Agilent Releases MIPI D-PHY Protocol Exerciser/Analyzer

By DE Editors

Agilent Technologies has released the next-generation U4421A MIPI D-PHY exerciser and analyzer for mobile computing applications. This new instrument gives R&D and manufacturing engineers deep insight into the Camera Serial Interface (CSI-2) and Display Serial Interface (DSI)  of MIPI D-PHY designs.
 
The U4421A offers up to 16 GB of stimulus and analysis memory, allowing designers to capture or simulate long sequences of high-definition traffic. It also offers raw mode, a new feature that lets designers see the states that underlie the protocol. These states can be presented as a waveform or list, providing insight into why a packet isnt being interpreted correctly. The U4421A offers image insertion and extraction software.

The D-PHY exerciser option makes it possible to validate designs before components are available. Users can also change lane skew, signal voltages and slew rate, data rate, and protocol timing to test designs under a wide variety of conditions. This helps engineers optimize designs and make them more robust while minimizing power consumption.
 
The modular AXIe blade form allows multiple busses to be exercised or analyzed simultaneously. Multiple CSI or DSI busses can be time-correlated with PCIe, DDR, HDMI or a generic high-speed logic analyzer module. Modularity extends to the instrument configuration. A U4421A blade can be configured as an exerciser, analyzer or both. For cost effectiveness, users can purchase as many lanes and as much memory, protocol support, and image analysis software as they need today, and upgrade in the future.

For more information, visit Agilent Technologies.

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