List of USB Protocol Analyzers available in market

What does USB Protocol Analyzers do?

USB Protocol Analyzer is like any other protocol analyzer. It basically hooks onto the bus and probes the signal patterns, and from the signal patterns re-creates the user understandable data or packet formats as per the USB 2.0 specifications.
There are two types of Protocol Analyzers for USB. 1) Hardware+Software Toolset 2) Only Software. This document explains only the Hardware Type Protocol Analyzers.
The Hardware type protocol analyzers are costly to procure, and the price is directly proportional to the trace buffer available in the hardware. But these analyzers come with great powers, the collected data can be viewed and formatted in many formats and helps users to pin point the problems quickly and help in debugging the application.
Some of the typical capabilities are:

• Triggers - Specify when to start the data collection from the bus
• Prefetch - How many packets need to be recorded before the trigger
• Postfetch - How many packets need to be recorded after the trigger
• Trigger Types - Manual, Automatic, Content Based (Based on what is there inside a packet), Transaction Based
• Buffer Size Control - For managing the available trace buffers
• Reporting & Filtering Options - Flexibility to view specific trasactions and specific packets
• Save & Reload operations
• Simulation & Transmission of User Defined Packets on the bus - In this case user can transfer a packet to see how the device driver or the device responds to specific packets. Activity is intiated by user, but the analyzer pretends as if the host or the device has generated the packet

The above is a partial list of most common features. For more information one should check the documents of each of the Analyzers.

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List of USB Protocol & Bus Analyzers (that come in form of Hardware+Software)

Analyzer	Description	Image(If Available)
MQP Electronics Packet-Master USB480+	Description: On-the-Go(OTG) analysis Analyse High-Speed, Low-Speed, Full-Speed USB Device in any combination of speeds 32 Mbyte FIFO Advanced hardware event triggering as standard Up to 4Mbyte Pre-Trigger Data Buffer Highest Specification for the Lowest Cost Integral Capture Start and Stop buttons and Capture Indicator USB through-connectors for device under test High Speed USB uplink for unlimited capture BNC Connector for Trigger Input or Output Feature connector provides signals for oscilloscope or logic analyser Comprehensive event filtering, highlighting, searching and bookmarking ncludes Free Class Analysis package ~$1500 USD (special educational pricing available)
MQP Electronics Packet-Master USB480	Description: On-the-Go(OTG) analysis Analyse High-Speed, Low-Speed, Full-Speed 32 Mbyte FIFO Hardware triggering BNC trigger input Highly cost-effective development solution Integral Capture Start and Stop buttons and Capture Indicator USB through-connectors for device under test Automatically detects speed of link under test High Speed USB (480 Mbit/s) connection to host PC Feature connector provides signals for oscilloscope or logic analyser Comprehensive event filtering, highlighting, searching and bookmarking ~$1400 USD (special educational pricing available)
MQP Electronics Packet-Master USB12	Description: Analyses Low Speed, Full Speed or a mixture of both(No High Speed) Power Indicator & Activity indicator shows presence of data exchanges Integral Capture Start and Stop buttons and Capture Indicator Economically priced Bus-powered for convenience of use, Optional external power input supply High Speed USB uplink for unlimited capture time Comprehensive event filtering, highlighting, searching and bookmarking ~$750 USD (special educational pricing available)
Ellisys USB Explorer 200	Description: Supports Low Speed (1.5Mbits/s), Full Speed (12Mbits/s) and High Speed (480Mbps) Measurement of USB bus states and low level protocols Device Bus Powered. No need for external adaptor. Speedy USB2.0 Uplink with Internal 32MB FIFO Memory. Intutive, Easy to use Interface. High level decoding of requests and descriptors, making diagnosing problems a breeze. Filtering and Highlighting of Events. Dimensions: 150 x 120 x 65 mm, Weight 850g. ~$2600 USD and includes a 2 years of limited warranty.
Ellisys USB Tracker 110 Recommended	Description: Supports Low Speed (1.5Mbits/s) and Full Speed (12Mbits/s) Unlimited capture time. USB2.0 Uplink (Backwards compatible with 1.1). Device Bus Powered. No need for external adaptor. Power and Activity LEDs. Activity flashes green on receipt of DATA0/1 packet but not captured and red if captured. Realtime statistics during capture. Filtering and Highlighing of Events. Dimensions: 85 x 80 x 45 mm, Weight 75g. ~$850 USD and includes a 2 years of limited warranty.
Wireless USB Explorer 300 Wireless USB Protocol Analyzer	Description: Displays UWB and Wireless USB protocols in an easy-to-use hierarchical view Supports speeds up to 480 Mbps Non-intrusively captures traffic from any MB-OFDM UWB link. Automatically determines the speed of each frame and decodes it accordingly. Highlights protocol errors and interoperability issues Supports the latest WiMedia and Wireless USB specifications. Free viewer software to exchange recorded traffic with others, Free lifetime software maintenance. Powered by USB, no need for a bulky external power supply. Dimensions: 150 x 120 x 65 mm (5.91 x 4.72 x 2.56'') , Weight 850 g (1.9 lbs). 2 years of limited warranty.
USB Ver.2.0 Bus Protocol Analyzer SB-2020	Description: Automatic detection of USB 2.0 at high, full, and low speed Trigger function Powerful filtering function. Built-in 512 MB capture memory. Capturing of log data up to 20 GB. Display descriptor tree. Bus state display. Display communication speed. Dimensions: 150 x 120 x 65 mm (5.91 x 4.72 x 2.56'') , Weight 850 g (1.9 lbs). 2 years of limited warranty.
CATC USBTracer/Trainer™ Protocol Verification System	Description: CATC Trace Analysis Software System OTG (On-The-Go) Support Traffic Generation/Device Emulation. 512 MByte Recording Capacity Non-intrusive High Impedance Probe Advanced Triggering Extensive Decodes to display Device Class Specific information. Real-Time Statistics & Hardware Filtering Hi-Speed USB Port 3 years of limited warranty.
CATC Advisor™ Protocol Analyzer	Description: CATC Trace Analysis Software System Records USB 2.0 traffic - Supports all three USB speeds (High (480Mbps), Full (12Mbps) and Low (1.5Mbps)) 128 MByte Recording Capacity. BusEngine Protocol Processor technology Dual Recording Channels Advanced Triggering Intelligent Reporting Real-Time Statistics & Hardware Filtering Hi-Speed USB Port 3 years of limited warranty.
CATC USBMobile™ Protocol Analyzer	Description: PC Card form factor - Personal analyzer. Low-power, portable operation with any notebook PC CATC Trace Analysis Software System Records USB 2.0 traffic - Supports all three USB speeds (High (480Mbps), Full (12Mbps) and Low (1.5Mbps)) OTG (On-The-Go) Support 64 MByte Recording Capacity. 2 Mini AB USB ports and cables. Extensive Decodes to display Device Class Specific information. BusEngine Protocol Processor technology Advanced Triggering Intelligent Reporting Real-Time Statistics & Hardware Filtering Hi-Speed USB Port 3 years of limited warranty.
Beagle™ USB 12 Protocol Analyzer	Description: The Beagle USB 12 Protocol Analyzer is a bus-powered, high-speed USB 2.0 device. Being small, lightweight, and portable in size (89 x 41 x 25 mm) it is the ideal tool for engineers in the field. Non-intrusive Full-/Low-Speed USB monitoring of a USB bus in real time. The capture is nearly limitless as data is constantly streamed to the analysis computer. Share your captured data with your colleagues with ease. The Beagle Data Center is our free GUI monitoring software which can be downloaded from the Total Phase website. The Beagle USB 12 Protocol Analyzer is only $400 in single-unit quantities. Additional volume discounts are available. At this price, every engineer can have their own analyzer. The Beagle USB 12 Protocol Analyzer is available for purchase through the Total Phase website. Small orders of 25 units or less normally ship within 24-48 hours. If you are located outside the United States, please consult the list of international distributors on our website.
Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer	Description: Non-intrusive High-speed USB 2.0 monitoring (up to 480 Mbps) Two capture modes: real-time and delayed-download High-speed USB chirp detection Hardware-based packet suppression Digital inputs and outputs for synchronizing with external logic Real-time capture and delayed-download capture Free software and API available. Compatible to Linux & Windows. The Beagle USB 480 Protocol Analyzer comes complete with software for an introductory price of $1200.
CATALYST Conquest™ Series USB Protocol Analyzers	Description: Three Variants: Conquest Classic; Conquest Standard; Conquest Advanced Low Speed (1.5 Mb/s); Full Speed (12 Mb/s); [ High Speed (480 Mb/s) Available in Standard, Advanced] 128 MB Trace Memory. Search on Errors and Data Payload Snapshot Capture Upper-level USB Device Class Decodes in Standard, Advanced Trigger on Protocol Errors & Transactions in Standard, Advanced Multi-level Event Triggering (Advanced mode) Classic starts at $995.
CATALYST SBAE Series, Universal Serial Bus (USB)	Description: Too many features, see company website :-) Analyzer, Exerciser, Device Emulator, OTG, DC Compliance DC Compliance Test Suite Protocol Error Detection Performance Analysis & Performance Characterization SBAE30B USB 2.0 Protocol Analyzer System (SBAE30B-2X-ADC) SBAE30B USB 2.0 Protocol Analyser / Exerciser System (SBAE30B-2X-EDH)
USB2 SnooperTM (USB 2.0 Bus Analyzer)	Description: Compatible to USB2.0 & USB1.1 specs Supports HS, FS and LS speeds Provides USB-ON-THE-GO ( OTG ) support Non-intrusive snooping Self powered. Does not consume power from USB cable Provides Packet View, Transaction View, Control transfer view, Summary view, Raw bit view for effective packet analysis. Comes as a PCI add-on card for fast transfer to PC memory. Optimizes the usage of PC's available memory. Works faster. External Trigger input & external trigger outputs are for enhanced capture & trigger Oscilloscopes to observe electrical condition on the Bus Time stamping for each captured packet with 16.67ns resolution. Provides very high capture buffer depending on the PC memory. On Windows 2000 one can easily go up to 540MB of capture buffer depending on Memory support