Total Phase Beagle USB 5000 v2 Ultimate: USB 3.0 protocol analyzer

Description

The Total Phase Beagle USB 5000 v2 SuperSpeed Protocol Analyzer, Ultimate Edition (ref. TP322610) is a USB 3.0 bus analyzer that interactively captures and analyzes USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 traffic in real time, up to 5 Gbit/s. Both buses are monitored simultaneously and non-intrusively.

With its 4 GB onboard buffer and live data streaming to the analysis computer, it keeps track of long sessions. A USB 3.0 downlink allows longer captures. Packets and error codes are displayed in real time, and the Data Center software decodes USB classes on the fly.

For advanced debugging, this edition offers state-based Match/Action triggers, link training and LTSSM state detection, digital inputs and outputs, and multi-analyzer synchronization to follow traffic across USB hubs.

Highlights

• Simultaneous USB 3.0 and USB 2.0: non-intrusive monitoring up to 5 Gbit/s.
• Resolution: 2 ns in USB 3.0 and 16.7 ns in USB 2.0.
• Low-level error detection: invalid PIDs, bad CRCs, timeouts, frame sequence errors and state transition errors, among others.
• Hardware filtering: packet suppression in USB 2.0 and 3.0.
• Automatic handling: data scrambling, spread spectrum clocking, polarity inversion and receiver detection.
• Advanced triggers: up to 8 independent states in USB 2.0 and USB 3.0.

Why a hardware analyzer? A software capture on the host, with usbmon or Wireshark, shows transfers as seen by the host's USB stack. The analyzer placed between the host and the device sees packets as they pass on the bus, without going through the driver you may be trying to investigate.

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Technical specifications

• Manufacturer reference: TP322610
• Monitored speeds: SuperSpeed USB 3.0 5 Gbit/s, High Speed 480 Mbit/s, Full Speed 12 Mbit/s, Low Speed 1.5 Mbit/s
• Onboard buffer: 4 GB
• USB 2.0 triggers: up to 8 independent states, 6 matches per state
• USB 3.0 triggers: up to 8 independent states, 3 matches per stream and per state
• Target device port: USB 3.0 Type-A receptacle
• Target host port: USB 3.0 Type-B receptacle
• Analysis port (to the PC): USB 3.0 Type-B receptacle
• Cross-analyzer synchronization: 2 HDMI connectors (1 input, 1 output)
• USB 3.0 digital I/O: 2 SMA connectors (1 input, 1 output)
• USB 2.0 digital I/O: Mini-DIN 9, 4 inputs (3.3 V, 30 MHz max), 4 outputs (3.3 V, 10 mA), 1 ground
• Power supply : 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, adapter included; 25 W max
• Operating temperature : 10 à 35 °C
• Dimensions : 16 x 15.4 x 4.7 cm
• Weight : 900 g
• Standards and quality: CE, RoHS; ISO 9001, ISO 13485, AS9100C certified manufacturing; made in the USA

Supported software and systems

• Software to download: Data Center Software, Beagle Software API, Beagle LabVIEW driver, USB drivers (required on Windows and Linux)
• Operating systems: Windows 7, 10, 11 and later; Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora); macOS 13 and later
• Analysis computer, minimum configuration: Intel or AMD processor at 2 GHz or faster, 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit), 2 GB disk space, full-speed USB port, 1024 x 768 display or higher

Use cases

• USB 3.0 device development: checking link training, LTSSM states and packet exchanges.
• Isolating a specific fault: triggering capture on a state-based condition, then analyzing the error.
• Topologies with hubs: synchronizing several analyzers to follow traffic end to end.
• Test benches: synchronizing the analyzer with external devices through digital I/O.

Compatibility and what you need to know

This analyzer monitors up to USB 3.0 at 5 Gbit/s. It also covers USB 2.0 speeds, simultaneously. The AC adapter is included in the box. Rates above 5 Gbit/s do not appear in the specifications published by Total Phase, and its target ports are Type-A and Type-B.

Box contents

• 1 Beagle USB 5000 v2 analyzer, Ultimate Edition
• 3 USB-A to USB-B cables, 3 ft (about 90 cm)
• 1 USB-A to USB-B cable, 1 ft (about 30 cm)
• 1 Mini-DIN 9 digital I/O cable, 1.5 ft (about 45 cm)
• 1 AC adapter and its cord

The software is available for download.

See also all our Test and debugging tools and the Total Phase range.

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