of Zeroplus Logic Analyzer. Rename Rename the selected item. Single Run Capture the signal one time. Ctrl＋F5 Repetitive Run Capture the signal continuously.
  • Page 35 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Ctrl＋O Open Open an exit file. Ctrl＋F4 Close Close the current file. Ctrl＋S Save Save the file. Add Channel/Bus Open the Add Protocol Decoder Ctrl＋B dialog. Ctrl＋↑ Open Up File Open the File of last serial number.
  • Page 36 Choose a name for the files to be saved; the default is ZP-Studio. Path Choose where to save files; the default is C:\Documents and settings\Administrator\ My Documents\ ZP-Studio Data (if C: is the system disk). Save Options Save acquisitions Auto-save all acquisitions.
  • Page 37 3.2.12. ZP-Studio Version ZP-Studio Version window shows the software version, modification history, the instrument model, serial number and so on; see 錯誤! 找不到參照來源。. This window is almost identical to the information window shown the first time the ZP-Studio is started.
  • Page 38 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-16 ZP-Studio Version information window 3.2.13. User’s Guide Click the User Guide item to open the Help file. The User Guide file contains descriptions of the installation procedure and of menus and functions. It is contains a Search function to facilitate lookups.

  • Page 39: Single Run

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw 3.2.14. Send Feedback The Send Feedback form can be used to contact our Technical Support if the user runs into a problem. Users who prefer to contact our Technical Support team by means of regular email should use the following address: service_2@zeroplus.com.tw...
  • Page 40 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-8 Sample Settings dialog box If need to use the External clock by clicking the button , the setting dialog shows as figure 3-19.
  • Page 41 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-9 External Clock dialog box Item Description Speed(Sample Also called asynchronous acquisition, the input signals are sampled rate) and stored at equal time intervals based on LAP Educator’s internal clock. The sample rate determines how often samples are taken. The Timing mode sample rate goes from 100Hz to 100MHz.

  • Page 42: Channel Column

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw data and 90% to post-trigger data. Compression The Compression function can be used to extend the length of acquisitions. The principle goes as follows: Rather than storing 100 consecutive 1s, the LAP Educator stores 1x100 using the hardware based algorithm.
  • Page 43 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Delete the selected channel or bus. Hot Key: DELETE。 Delete Rename Rename the selected channel or bus. It is invalid if multi-select. Hot Key: F2。 Bus/Protocol Open the setting dialog of bus or Protocol Decoder, and it is valid Analyzer Property right clicking the bus/ Protocol name.
  • Page 44 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-21 Add Channel dialog box  Add Bus Adding a bus follows the same routine as adding a channel, but the dialog box differs slightly; see Figure 3-. First, it links to the High Level Settings dialog box; see Figure 3-.
  • Page 45 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-22 Add Bus dialog box...
  • Page 46 The Latch function is used to analyze/decode bus activity that does not Event) use a specific protocol (referred to simply as a Bus in ZP-Studio). When selecting a channel and an event (for instance A0 and Falling Edge), the bus data will be decoded and displayed at every occurrence of this event.
  • Page 47 Right-click on a decoder to add it to the topmost Favorites list. Figure 3-24 Add Protocol Decoder dialog box The ZP-Studio comes with more than 80 free protocol decoders; these are listed in Table 3:. The protocol decoders are individual modules that are separated from the ZP-Studio software.
  • Page 48 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-25 I2C Protocol Decoder Setup dialog box 3.5.2. Image Encode The Image Encode function is specially designed for display type protocols such as I2S, LCD1602 etc. Captured data that are decoded with one of the supported protocols are decoded and displayed as the original picture.
  • Page 49 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-26 Image Encode for Serial GPIO IBPI The Image Encode function supports the following protocols: – DMX512 – – LCD1602 – LED Pitch Array – LG4572 – Serial GPIO IBPI Note that it’s necessary to focus on the correct bus for the Image Decode function to...
  • Page 50 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-27 Analog Waveform dialog box Item Description Mode Setting Single Analog Display Draw the analog waveform on a dedicated channel; default option. Mixed Analog Display Show the drawing on top of the traces its based on.

  • Page 51: Trigger Column

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-28 Analog Waveform example 3.6. Trigger Column Right click the Trigger column and the menu as figure 3-29. Figure 3-29 Trigger Column Right-click menu Item Description Don’t Care No trigger condition.

  • Page 52: Waveform Area

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Trigger on a low level, i.e. the state of the signal is 0. Rising Edge Trigger on a change of state of the signal from 0 to 1 (low to high).
  • Page 53 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw A-bar Reposition the A-bar to the cursor location. Hot Key: SHIFT + A. B-bar Reposition the B-bar to the cursor location. Hot Key: SHIFT + B. Ds-bar Reposition the Ds-bar to the cursor location (available when Active Range is enabled).

  • Page 54: Information

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Item Description Set As Trigger Set the trigger condition of each channel to equal the state (or Condition edge) of the channel where the selected bar is located. Delete Bar Delete the selected bar.

  • Page 55: Protocol Decoders

    Protocol decoders Quick look for and add a protocol bus that same as Add Protocol Decoder Chapter 3.5.1. Figure 3-33 Protocols decoders Area Table 3: lists the protocol decoders available in ZP-Studio. Built-in Protocol Decoders 1-WIRE Philips RC-5 1-WIRE (Advanced)

  • Page 56: Search

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Differential Manchester MDDI Serial GPIO IBPI DIGITAL LOGIC MHL-CBUS SHT11 DMX512 MICROWIRE SLE4442 DP AUX Channel 1.1 MICROWIRE (EEPROM SMBus 2.0 93C) DS1302 MIDI DS18B20 SPI Compatible(Atmel Memory) DSA Interface MILLER...

  • Page 57: Secondary Display

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Item Description Channel Set the need to find the bus/channel and conditions. Condition Set the needed condition with Rising Edge, Falling Edge, Either Edge and the value of bus. Mark Bar Mark the results with bar default A-bar.
  • Page 58 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-35 Navigator window example showing 3.11.2. Packet List The Packet List shows all the acquired packets in their decomposed form. By presenting the packets in list form, the Packet List facilitates observation and analysis of all packets and their relation.
  • Page 59 Packet# The number of packet. Name The packet name. TimeStamp The start time ranks the packets by ZP-Studio. Data The data in the packet. Length The length between the start point and the end point. Table 3:24 Packet List Items description...
  • Page 60 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-37 Packet List Settings Item Description Bus Selection Select the buses to be displayed. Multiple bus, can only choose Packet Information Packet Packet number. Name Include the names of the packets.
  • Page 61 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-38 Packet List Right-click menu Item Description Mark the packet with Mark the selected packet with the bar, and the start packet show a bar in waveform center. Hide Hide the current selection of packets.
  • Page 62 LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw Figure 3-39 Find Results dialog box Item Description Input the number of results, then jump to it quickly and show it with marked bar in the waveform area. Look for the previous or next result.

  • Page 63: Contact Us

    LAP Educator Logic Analyzer | User Guide v1.00.01 |www.zeroplus.com.tw 4. Contact Us Sales Department Email service_1@zeroplus.com.tw Phone +886-2-6620-2225 extension #221 or #311 Table 4:4:1 Sales department contact info Technical Support Email service_2@zeroplus.com.tw Phone +886-2-6620-2225 extension #374 Table 4:4:2 Technical support contact info...

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