Date: 29/10/2009

DPO7000 series oscilloscopes from Tektronix with MIPI, UART/RS-232 options

Tektronix has announced a series of enhancements to its DPO7000 Series Oscilloscope including support for the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) D-PHYstandard and new UART/RS-232 protocol analysis software. Additionally, the DPO7000 Series now includes four passive probes and three analysis tools as part of standard configurations.

The DPO7000 Digital Phosphor Oscilloscopes contain the high waveform capture rate, advanced triggering, protocol decode and search capabilities needed to debug, characterize and analyze 1st generation serial data, RF, memory and general purpose devices. With models ranging in bandwidth from 500 MHz to 3.5 GHz, every DPO7000 comes equipped with probes and important software analysis tools suitable for getting started on complex signal characterization challenges.

The MIPI D-PHY specification is used in wireless mobile devices as the communications bus across main components such as embedded controllers, cameras and displays. By offering D-PHY characterization, compliance testing and debug in the DPO7000 Series, Tektronix delivers new and expanded test solutions for implementing designs that include this important bus.

The MIPI solution (Option D-PHY) includes automated setup library and methods of implementation (MOI) for testing the D-PHY physical layer standard. Implemented on the DPO7000 Series, this new setup library for DPOJET jitter analysis software includes complete real-time scope measurements listed in the latest D-PHY conformance test spec (CTS).

Tektronix solutions perform a full range of tests from verification and pre-compliance testing to in-depth characterization, with custom limits. The test reports provide details of numerous parameters in each measurement. Further, Tektronix MIPI solution is scalable for early start on next generation of MIPI standards, such as M-PHY.

With the DPO7000 triggering capabilities for RS232 and the new UART/RS-232 Protocol Analysis Software (PDU-R), engineers can quickly link decoded data to captured waveforms by selecting data in a result table. This can save time for debug and verification tasks.

"As demonstrated by these new capabilities, we are continuing to make steady enhancements to the world's most popular Windows-based performance oscilloscopes, the DPO7000 Series, that bring more value to our customers," said Brian Reich, vice president, Performance Oscilloscopes, Tektronix. "We're providing more advanced capabilities out of the box, support for new standards and time-saving tools for debug and verification."

In addition to boosting DPO7000 Series capabilities, Tektronix adds four passive probes and three popular analysis tools including Waveform Limit Test, Advanced Search & Mark and Jitter Essentials. Tektronix is the Windows-based oscilloscope vendor.

Availability:
New MIPI D-PHY and UART/RS-232 options are available now for the DPO7000 Series and DPO/DSA70000B Series. The new MIPI solution is available on the new MSO70000 Series.
For more details visit www.tektronix.com