here is the chart as html. my device stopped glitching around pasting it after i sent the previous email.
Comparison Table
| Glasgow | HardSploit | Tigard | JTAGulator | HydraBus | GoodFET | GreatFET | BusBlaster | BusPirate |
|---|
| UART | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| SPI | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Parallel | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| I2C | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| JTAG/SWD | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Logic Analyzer | Y | Y | Through Bitmagic | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Extensibility | FPGA | FPGA | FTDI | MCU | MCU | MCU | MCU | CPLD | MCU |
| Interface | CLI,API | CLI,GUI,API | CLI,GUI,API | CLI | CLI | CLI | CLI | CLI | CLI |
| I/O count ¹ | 16 | 64 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 100 | 9 | 7 |
| Cascading ³ | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Indep. I/O ⁴ | 2 banks | 8 banks | 1 bank | 1 bank | 1 bank | 1 bank | 1 bank | 1 bank | 1 bank |
| I/O Voltages | 1.8-5 V | 3.3 V, 5 V | 1.8 V, 3.3 V, 5.5 V | 1.4-3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 1.5-3.3 V | 3.3 V, 5 V |
| I/O Speed ¹ ² | 100 MHz | 25 MHz | 25 MHz | 15 kHz | 42 MHz | 1 Mbps | 50 MHz | 6 MHz | 1 Mbps |
| USB | Type C | Type Mini-B | Type C | Type Mini-B | Type Micro-B | Type Mini-B | Type Micro-B | Type Mini-B | Type Mini-B |
| Open Hardware | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Cost | $130 | $320 ⁵ | $39 | $170 | $80 | $50 | $100 | $45 | $37 |