Serial Communications

Serial data buses provide the networking, interconnect, and communication capability necessary to connect computers and embedded devices through industry-accepted interfaces. Tektronix provides a powerful and comprehensive test instrument portfolio for a variety of standards, including: USB, PCI Express, Ethernet, CAN/LIN/FlexRay, I2C, I2S, MIPI, and more.

Electrical Design Validation and Compliance Fact Sheet
Digital Validation and Debug Fact Sheet
Signal Path Characterization Fact Sheet

CAN/LIN/FlexRay

Product	Description	CAN	LIN	FlexRay
Oscilloscope	DPO/MSO2000 Series or	DPO2AUTO	DPO2AUTO
	DPO/MSO3000 Series or	DPO3AUTO	DPO3AUTO	DPO3FLEX
	DPO/MSO4000B Series or	DPO4AUTO	DPO4AUTO	DPO4AUTOMAX
	DPO/MSO5000 Series or	Opt. VNM	Opt. VNM
	DPO7000 Series	Opt. LSA	Opt. LSA
Probes	TCP0030 AC/DC Current Probe, TDP1000 or TDP0500 High Voltage Differential Probes, P5050 or P6139B Passive Probes	1 or more	1 or more	1 or more
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1	1	1
Signal Generator	AFG3000 Series	1	1	1

Ethernet

Product	Description	10/100/1000 BASE-T	10GBASE-T (XGbT)	10/40/100 GbE	Cable Test
Oscilloscope	MSO/DPO4000B with DPO4ENET*	1*
	MSO/DPO5000 with option ET3	1
	DPO7000 with option ET3	1
	DPO/DSA/MSO70000 with option XGbT		1
Probes	TDP1500 Series Differential Probes	2
Probes	P6247, P6248 or P6330 Series Differential Probes		2
Signal Generator	AWG7000 Series	1
Signal Generator	Picosecond Pulse Labs Model #5866 Amplifiers (Required for Return Loss / Disturber signal generation)	2
Compliance Test Fixture	Advanced Test Package (TF-GBE-ATP)	1
Compliance Test Fixture	10GBASE-T Fixture (TF-XGbT)		1
Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series			1	1
Sampling Modules	80E01, 80E08 or 80E10 TDR Sampling Modules			1	1
Software	IConnect® TDR and S Parameter Measurement Software (80SSPAR)				1

*Supports 10/100BASE-T

High Speed Ethernet Standards

Product	Description	10GBASE-T	10GBASE-KR 10GBASE-KR4	SFF 8431 SFP+	40GbE	100GbE
Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA/MSO 4GHz and above	1	1	1
	DSA8300 w/80C08C Module				1 w/80C08C Module
	DPO73304D or DSA8300 w/80C25GBE Module					1 of either
Coherent Modulation Analysis	OM4106D (includes software)					1
Software	TEKEXPRESS, XGbT	1
	DPOJET		1
	TEKEXPRESS SFP-TX, SFP-WDP			1
	80SJNB (w/DSA8300)				1	1
Probes	Matched pair SMA cables or Probes (b/w select) P6300, P7330, P7350, P7520, P7516, P7513A, P7508,P7506, P7504, P7350SMA, P7380SMA, P7313SMA	1
Probes	Matched pair SMA cables		1	1
Rx Testing	BSA125C		1	1
Rx Testing	BSA260C				1	1
Signal Generator	AWG7000 Series	1
Signal Generator	BSA260C				1	1
Fixtures	TF-XGbT	1
Fixtures	TF-SFP+-TPA-HCB-P TF-SFP+-TPA-MCB-R TF-SFP+-TPA-PR TF-SFP+-TPA-HCB-PK TF-SFP+-TPA-MCB-RK TF-SFP+-TPA-PRK			1
Clock Recovery	CR125A		1	1
Clock Recovery	CR286A				1	1

I²C, I²S, RS-232/422/485/UART and SPI

Product	Description	I²C	I²S	RS-xxx	SPI
Oscilloscope	DPO/MSO2000 Series or	DPO2EMBD		DPO2COMP	DPO2EMBD
	DPO/MSO3000 Series or	DPO3EMBD	DPO3AUDIO	DPO3COMP	DPO3EMBD
	DPO/MSO4000B Series or	DPO4EMBD	DPO4AUDIO	DPO4COMP	DPO4EMBD
	DPO/MSO5000 Series or	SR-EMBD		SR-COMP	SR-EMBD
	DPO7000 Series	SR-EMBD		SR-COMP	SR-EMBD
Probes	TCP0030 AC/DC Current Probe, TDP1000 or TDP0500 High Voltage Differential Probes, P5050 or P6139B Passive Probes	1	1	1	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1	1	1	1
Signal Generator	AFG3000 Series	1	1	1	1

MIL-STD-1553

Product	Description	Quantity
Oscilloscope	MSO/DPO4000B Series with DPO4AERO or	1
	MDO4000 Series with DPO4AERO or	1
	MSO/DPO3000 Series with DPO3AERO	1
Probes	TDP1000 or TDP0500 Differential Probes or	1
	TPP1000 or TPP0500 Passive Probes or	1
	P6139B Passive Probe	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B Series	1
Signal Generator	AFG3000 Series	1

MIPI

Product	Description	M-PHY Electrical Transmitter	M-PHY Electrical Receiver	D-PHY Electrical Transmitter	D-PHY Electrical Receiver	D-PHY Protocol Stimulus	D-PHY Protocol Validation
Oscilloscope	DPO7254/C (15% rise time accuracy) or			Opt. D-PHYTX with TEKEXP, or Opt. D-PHY with DJA			Opt. SR-DPHY (Win7 OS only)
	DPO7354/C, DPO/DSA70404/B/C, MSO70404/C or higher (5% rise time accuracy)			Opt. D-PHYTX with TEKEXP, or Opt. D-PHY with DJA			Opt. SR-DPHY (Win7 OS only)
	DPO/DSA70604/B/C, MSO70604/C (HS-GEAR1 only) or	Opt. M-PHYTX automated (Compliance) or Opt. M-PHY with DJA (Debug)	Opt.M-PHYRX with ERRDT
	DPO/DSA70804/B/C,MSO70804/C (HS-Gear1&2 Only)		Opt.M-PHYRX with ERRDT
	DPO/DSA71254/B/C, MSO71254/C or (All HS-Gears Rx-Only),		Opt.M-PHYRX with ERRDT
	DPO/DSA72004/B/C, MSO72004/C or (All HS-Gears Tx&Rx) or higher	Opt. M-PHYTX automated (Compliance) or Opt. M-PHY with DJA (Debug)	Opt.M-PHYRX with ERRDT

Oscilloscope Probes	TAP2500, TAP3500, P7240, P6245, or			4
	TDP3500 or P73xx, or			3 (continuous clock), or 4 (non-continuous clock)
	P7240 (HS-Gear1 Only), or P73xx, P73xxSMA (HS Gears1&2 Only) or P75xx with P75LRST tips (HS All Gears)	2
	P73xx or P73xxSMA (PWM All Gears)	2 (Optional)
	P73xxSMA		1
Generator	AWG7082C, AWG7102 (HS-Gear1 Only) or AWG7122B/C without Interleave option 06 (HS-Gear1&2 Only), or AWG7122B/C with Interleave option 06 (All HS-Gears), or higher		1		1
Generator	PG3ACAB or PG3AMOD				1	1
Generator Probes	P332 MIPI DPhy Probe for PG3A				1	1
Generator Probes	D-PHY Coupler for PG3A				1
Generator Software	PGRemote Software				1	1
Generator Software	SerialXpress®		1 (Optional)
Logic Analyzer	TLA6000 Series						1
Logic Analyzer Probes	P6980 Logic Analyzer Probe						1
Logic Analyzer Probes	DPHYPRE DPHY Preprocessor for CS12 and DSI						1
Logic Analyzer Software	MIPI TLA SW CSI- or DSI-specific for Logic Analyzer						1
Other Accessories	Matched pair of SMA cables		2
	GPIB cable		1
	Rise Time Filter - 120 psec with barrel connectors		2
	BiasTee of AWG Interleave for HS-Gear3		2
	TCA-SMA connectors		2 Optional

PCI Express: Electrical Compliance / Debug & Validation

Product	Description	1.x	2.0	3.0
Transmitter Testing	DPO/DSA70604 or higher with options DJA and PCE	1
	DPO/DSA71254 or higher with options DJA, PCE and SLA		1
	DPO/DSA71604 or higher with options DJA, PCE3, and SLA			1
Software	SigTest from PCI-SIG (members only)	1	1
	SLA Option			1
	DPOJET-PCE3 Option	1	1	1
	ICONN S Parameter			1
De-Embedding Channel Test	DSA8300			1
De-Embedding Channel Test	80E08 TDR Module			2
Probes	P7300 or P7500 Series	1	1
Receiver Testing	BERTScope BSA85C with options STR and PCISTR	1	1
	BERTScope BSA85Cwith options STR, PVU and PCISTR			1
	BERTScope DPP125 3 TAP Pre-Emphasis			1
	BERTSScope CR125A Clock Recovery Module with Option CR125ACBL (Cable Set)			1
Compliance Test Fixtures	PCI-SIG Fixturing Available here	1	1	1

PCI Express: Digital Debug & Validation

Product	Description	1.x	2.0	3.0
Logic Analyzer	TLA7000 Series	1	1	1
Logic Protocol Analyzer Module	TLA7SA00 Series	1	1	1
Logic Analyzer Probes	P67SA00 Series midbus, interposer, or solder-down	1 or more	1 or more	1 or more

RapidIO

Product	Description	Quantity
Real Time Oscilloscope	DPO7000 Series	1
Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series	1
Modules	80E08 TDR / 80E07 Electrical Sampling Modules 80A05 and 80A07 Electrical Clock Recovery Modules 80A02 EOS/ESD Protection Module 82A04 Phase Reference Module	1
Logic Analyzer	TLA7000 Series	1
Application Software	DPOJET Jitter and Eye Analysis TDR and S-parameter Software 80SJNB Jitter, Noise and BER Analysis Software SerialXpress Serial data signal generation tool	1

SONET / SDH

Product	Description	Quantity
Optical Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Series	1

USB 2.0

Product	Description	Electrical Validation & Compliance	Signal Path Characterization	Digital Validation & Debug
Oscilloscope	DPO7254 or higher (with option USB)	1
	DPO7000C Series (with option SR-USB)			1
	DPO/MSO5204 (with option USB)	1
	MSO/DPO5000 Series (with option SR-USB)			1
	MSO/DPO4000 Series (with DPO4USB module)			1
Signal Generator	AWG5000 / AWG7000 Series Arbitrary Waveform Generators or DTG5334, DTG5274 or DTG5078 Data Generator with a DTGM21 Output module	1
Test Fixture	TDSUSBF fixture	1
Application Software	TDSUSB2 Compliance Test Software	1
Differential Probes	TDP1500, TDP3500, P6248, or P6330 Differential Probe	1
Single-Ended Probes	TAP1500 or P6245 Active Single-Ended Probe	3
Current Probes	TCP0030 or TCP202 Current Probe	1
Sampling Oscilloscope	DSA8300 Sampling Oscilloscope		1
Modules	80E04 TDR Module		1
Logic Analyzer	TLA5000B or TLA7000 (min. 34 channels, 64 recommended)			1
Probing	High Density Mictor Probes			1
USB Logic Analyzer Support	Crescent Heart Logic Analyzer Probing Support Products			1

USB 3.0

Test	Description	Quantity	Instrument Option(s)
Transmitter Testing	DPO/DSA/MSO71254 or higher	1	DJA, USB3, USB-TX
	TF-USB3-A-P Host Test Fixture	1
	TF-USB3-B-R Host Test Fixture (flex tip)	1
	TF-USB3-A-R Device Test Fixture (incl short USB 3.0 Cable)
Channel/Cable Testing	DSA8300 Sampling Oscilloscope	1	80SSPAR
	80E08 TDR Module	2
	TF-USB3-AB-KIT Fixture Kit*	1
Receiver Testing Option with BERTScope	BSA85C	1	STR, BSAUSB3
Receiver Testing Option with AWG	AWG7122C	1	STX100, ISI, SSC
Receiver Testing Option with AWG	DPO/DSA/MSO71254 or higher	1	ERDDT, USB-RMT

*Note: Kit includes: USB 3.0 Type A to Type B Short Cable, USB 3.0 Calibration Board, A Plug Fixture (TF-USB3-A-P), A Receptacle Fixture (TF-USB3-A-R), B Receptacle Fixture (TF-USB3-B-R)

UWB/WiMedia: v1.0 and v1.2

Product	Description	Quantity
Oscilloscope	DPO/DSA/MSO71254 Series or higher	1
Generator	AWG7122, Option 01 & Option 06 Arbitrary Waveform Generator	1
Generator Software	RFX100, Option UWBCF: RFXpress for General Purpose IQ, IF, and RF Signal Creation	1
Analysis Software	UWB Version 2.2.1 or later , Option UWB	1

	Product Series
Overcoming PCI-Express Physical Layer Challenges Using the powerful triggering and multiple data views of the Tektronix Logic Protocol Analyzer to overcome physical layer challenges.	TLA7SA00
Analyzing 8b/10b Encoded Signals with a Real-time Oscilloscope Discussion of troubleshooting and verifying devices with 8b10b serial buses using the MSO/DPO70000 Series oscilloscopes.	DPO70000 / DSA70000 / MSO70000
PCI Express Probing Solutions with the Tektronix Protocol Analyzer This white paper discusses how to ensure proper board design and layout for digital debug and verification using the Tektronix PCIe Protocol Analyzer.	TLA7SA00
Hunting PCIE Flow Control Bugs This white paper describes in detail the use of the Bird's Eye View (BEV), a completely new visualization, to investigate flow control.	TLA7SA00
Logic Analyzer Fundamentals Learn the basics and benefits of logic analyzers - see how this tool can solve your debug challenges.	TLA6000
Overcoming High Speed Serial DataRX Testing Challenges Using anAWG and Direct Synthesis Application Note With the combination of fast AWG’s hardware performance and Direct Synthesis software, High Speed Serial Data Receiver testing has now been simplified to just a single instrument running a sequence and looking for errors.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
How to Create Direct Synthesis Signals Using Arbitrary Waveform Generators Comprehensive math and analysis software packages such as Mathworks’ MATLAB® bring a new level of efficiency to the creation of waveforms and functional programs for today’s arbitrary waveform generators.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
RC4 Wireless Lights It Up with Tektronix MSO2000 Series James Smith at RC4 develops custom wireless dimming and control products, for high-profile clients like Cirque du Soleil and Disney. Find out how James used the MSO2024 to shave hours off troubleshooting, and what impressed James so much that he "took a picture of the scope and emailed it to [his] technical associates."	MSO2000 / DPO2000
Smiths Detection Relies on Tektronix to Take the Trouble out of Troubleshooting A team of engineers at Smith Detection needed to quickly, efficiently and accurately identify and resolve problems during the development of complex handheld devices. Learn how Smith Detection engineers used Tektronix bench instruments to identify a bus timing issue and stay on schedule, and how their DPO4000 “paid for itself” in the first week.	MSO4000 / DPO4000
How Do You Get the Most Out of Your Tektronix Performance Oscilloscope Understand the important signal acquisition and usability features of your oscilloscope to achieve quicker results.	DPO7000

		Product Series
USB3 Receiver Test Automation	This step-by-step guide to USB3 receiver testing, uses the Tektronix DPO70000 Series oscilloscope and BERTScope hardware and automation software.	DPO70000 / DSA70000 / MSO70000
Understanding the Basics of Importing and Playing back Arbitrary Waveform Files Video	This video demonstrates the ease of importing and playing back waveform files generated from previous AWGS, Oscilloscopes, Real Time Spectrum Analyzers and third party software applications into current model AWGs.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Understanding the Basics of Using SerialXpress to build High Speed Serial waveforms for an Arbitrary Waveform Generator Video	This video demonstrates the ease of creating High Speed Serial Data signals for Receiver Jitter Tolerance testing using current AWGS and SerialXpress software.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Understanding the Basics of Using the Waveform Sequencer in Arbitrary Waveform Generator Video	This video demonstrates the ease of creating and editing waveform sequences in current AWGs to build complex signals for various types of applications.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Understanding the Basics of Digital to Analog Converter use in Arbitrary Waveform Generators Video	This video demonstrates the use of DACs in AWG architecture and provides detail on DAC performance when building waveforms with an AWG.	AWG7000 Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Ethernet SFF-8431 SFP+ Compliance and Debug Testing	In this Webinar, you will learn how to make compliance measurements for SFP+ designs and solve complex debug challenges like waveform distortion penalty tests (TWDPc) using automated compliance testing tools that operate on Tektronix DPO70000C/D Series Oscilloscopes.	DPO70000 / DSA70000 / MSO70000
Automated Ethernet Analysis Video - TDSET3	Watch this video to see how easy it is to do Ethernet compliance testing with the Tektronix TDSET3 Test Package. It makes compliance testing for 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T Ethernet devices simple.	DPO70000 / DSA70000 / MSO70000
Automated USB 2.0 Analysis Physical Layer Compliance Testing - TDSUSB2	Watch this video to see the Tektronix TDSUSB2 Compliance Test automated tool. This is a critical tool for saving time, ensuring accuracy and replication for testing measurements in high speed serial designs.	DPO70000 / DSA70000 / MSO70000
Fundamentals of Digital Debug Webinar	Learn critical techniques for debugging today's common serial buses, including properly triggering an oscilloscope and isolating infrequent events, and tips for decoding and searching on buses such as USB, Ethernet, I2C, SPI and more.
Receiver Testing to Third Generation Standards Webinar	With the advent of 3rd Generation Serial Standards at rates above 5 GT/sec, it is critically important to characterize receiver performance for a successful serial communication system design. This seminar, using PCI Express 3.0 and USB3 as example standards, will highlight the latest trends and illustrate important practical learnings for successful test execution.	BERTScope BSA

		Product Series
PCI Express 3.0 Receiver Test MOI	This document covers the Method of Implementation (MOI) for PCI Express 3.0 CEM receiver testing, using BERTScope instruments.
MIPI® M-PHY Methods of Implementation	MIPI® M-PHY* Measurements & Setup Library, Methods of Implementation (MOI) for Verification, Debug, Characterization, Conformance and Interoperability Test
PCI Express 3.0 De-embedding Method of Implementation Version 1.0	Methods of Implementation (MOI) for PCI Express 3.0 De-embedding
MIPI D-PHY Test Method of Implementation (MOI)	Methods of Implementation (MOI) for Verification, Debug, Characterization, Compliance and Interoperability Test
Methods of Implementation (MOI) for Verification+ Debug and Characterization	DPOJET Opt. PCE -- PCI Express Measurements & Setup Library
1000BASE-T Method of Implementation
100BASE-TX Method of Implementation (MOI)
10BASE-T Method Of Implementation (MOI)

Serial Communications

USB3 Receiver Test Automation

Understanding the Basics of Importing and Playing back Arbitrary Waveform Files Video

Understanding the Basics of Using SerialXpress to build High Speed Serial waveforms for an Arbitrary Waveform Generator Video

Understanding the Basics of Using the Waveform Sequencer in Arbitrary Waveform Generator Video

Understanding the Basics of Digital to Analog Converter use in Arbitrary Waveform Generators Video

Ethernet SFF-8431 SFP+ Compliance and Debug Testing

Automated Ethernet Analysis Video - TDSET3

Automated USB 2.0 Analysis Physical Layer Compliance Testing - TDSUSB2

Fundamentals of Digital Debug Webinar

Receiver Testing to Third Generation Standards Webinar

PCI Express 3.0 Receiver Test MOI

MIPI® M-PHY Methods of Implementation

PCI Express 3.0 De-embedding Method of Implementation Version 1.0

MIPI D-PHY Test Method of Implementation (MOI)

Methods of Implementation (MOI) for Verification+ Debug and Characterization

1000BASE-T Method of Implementation

100BASE-TX Method of Implementation (MOI)

10BASE-T Method Of Implementation (MOI)

Standards Bodies' Specs and MOIs