Tektronix Adds New Capabilities to PCI Express 3.0 Test Solution

Tektronix, Inc., a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions, today announcednew software capabilities for its TLA7SA08 and TLA7SA16 Logic Protocol Analyzer Modules supporting PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0, the next generation PCIe specification.  Designed to make PCIe system debug and analysis faster and easier, the new capabilities include an innovative Bird’s Eye View (BEV) to help engineers visualize and investigate difficult flow control problems along with one-click calibration and auto configuration.

Featuring double the data rate and improved I/O bandwidth over previous generations, PCIe 3.0 specifications bring new complexity and testing challenges in both the physical and the protocol layers. Further, PCIe is designed to be used in a wide variety of applications, putting pressure on test instruments to track features such as dynamic link width change, dynamic speed change, lane ordering, polarity changes and several power saving modes.  With its new capabilities, the Tektronix Logic Protocol Analyzers enable designers to stay abreast of PCIe 3.0 specifications and efficiently bring products to market.

“This latest release of the PCIe Logic Protocol Analyzer software gives customer powerful tools not available anywhere else to isolate and debug PCIe flow control problems and speeds access to actionable information,” said Dave Farrell, Director of the Digital Analysis Product Line for Tektronix. “Tektronix Logic Protocol Analyzers provide smart analysis capabilities for debug and validation engineers.”

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