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
- Digital Validation and Debug
- Signal Path Characterization
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Videos
- Connecting To Your Device Under Test Video
Jit Lim shows a suite of probes and fixtures that facilitate connection to single-ended and differential signals, and technologies like Ethernet and USB. - Digital Debugging Tips Using a Mixed Signal Oscilloscope Webinar
In this webinar, learn about the powerful digital analysis capability of the Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO) Series, and how to speed debug of the Mixed Signal Oscilloscope (MSO) Series, and how to speed debug of digital circuits. - Debugging a Mixed Signal Embedded Design
A typical embedded design may incorporate various analog signals, high-speed and low-speed serial digital communication, microprocessor buses and more. This application note walks you through the debug of a mixed signal embedded design using Tektronix oscilloscopes. - Debugging Serial Buses in Embedded System Designs
Many embedded system designs utilize serial buses. Learn how to quickly and efficiently debug today's serial buses with the powerful trigger, decode, and search capabilities of the MSO/DPO Series.
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These videos will cover serial data fundamentals including clock recovery, jitter analysis and compliance testing. Additional advanced topics include receiver testing and equalization.
Application Notes
- The Basics of Serial Data Compliance and Validation Measurements
This primer is designed to help you understand the common aspects of serial data transmission and to explain the analog and digital measurement requirements that apply to these emerging serial technologies - Serial Communications Testing Solutions
Support for Testing of Transmitter, Receiver, and Interconnect - Teranetics Turns to Tektronix to Validate First Dual-Port 10GBASE-T PHY Case Study
Teranetics Case Study -- Testing for 10GBASE-T Standard - Compliance and Validation of SuperSpeed USB/PCIe Gen 3
Tektronix support for SuperSpeed USB/PCIe Gen 3 and compliance test approaches. - Debugging Serial Buses in Embedded System Designs
Find out how the powerful trigger, decode and search capabilities of the popular MSO and DPO Series oscilloscopes solve serial debug challenges with exceptional efficiency.
