RapidIO Design Solutions

RapidIO™, a high-performance, packet-switched bus technology, addresses the demand for next-generation networking and communications equipment by delivering higher bandwidth, increased throughput, software transparency, greater reliability, fault tolerance, low latency, low power and low cost. But, with it comes compliance and interoperability issues that demand high-performance test and measurement equipment.

Tektronix' comprehensive, integrated tool set - signal sources, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, probes and software - enables designers to resolve these issues quickly and efficiently so that they can easily implement RapidIO into their designs.

Application Information

Understanding and Performing RapidIO Testing
This application note describes measurements that engineers must consider for quickly and efficiently implementing RapidIO into their designs.

RapidIO Architecture: Building the Next-Generation Networking Infrastructure
Technical Brief describing RapidIO, a high-performance, packet-switched bus technology, that delivers the bandwidth, software independence, fault tolerance and low latency needed for the design of next-generation networking equipment in the communications market.

RapidIO Probing Solutions
Tektronix' logic analyzer and oscilloscope probes ensure maximum signal fidelity, measurement accuracy and insight into signal behavior by preserving the signal, minimizing probe loading and providing easier access to today's densely packed circuitry. The pairing of iView technology with the TLA7000 Series logic analyzer's TLA7Axx module, allows full integration and correlation of state, high-speed timing and analog analysis, enabling the engineer to view live RapidIO bus activity through a single logic analyzer connectorless, compression probing system.

RapidIO Protocol Layer Testing Solutions
The TLA7000 Series logic analyzer provides up to 800 MHz state acquisition with 1.25 Gb/s data rate for advanced processors and buses, in addition to 125 ps timing resolution on all channels. The TMS805 RapidIO application support package, coupled with the TLA7000 Series, delivers superior probing, triggering, display and analysis capabilities to enable designers to quickly and easily implement RapidIO into their designs.

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