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News Release from: TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) | Subject: Tektronix TDSVNM application software
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2006
Software turns scopes to serial bus
analysis
Tektronix TDSVNM application software aids efficient testing and debugging of low-speed serial buses including CAN and LIN networks.
Now available from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) is the Tektronix TDSVNM application software for the efficient testing and debugging of low-speed serial buses including CAN (Controller Area Network) and LIN (Local Interconnect Network) networks The TDSVNM software runs on the TDS5000B Series of digital phosphor oscilloscopes (DPOs), which are also supplied by TTi in the UK
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Advanced if-then-else trigger capabilities help the designer to ensure reliable and seamless operation of the CAN/LIN network.
Through integrated timing analysis with protocol information, designers can use the TDS5000B series oscilloscopes to quickly isolate the problems to either the physical layer or the data link layer.
Oscillator tolerance and propagation delay measurements quickly indicate synchronisation problems whenever a new CAN/LIN node is added to the network.
The ability to simultaneously decode CAN and LIN messages using two channels enables designers to monitor different segments of the network for locating communication problems across gateways, while measuring a CAN eye diagram enables the designer to observe the noise content in the CAN message.
The TDSVNM software enables customers to set trigger conditions based on the content of a CAN message.
Trigger conditions are then downloaded at run-time to an automotive trigger module developed by Crescent Heart Software.
The ATM1 trigger module provides advanced CAN bus trigger capabilities to the TDS5000B oscilloscope, triggering on conditions in real time.
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