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Recommended Test Equipment for HDMI Compliance Testing per CTS (Compliance Test Specification) V1.3c

HDMI Source Test

Recommended Equipment Quantity
Oscilloscope DSA70804, DSA71254, DSA71604 or DSA72004 with Opt 2XL; or DPO70804, DPO71254, DPO71604, or DPO72004 with Opt 2XL 1
Other Supported Oscilloscopes 1, 2 TDS6804B, TDS6124C and TDS6154C 1
Software TDSHT3 - HDMI compliance software (support for CTS V1.3b requires software Version 3.3.0 or higher). Support for CTS V1.3b1 and support of 4-channel measurement requires software Version 4.0 or higher) 1
Probes P7313SMA differential SMA probe - use for all differential and single-ended measurements. 2 or 43
Test Fixtures ET-HDMI-TPA-STX - HDMI Type A fixture set for Transmitter Test. Order from Efficere Technologies. 1 set
Power Supply 3.3V power supply 1
Connector Bias-Tees to terminate the unused fixture ports with 50 Ohms after pulling the DC of the Bias-Tees to 3.3V. Order individually as ZX85-12G-S+ from Mini-Circuits 8 pcs

1 Oscilloscopes with bandwidth less than 8 GHz will only support HDMI testing at limited resolution and clock/data rates.

2 16M per channel or greater record length is required for HDMI Compliance test.

3 Four SMA probes are required to take full advantage of the 4-channel source measurement capability, cutting test time to almost half.