Editing Logic analyzer (section)

== Uses ==
Many digital designs, including those of [[integrated circuit|IC]]s, are simulated to detect defects before the unit is constructed. The simulation usually provides logic analysis displays. Often, complex discrete logic is verified by simulating inputs and testing outputs using [[Boundary Scan|boundary scan]]. Logic analyzers can uncover hardware defects that are not found in simulation. These problems are typically too difficult to model in simulation, or too time-consuming to simulate and often cross multiple clock domains.

[[Field-programmable gate array]]s have become a common measurement point for logic analyzers and are also used to debug the logic circuit.

Logic Analyzers are also very useful when it comes to analyze serial protocols, like [[I²C|I2C]], [[Serial Peripheral Interface|SPI]] or [[Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter|UART]], as they allow to capture long logic sequences showing one or several communication frames. Usually, the Logic Analyzer software will also interpret the protocol layer, making debugging of firmware less tedious task.