Midrange logic analyzers lower the cost of high-end embedded-system debugging
Dan Strassberg, Senior Technical Editor -- EDN, September 23, 2010
Logic analyzers in Tektronix’s
new TLA6000
series bring powerful
high-end debugging and analysis
capabilities to mainstream
embedded-system designers.
Faster signals and increased
board densities often lead to
signal-integrity issues, such as
crosstalk, ground bounce, and
ringing, which manifest themselves
in digital-system functional
failures. The TLA6000
series provides a tool set to
help engineers quickly find, isolate,
and debug these hard-to-pinpoint
faults. The analyzers
suit use in a range of debugging
and analysis tasks, including
signal-integrity analysis, FPGA
debugging and verification,
MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor
Interface) protocol analysis,
memory-system validation, and
embedded-software integration
and debugging.
Products in the TLA 6000 series enhance productivity with such features as iCapture multiplexing, which eliminates double probing by enabling simultaneous digital and analog acquisition through a single logic-analyzer probe. Glitch trigger and storage allows you to trigger on and display signalintegrity faults. The iView feature provides a time-correlated display of both logic-analyzer and oscilloscope data on one screen. Fast, simple, and intuitive instrument setup helps to accelerate design cycles. The manufacturer’s suggested US retail prices begin at $19,800.
Tektronix Inc
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