Teledyne LeCroy Serial Data Debug Solutions - Manual (Page 10)

Serial Data Debug Solutions
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PROTObus MAG - The PROTObus MAG Toolset equips certain protocols (I 2 C, SPI, UART, RS-232, CAN, LIN,
FlexRay, DigRF 3G, and MIL-STD-1553) with decoders and a variety of data extraction, timing, and other
measurement and graphing functionality. It provides insight into the serial bus standards not provided by
any other analyzer or oscilloscope. The package includes five timing measurements, three bus utilization
measurements, and two tools for extracting the encoded digital data from a serial data message and
displaying it as an analog value or waveform representation. These are essential capabilities for engineers
who require more insight into serial data protocols under test and how they interact with other circuit
elements in embedded designs. This toolset is the basic building block upon which many other LeCroy
serial trigger and decoder options can then be added and significantly extending the trigger and decode
functionality of these other packages by providing tools for more complete and faster validation and
debugging of embedded designs. It provides the deepest level of insight possible.
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ProtoSync - The ProtoSync toolset provides full protocol analysis for supported protocols. While using it
you can view decoded waveforms while also viewing both CATC Protocols and Bit Tracer Data
concurrently using a Packet Analysis View. Once a linkage is established and data is transferred between
your oscilloscope and the Protocol Analysis software, the programs work simultaneously; meaning,
actions executed either on the oscilloscope or in the Protocol Analysis software updates the other in real
time for extremely comprehensive protocol analysis.
There are some toolkits specifically designed for particular protocols. Physical (P) and Graph (G) toolsets exist
and are perfectly suited for FlexRay and I
2 S (Audiobus) protocols, respectively.
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Measure (M) - Measure is a legacy toolset used for the CANbus TDM package. Measurement applications
have been improved and made part of the PROTObus MAG toolset. Measurement toolsets provide
controls for assigning measurement parameters to your protocol signal sources.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
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Currently, the PROTObus MAG toolset handles most measurement instances for supported
protocols. However, the CANbus TDM option is handled and covered in a manner differently than
PROTObus MAG. The difference are explained in PROTObus MAG and CANbus TDM Toolset
Differences (on page 72)
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The TDM Toolset can also support some Graphing capabilities as well. In this context, Measure
provides various protocol-specific timing or other measurement parameters and Graph provides
the ability to extract digital data from a message and display it either as a measurement parameter
value or as an analog waveform representation of the digitally encoded data.
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Physical (P) - The Physical (P, or TDP) toolset supports Physical layer analysis capable of showing an eye
diagram with a mask on FlexRaybus, MIPI D-, and M-PHY signals.
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Graph (G) - The Graph (G, or TDM/G) toolset provides additional tools on protocol signal source
measurement parameters rendering graphical representations of the signal (Histo, Trend, and Track), if
desired for I
2 S Audiobus signals.
Compatibility
The supported protocols are packaged and indicate specific toolsets as part of the name in the following
manner:
Supported Protocol Name+bus + a Toolset Suffix
Toolset suffixes are the names (many abbreviations) listed in the previous topic (D, TD, TDM). The following
table shows a list of supported protocols and their associated toolsets.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
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Contact LeCroy for more information about these Software Options by referring to the Contact LeCroy for
Support (on page 199) topic for more details.
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Not all supported protocol software options are offered for each oscilloscope product line.