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News Release from: LeCroy | Subject: WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2007
Mixed signal scopes master serial bus
testing
Mixed signal oscilloscopes deliver analogue bandwidths from 200MHz to 2GHz, a maximum digital input frequency of 500MHz and long memories.
LeCroy Corp has released new high-performance mixed signal oscilloscopes based on the popular WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs series With analogue bandwidths from 200MHz to 2GHz, a maximum digital input frequency of 500MHz, and long memory of 50 million points per channel, LeCroy's mixed signal oscilloscopes deliver raw performance and the best solutions for serial databuses such as I2C, SPI, UART, RS232, CAN and LIN
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Oct 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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LeCroy's embedded test solutions provide exactly the powerful, flexible tools needed for understanding address and data lines, as well as analogue sensors and serial data signals; and shortening the development cycle for devices with embedded controllers, DSPs, FPGAs, ADCs, DACs and transducers.
Available in two models, the new MS series high-performance mixed signal oscilloscopes add powerful tools for the design and debug of embedded systems to the WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs.
The MS-500, with a maximum input frequency of 500MHz, is twice as fast as other mixed signal oscilloscopes.
The 500MHz max input frequency is perfect for today's faster-speed embedded systems and the 50 million points per channel memory allows long capture of up to 25ms of digital data at full sample rate, simultaneously, on each of the 18 channels.
For added flexibility the MS-500 mixed signal oscilloscope can be operated in 36 channel mode.
This provides more than twice the number of input channels of any other solution and ensures that every important analogue and digital signal can be measured.
The MS-250 provides the capture of 10ms of digital data, with speeds up to 250MHz, on 18 channels.
Whereas other mixed signal oscilloscopes force the user to accept shortened memory lengths when turning on more logic channels, the new WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs series solutions provide full oscilloscope memory and full digital memory all the time.
This provides the best in market performance in simultaneous and synchronised measurements of long logic trains and analogue signals during system ramp up.
The WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs mixed signal oscilloscopes leverage the streamlined LeCroy user interface and simplify how mixed signal oscilloscopes operate.
The large 10.4in colour intuitive touch screen graphical user interface and front panel make it easy to view analogue and digital channels simultaneously, and eliminate the learning curve associated with logic analysers.
Logic analysers offer numerous features but often provide a complicated user interface.
LeCroy's interface provides an easy way to turn on and off all analogue and digital channels without having to navigate confusing menus.
Cursors and automated measurements can be used to measure mixed signals such as the measurement of skew timing between analogue and digital signals.
A wide range of accessories are available to simplify connecting to the device under test.
These accessories include a variety of gripper probes in different sises designed to easily connect to ICs of different pitches.
Mictor and 3M interface cables are also available.
With the introduction of the new mixed signal oscilloscopes, digital lines can also be used for triggering I2C, SPI and CAN signals.
In addition, LeCroy is introducing new serial data solutions for UART, RS232 and LIN.
The UART and RS232 solution provides the ability to trigger and decode both RS232 and generic UART signals.
This generic UART format is widely used as a backbone for many proprietary protocols and LeCroy's UART package can be configured to decode any of these UART based protocols.
The new LIN trigger and decode solution provides full support of LIN 1.3, 2.0 and J2602.
Powerful conditional data triggering allows the oscilloscope to trigger when data are in range, out of range or less than or greater than a defined value.
The large number of digital channels time aligned and synchronised to the oscilloscope channels in embedded system measurements create a critical need for powerful and flexible triggering.
Both the WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs mixed signal oscilloscopes provide the triggering necessary to guarantee that important events can always be captured and isolated.
The analogue-digital cross pattern trigger functionality allows for a simple pattern of one or two logic conditions, or a complex pattern consisting of all 36 digital channels plus all four analogue channels.
These patterns can consist of logic states, transitions or don't care conditions.
Adding to the cross pattern trigger is the A-B qualified event trigger.
This enables the user to set up one condition to arm the trigger to then trigger on a second condition, allowing a rising edge on an analogue signal to arm the oscilloscope to then trigger on a pattern of analogue and digital waveforms.
A wide range of other LeCroy smart triggers are available to find different pulsewidths, glitches or intervals on analogue or digital channels, or isolate runts or pulses with varying slew rates on the analogue oscilloscope channels.
Mixed signal capability is available on WaveRunner Xi and WaveSurfer Xs oscilloscopes from 200MHz to 2GHz bandwidth with package prices beginning at Eur 8780 or GBP 5960.
The MS-500 option provides 500MHz maximum input frequency, 50 million points per channel, 2Gsample/s, 18 channels and is priced at Eur 3790 or GBP 1840.
A 36 channel mode is enabled through the MSO-DLS-36 option priced at Eur 910 or GBP 600.
The MS-250 option provides 250MHz maximum input frequency, 10 million points per channel, 1Gsample/s, 18 channels and is priced at Eur 2790 or GBP 1840.
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