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Control logic analyzers with AI to capture, decode, and export digital traces.
The materials indicate this MCP tool is mainly for local control of a USB logic analyzer and digital trace decoding, with no declared secrets or remote network endpoints. Overall it appears low-to-moderate risk, but local code execution plus low community adoption and unknown maintenance warrant caution around local permissions and source review.
The materials explicitly state that no keys or environment variables are required. No API tokens, account credentials, or other sensitive authentication material are indicated, so credential leakage or abuse exposure appears low.
Neither the materials nor the objective checks declare any remote endpoints or network dependency. The described functionality is centered on local USB hardware control, signal capture, and export, with no clear indication of user data being sent to third-party services.
The system flags executes-code, indicating the tool can run code/processes locally. Given its stated purpose of controlling sigrok hardware and capturing/decoding traces, it likely invokes local device-access and analysis capabilities. This is a common MCP capability, but users should pay attention to runtime account privileges and device access boundaries.
Per the description, it captures digital signals, decodes UART/I2C/SPI, and exports VCD files for PulseView, so it at least involves local hardware data reading and output file writing. The materials do not show requests for filesystem access beyond that declared scope, but access should still be limited to required devices and output paths.
The project is open source under the MIT License, which is a positive factor because the source is in principle auditable. However, it comes from a third-party registry, has only 0 stars, unknown maintenance status, and lacks README detail, so supply-chain maturity and maintenance signals are weak; reviewing the repository contents and dependencies first is advisable.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
No copy-paste install info for "logic-analyzer-mcp" yet — see the docs or source repo.
Connect a sigrok-compatible logic analyzer, capture SDA and SCL for 5 seconds, auto-detect and decode I2C, identify any NACKs, repeated starts, or timing issues, and export a VCD file for PulseView.
A capture summary, detailed I2C decode results, identified anomalies, and an exported VCD file for PulseView.
Use the built-in simulator to generate UART boot signals, auto-detect the baud rate, decode the serial data, format it into a readable chronological log, and flag garbled bytes, dropped frames, or parity errors.
Detected UART parameters, decoded boot logs, and diagnostic notes for possible serial communication problems.
Capture CLK, MOSI, MISO, and CS on an SPI bus, decode all transactions during the latest device initialization, group reads and writes by chip select, and generate a VCD for waveform review.
A list of SPI transactions with read/write data in time order, plus an exported waveform file for review.
Analyze hardware simulation VCD and GTKWave files for signals, buses, and groups.
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