Date: 29/12/2009

Mini Card Interposer from LeCroy for Gen2 PCI Express Analysis

LeCroy has introduced a new Mini Card Interposer for the Summit PCI Express Protocol Analyzer product line. This Mini Card interposer analyzes data traffic from a Mini Card that uses a PCI Express interface to connect to a notebook, and tablet system.

The PCI-SIG developed Mini Card Electromechanical Specification Revision 1.2, defines a small form-factor I/O card with a high-speed connector that supports PCI Express, but can also support USB 2.0. Mini Card applications include 802.11x wireless adapters, Bluetooth interfaces, Ethernet adapters, modems, SSD Modules, and SATA storage.

"LeCroy is pleased to announce a dedicated probing solution for PCI Express-based Mini Card developers," said John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager, LeCroy. "Our goal is to provide better ways for users to connect our tools to applications that have difficult-to-probe environments, and to help increase the efficiency of engineering development of new devices."

The LeCroy Mini Card interposer supports probing at speeds up to 5 GT/s (Gen2

The interposer supports two types of test setups: the first test setup allows the interposer to tap data traffic between the Mini Card and a PCIe 2.0 connector on a system board, and the second test setup allows the interposer to tap data traffic between a notebook or tablet and a Mini Card.

Mini Card developers can easily identify protocol errors and performance issues to speed up the development and testing of new or updated products.

Availability: Now

For more details visit www.lecroy.com