Hi there.
I’ve been looking forward to the MSO release for some time, and I’m starting to explore mine. Nice work on the design! I’ve had (and loved) my Logic 16 Pro for a long time, and this is a great successor.
I wrote a support ticket earlier asking about the feasibility of integrating USB-C test probe points directly into my PCBs, which I understand would be something of a tall order with the port negotiation that would need to take place.
Generally speaking (and with that complexity noted), does Saleae intend for the digital probe interface to be a closed product (at least to the point of the pin breakout), or would there be any support for end-users to develop their own probe hardware? I took a quick peek at the PD/VDM exchanges that take place upon probe connect and noticed what looked to be some amount of dynamic behavior that could be hinting towards authentication or session-specific setup.
I understand that Saleae has plans to provide different probe families moving forward, and I’m excited to see what comes to market there. I do a lot of design work where probing becomes very difficult due to density and mechanical/interconnect/interface nuance and I am trying to get an idea of whether or not I will ultimately be constrained to making probes that have to fan out to a 0.1” pitch interposer, or if there is a real possibility of designing application-specific probe hardware.
Again, this was out of curiosity, but I wanted to ask here as the response might be helpful to other users moving forward.
Thanks for the effort you’ve put into your products,
Rob