We’ve been working on an open source logic analyzer prototype with Jack Gassett of the Gadget Factory. Gerbers will go to the board house before the end of this week.
Until now we’ve called this project by the codename ‘SUMP PUMP’, because it’s a data pump for the open source SUMP logic analyzer client. This name is far to clever though, because SUMP infringes on the name of the original project, and it won’t index well in search engines.
We’d like to hear your suggestions for a name for this project. If we choose your name, we’ll send you the final hardware for free. Post your suggestions here, or in the forum.
Some conditions:
- There’s no limit to the number of suggestions you can make, and you can continue to make suggestions until we announce our choice.
- If we choose your name suggestion we’ll send you the final hardware for free.
- To make this legit, we’ll ask you to sign away any rights to the name in exchange for the free hardware.
Bus insighter?
protocol insighter?
bus pirate parallel edition? xD
bus taper?
i think it could be a nice FPGA dev board too
Bus Privateer – next thing up from a pirate, and not too many google hits!
edge pirate?
I vote for Edge Pirate
Sticking with the Bus Pirate idea, knowing that Pirates are always going up against Ninja’s (especially at the university I just graduated from) Bus Ninja. Since it Ninja’s bus connections.
Bus Pirate has already become a well Know product/project … since the SUMP PUMP is actually a true BUS pirate:
Bus Pirate LA
Bus ninja made me lol, sounds great.
Bus Logic
sadly, I have nothing to contribute…
I’m just eagerly awaiting some boards.
wire tap
logic pirate
logic expert
Bit Peeker
I posted this in an earlier thread, and still like the name.
Bus Pimp
Data Pimp
Data Pirate
DaPimp
Data Pump
DaPump
A few to start with
OMG that made me LOL pretty hard. Hurrah for sleep deprivation!
Logic PUMP
Bus Armada
Bilge Pump
Bit Sucker
Bus Sucker
Bit Thief
Bus Thief
Bus Pirate II
PS: I’m hoping to use “Bus Ninja” for an Arduino-based Bus Pirate clone!
Something from a non-native english speaker :-S
byte biter
bitter byte :-)
open gates (“gates” as in fpga)
illogic logic
opsologan (OPen SOurce LOGic ANalyzer)
LogAn (like this Wolverine resemblance)
Well if you have a bus pirate, perhaps something like
logic raider
logic ninja
dangerous logic
logic box <- generic works well sometimes
logic rover
Im sure theres a ton of clever synonyms out there.
Here’s a list of things off the top of my head. I searched on Google for each, and give the results in parentheses. I ordered them in (What I think is) by usefulness, with the ones already taken by large companies/brands towards the bottom of the list.
1. Logic Ninja (Nothing specific on Google… Would be nice to contrast against the Bus Pirate.. “Bus Pirate vs the Logic Ninja… Fight!”)
2. Logic Snoop (Nothing specific on Google.)
3. Bit Analyst (Nothing specific on Google)
4. Bit Ninja (Closest result on google is “8-Bit Ninja”)
5. Bit Pirate (Returns Pirate Bay on Google… “Bit Torrent – Pirate Bay”, etc)
6. Bit Snoop (Already the name of a Bit Torrent site)
7. SuperSnoop (Already the name of an IBM Servlet)
8. Bus Analyst (A common short form for Business Analyst, may not get the best Google results..)
9. OpenLogic (Drat, taken already by an Open Source Software Support group)
And the best for last: “Madness? This Is Sparta!!!” (Ok, I jest.)
Simulpost, nilok! :D That’s what I get for waiting to reorganize everything and make it pretty :x
LA PUMP (Logic Analyzer pump)
The SWAMP PUMP (derivate of SUMP)
the pirate analyzer
Pirate’s firehose
Sumo pump
need more?
O.S.L.A.
I was going to say ‘Bus Ninja’ as well! haha! I think it’s a winner ;)
SUMPLA, the SUMP Logic Analyser
Two little more :-)
Mr. Claws (maybe Mr. Probes is more correct, but less funny)
Oh la la (I like this one, the “Open Hardware Logic Analyzing Logic Analyzer”) :-)
logic spy
bit spy
bus spy
bit peek
bit catcher
logic catcher
bit snatcher
logic snatcher
bit insight
logic insight
bit police
logic police
bit capture
logic capture
bit probe
logic probe
dangerous probe
dangerous spy
dangerous insight
dangerous view
dangerous logic analyzer
dangerous bit
or some other combination of the above, eg: dangerous bit snatcher
That’s enough for tonight :)
bit police
bit holder
logic analyzer
clearly, the ASS pirate. Makeup what ASS might stand for afterwards, this is an awesome name :->
OSLA – Open Source Logic Analyzer
Analyzer Pirate … Anal Pirate for short?
… or better not. It doesn’t sound quite right ;-)
Need something that allows clear differentiation between the bus pirate and the analyzer.
monitor pirate
pirate watch
bus bandit
bus vampire
Here are my suggestions:
Logic Logger
OLO (for Open LOgic analyzer)
OLOAN (for Open LOgic ANalyzer)
OLLO (for Open Logic LOgger)
O’Log (for Open LOGic analyzer)
OLOGAN (for Open LOGic ANalyzer)
JimE
Call it:
The LogicBlade
Mind if I call it… “Bruce” ?
After all, the unbuffered inputs also will have no pF-ters, which obeys rules #1, 3, 5 *and* 7.
DigitalDigger
Shady,
if logic ninja wins ill share with ya ;)
just goes to show its a sweet name :)
The Bus Herder
The Bus Whacker
The Bus Hacker
The Bus Whisperer
The Bus Station
The Bus Stalker
The Bus Pervert
The Word Whacker
The Word Whisperer
The Rosetta Probe
The Open Window
Logic Lizard Larry
Bruce
Someone… please make me stop…!
@nilokproductions:
Sweet :) I’d go half in and split the cost of a second ;) Sweet name indeed.
Hydralyzer (Ref., Lernaean Hydra, Greek many-headed serpent)
Karnaugh (tribute to Maurice Karnaugh)
Boole (tribute to George Boole)
Boolean
BoolePirate
BooleCap
Axiom (Boolean law or property)
KMapper (as in Karnaugh maps)
KCapture
LogicPirate
LogiPirate
LogicCapture
LogiCap
LogicPod
LogiPod
NowICanSee
Bitwatcher
What about LOSA?
Logic open Source Analyzer
In the Logo there could be 2 arrows that are pointing to the place where the L is places normally?
not to reinvent your sugestion, but how about:
OSLA (Open Source Logic Analyser)
Regards
not trying to reinvent you sugestion but how about:
OSLA (Open Source Logic Analyser)
Regards
Lock Minnow
“Logic Minnow” – a bird for doing logic analysis
How about “freeThena”? Free as in freedom and thena as in the shortening of the name Athena, the Greek Godess known for her logic?
Protosniffer. (like protocol)
Protocatch.
LogicTrap
…Prototrap?
My entries :D
I’m putting forward “Medusa”. Here’s why I like it:
1. the image of Medusa – a head with lots of snakes for hair – kinda bizzarely fits with a logic analyser
2. Medusa was a bad-ass individual, and I reckon this fits with the dangerous prototypes image
3. Medusa+logic search seems free in google
i shall put a vote toward medusa
and also suggest “Man’O’War” like the jellyfish, a bad-ass tentacled mofo. as a bonus, it goes with the pirate theme as that was the name of the biggest and most badass wooden ships ever
hi how about?
DeepBitInspection? aka DBI?
:-)
I hope I win :-)
regards
Ricardo Caetano
Stick with Bus Pirate, but add model names to it, like they do with cars:
Bus Pirate Galleon (new big version)
Bus Pirate Dinghy (older small version)
The problem is that Bus Pirate is already an established name. You don’t want people to have to Google “bus pirate xxxxxx” when they can easily distinguish between two products. Make two lines of product, the bus pirate — which already has its own model types, and something similar to bus pirate — which will undoubtably have its own models and revisions.
This way your products share a similar name as if they work together (which is why I suggested logic ninja — its a play on “pirate” with ninja, and the bus is replaced by logic). If a company makes a bus pirate and a logic ninja it seems clever and gives an image… that and you double your search terms :)
> that and you double your search terms
You mean, like when Coke named their first diet cola “Tab”? They eventually figured out that “Diet Coke” was easier to market to existing customers.
“Bus Pirate” has become a recognizable brand name, so it makes sense to create a product line around it, especially since they’ll share functionality and the SUMP interface. It also creates an easy path for future similar products.
Leave the other similar/related names for use by compatible clones, like with the Arduino.
How about: Pin Pirate
I’d call it “Anna-logic” (the extra N to prevent all the anal references).
I’d go with ‘Signal Pirate’
Bus Raider
Signal Jockey!
A nice name could be Robert or José. Sometimes names haven’t really things in comment with the product. Why not this time.
How about: LoGiPeeL
You could have a nice logo with some orange peel or maybe an onion with many layers. Peeling back the mysteries behind your creation (or someone else’s) with the help of GPL hardware?
Logipeel
Plus, logipeel is a googlewhack, no results.
How well will that index? :-D
From the proposals here I vote for BitPeeker.
(And no, it isn’t my idea and I don’t know the guy who proposed it ;- )
a Logic Analyzer does not really ‘pirate’ nor ‘ninja’ signals. It’s supposed to be a ‘non-detected’ multi-signal ‘watcher’ that is used to determine the state of the hardware in the time domain. The output function is commonly called a pattern generator
with that said, some suggestions,
System Sleuth
State Spy
Logic Spook
Logic Mole
Or something like Logic Detective…. Logic P.I. — sounds like a lame tv series :) Bus Scope? LogicScope? iLogic? hahaha just think of something lame, it will catch on anyway! I still love Logic Ninja :) Bus goes with Pirate as Logic goes with Ninja :D
logician
logic magician
logica
Parallel Logic
Bit Trapper
BitBlinds
Bit-Banger (lol)
Sea/pirate theme:
Digital Jellyfish
Bus Crew
ElectroUrchin
The Logic Jack
Bit Reiver
Bus Reiver
Bit Raider
Pumpy McLogicPants
I think BusPass is cool.
or maybe BusBuster.
What about “Logic Sniffer”? ;)
Signalino
Signaluino
WireSquid
don’t like the bus-name type name and you got a nice correspondence to WireShark (Ethernet packet sniffer) there AND a squid since it’s got multiple channels..
Robin
~ Bus Brigand ~
Measure Island
Queen Analyzer’s Revenge
Spanish Measure Fleet
Sloop Snooper
The Pirate Code
And I just like this one: Freebooter
ReconnoBox
Because it’s a very economical (similar to econobox) logic analyzer and it performs reconnaissance functions.
ReconnBox could work too, but doesn’t have the same back story.
Interceptor
Digital Olfactory
Bit Bandit
Bus Rider
Bus sniffer?
Sorry, that’s all I got. I would like this one to win, but I prefer Bus Ninja too.