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News Release from: Agilent Technologies Europe | Subject: E4887A HDMI TMDS signal generator
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 October 2007
Signal generator covers all HDMI
configurations
Platform enables HDMI high-speed device testing up to 7Gbit/s.
Agilent Technologies has introduced an HDMI Transition-Minimised Differential Signalling (TMDS) signal generator platform that enables HDMI high-speed device testing up to 7Gbit/s The platform can be used for economical research and development, in-depth chip characterisation and authorised test centre-based compliance pass/fail testing
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Agilent E4887A HDMI TMDS signal generator platform provides every configuration, the ability to test combined and separate jitter-tolerance compliance, and characterisation testing.
The platform includes three configurations that meet individual test needs.
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An economical HDMI high-speed tester starts at 740Mbit/s up to 3.4Gbit/s, offering stimulus and debug for all HDMI rates (E4887A-003), though it cannot partially test compliance.
Users can test the jitter tolerance, simplify connections to plug adapters, and generate video formats at fast transition times and low jitter.
The standard compliant and characterisation tester handles all datarates up to 3.4Gbit/s offers fast pass/fail testing including characterisation for combined and separate jitter tolerance testing.
And the high-resolution HDMI TMDS signal generator handles in-depth characterisation and compliance testing (E4887A-007), allowing the addition of devices up to 7Gbit/s that have already been introduced, stated into the compliance test specification and used by most authorised test centres.
The Agilent E4887A is a flexible, expandable platform that can evolve to suit future test needs.
It provides fully automated test with the N5990A test automation platform from the Agilent solution partner BitifEye.
The standardised test reports allow comparison and exchange between the authorised test centre, research and development divisions, and all other users of the N5990A test automation software platform.
"Many authorised test centres use Agilent's E4887A-007 high-end TMDS signal generator solutions because of their full range of capabilities, performance, and dedication in presenting industry-leading serial data generation and analysis test capabilities to accelerate HDMI 1.3 tests", said Siegfried Gross, Vice President and general manager of Agilent's Digital Verification Solutions Division.
"Agilent continues its commitment to fully support the deployment of HDMI technologies with high performance and complete test solutions".
The Agilent E4887A platform is available now, starting at US $130,000 for the E4887A-003 3.4Gbit/s configuration; $176,000 for the E4887A-037 3.4Gbit/s configuration; and $270,000 for the E4887A-007 configuration, which allows up to 7Gbit/s.
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