HP (Hewlett-Packard) 16554A, 16555A, 16555D User Manual

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User’s Reference

Publication number 16555-97015 February 1999

For Safety information, Warranties, and Regulatory information, see the pages behind the Index.

HP 16554A, HP 16555A, and HP 16555D State/Timing Logic Analyzer

In This Book

The User’s Reference manual contains field and feature definitions. Use this manual to learn what the menu fields do, what they are used for, and how the features work.

The manual is divided into chapters covering general product information, probing, and separately tabbed chapters for each analyzer menu. Chapters on error messages and instrument specifications are also provided.

In the Configuration menu you have the choice of configuring an analyzer as either a State analyzer or a Timing analyzer. Some menus in the analyzer will change depending on the analyzer type you choose. For example, because a Timing analyzer does not use external clocks, the clock assignment fields in the Format menu will not be available.

If a menu field is only available to a particular analyzer type, the field is designated (Timing only) or (State only) after the field name. If no designation is shown, the field is available for both types.

General In formation

Probing

The Configuration Menu

The Forma t Menu

The Trigger Menu

The Listing Menu

The Waveform Menu

The Chart M enu

The Compare Menu

The Mixed Display Men u

The SPA Menu

Error Messages

Specificat ions and

Character is ti cs

Installation

Index

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1 General Information

User Interface 1–3 Configuration Capabilities 1–4 Key Features of the HP 16554A 1–5 Key Features for the HP 16555A 1–6 Key Features for the HP 16555D 1–7 Accessories Supplied 1–8 Accessories Available 1–9

2 Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description 2–17 Assembling the Probing System 2–21 Connecting the External Reference Clock 2-25

3 The Configuration Menu

Analyzer Name Field 3–3 Analyzer Type Field 3–4 Pod Fields 3–6 Activity Indicators 3–8

4 The Format Menu

State Acquisition Mode Field (State, State Compare, and SPA only) 4–3 Timing Acquisition Mode Field (Timing only) 4–5 Data on Clocks Display 4–6 Pod Field 4–7 Pod Clock Field (State only) 4–8 Pod Threshold Field 4–12 Master and Slave Clock Fields (State modes only) 4–13 Setup/Hold Field (State only) 4–15 Symbols Field 4–17 Label Assignment Fields 4–17

Contents–1

Contents

Rolling Labels and Pods 4–17 Label Polarity Fields 4–18 Bit Assignment Fields 4–19

5 The Trigger Menu

Predefined Trigger Macros 5–3

Timing Trigger Macro Library 5–5 State Trigger Macro Library 5–7

Sequence Levels 5–9

Sequence Level Number Field 5–10 Sequence Instruction Menu 5–11

Resource Terms 5–17

Resource Term Fields 5–18 Bit Pattern Terms 5–21 Range Terms 5–23 Timer Terms 5–25 Edge Terms (Timing only) 5–27 Combination of Terms 5–29

Control Fields 5–31

Arming Control Field 5–32 Count Field (State and State Compare only) 5–35 Acquisition Control Field 5–37 Clear Trigger Field 5–42

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6 The Listing Menu

Markers Field 6–3

Pattern Markers 6–4

Find X-pattern / O-pattern Field 6–5 Pattern Occurrence Fields 6–6 From Trigger / Start / X Marker Field 6–7 Specify Patterns Field 6–8 Label / Base Roll Field 6–11 Stop Measurement Field 6–12 Clear Pattern Field 6–14

Time Markers 6–15

Trig to X / Trig to O Fields 6–16

Contents

Statistics Markers 6–17

Data Roll Field 6–19

7 The Waveform Menu

Basic Controls 7–3

Acquisition Control Field 7–4 Accumulate Field 7–5 States Per Division Field (State and State Compare only) 7–6 Seconds Per Division Field (Timing only) 7–7 Delay Field 7–8 Sample Period Display (Timing only) 7–9 Markers Field 7–11

Pattern Markers 7–12

X-pat / O-pat Occurrence Fields 7–13 From Trigger / Start / X Marker Field 7–14 Center Screen Field 7–15 Specify Patterns Field 7–16

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Contents

Time Markers 7–17

Trig to X / Trig to O Fields 7–18 Marker Label / Base and Display 7–19

Statistics Markers 7–20

Waveform Display 7–22

Display Location Reference Line 7–23 Blue Bar Field 7–24 Channel Mode Field 7–26 Module and Label Fields 7–27 Action Insert/Replace Field 7–28 Delete and Delete All Fields 7–29 Waveform Size Field 7–30

8 The Chart Menu

The Y Markers 8–4 The X Markers and the Markers Field 8–5 Sample 8–5 Pattern 8–6 Rescale 8–13 Axis Control Field 8–15 Accumulate Field 8–18 Cancel Field 8–18

Contents–4

9 The Compare Menu

Reference Listing Field 9–4 Difference Listing Field 9–5 Copy Listing to Reference Field 9–7 Find Error Field 9–8 Compare Full / Compare Partial Field 9–9 Mask Field 9–10 Specify Stop Measurement Field 9–11 Data Roll Field 9–14 Bit Editing Field 9–15 Label and Base Fields 9–16 Label / Base Roll Field 9–16

10 The Mixed Display Menu

Contents

Intermodule Configuration 10–3 Inserting Waveforms 10–4 Interleaving State Listings 10–4 Time-Correlated Displays 10–5 Markers 10–5

11 The SPA Menu

System Performance Analysis Software 11–2

What is System Performance Analysis? 11–4 Getting Started 11–6 SPA Measurement Processes 11–8 Using State Overview, State Histogram, and Time Interval 11–21 Using SPA with other features 11–30

12 Error Messages

Error Messages 12–3 Warning Messages 12–4 Advisory Messages 12–7

Contents–5

Contents

13 Specifications and Characteristics

Specifications 13–3 Supplemental Characteristics 13–4

14 Installation

To configure a single-card module 14–2 To configure a multi-card module 14–3 To install modules 14–8 Preparing for Use 14-9 Inspecting the module 14-10 Cleaning the module 14-10

Index

Contents–6

General Information

Logic Analyzer Description

The HP 16554A, 16555A, and 16555D State/Timing Analyzer modules are part of a new generation of general-purpose logic analyzers. They are used with the HP 16500 Logic Analysis System mainframe, which is designed as a standalone instrument for use by digital and microprocessor hardware and software designers. The HP 16500 mainframe has HP-IB and RS-232-C interfaces for hard copy printouts and control by a host computer.

Both State/Timing Analyzer modules have 64 data channels, and four clock/data channels. As many as two additional HP 16554A, 16555A, or 16555D cards can be added to expand the module to 200 data and 4 clock/data channels.

Memory depth on the HP 16554A is 500K in all pod pair groupings, or 1M on just one pod (timing half-channel mode). Memory depth on the HP 16555A is 1M in all pod pair groupings, or 2M on just one pod (timing half-channel mode). Memory depth on the HP 16555D is 2M in all pod pair groupings, or 4M on just one pod (timing half-channel mode). All available resource terms can be assigned to either configured state or timing analyzer machine.

Measurement data is displayed as data listings or waveforms. The 70-MHz and 110-MHz state analyzers have master, slave, and

demultiplexed clocking modes available. Measurement data can be stamped with either state or time tags. For triggering and data storage, the state analyzer uses 12 sequence levels with two-way branching, 10 pattern resource terms, 2 range terms, and 2 timers/counters.

The 250-MHz and 500-MHz conventional timing analyzers have variable width, depth, and speed selections. Sequential triggering uses 10 sequence levels with two-way branching, 10 pattern resource terms, 2 range terms, 2 timers/counters and 2 edge/glitch terms.

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General Information

User Interface

The HP 16500 Logic Analysis System has four easy-to-use user interface devices: the knob, the touchscreen, the mouse, and the optional keyboard.

The knob on the front panel is used to move the cursor on certain menus, to increment or decrement numeric fields, and to roll the display.

The touchscreen fields can be selected by touch or with the mouse or keyboard. To activate a touchscreen field by touch, simply press the screen over any dark blue box on the display with your finger until the field changes color. Then remove your finger from the screen to activate your selection.

To activate a field with the mouse, position the cursor (+) of the mouse over the desired field and press the button on the upper-left corner of the mouse.

The optional keyboard can control all instrument functions by using special function keys, the arrow keys, and the ENTER key. Alphanumeric entry is simply typed in.

All user interface devices are discussed in more detail in the HP 16500 User’s Reference.

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General Information

Configuratio n C apabilities

Configuration Capabilities

The HP 16554A, 16555A, and 16555D can be configured as a single card, two-card, or three-card system. The number of data channels ranges from 68 channels using just one card to 204 channels when three cards are installed. A half-channel acquisition mode is available for timing analyzers which reduces the channel width by half, but doubles memory depth from 500K-deep to 1M-deep per channel on the HP 16554A, from 1M-deep to 2M-deep per channel on the HP 16555A and from 2M-deep to 4M-deep per channel on the HP 16555D.

Modules are made of cards cabled together to form a single timebase. A logic analyzer module may use from one to three cards. All the cards in a module must have the same model number. Because the clock is common to all cards in a module, the data is always synchronized. For tightly coupled measurements involving multiple HP 16554A, 16555A, or 16555D modules, your analyzer module provides an external reference clock. The reference clock prevents large data samples from becoming unsynchronized towards the end of a measurement. Because the internal clock on each logic analyzer card is accurate to 100 parts per million, in a 2M timing measurement using two modules, the last sample of each may be separated by as much as 100 times the sample period. The external reference clock prevents this by having multiple modules share the same clock. There is no limit to how many modules may share the clock.

See Also "Connecting the External Reference Clock" in chapter 2, Probing, for

information on configuring the external reference clock.

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General Information

Key Features of the HP 1 6554A

Key Features of the HP 16554A

70-MHz state and 250-MHz timing acquisition speed.

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64 data channels/4 clocks expandable to 200 data/4 clock channels.

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Lightweight passive probes for easy hookup and compatibility with

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previous HP logic analyzers and preprocessors. HP-IB and RS-232-C interface for programming and hard copy printouts.

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Variable setup/hold time, 3.5-ns window.

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External arming to and from other modules through the intermodule bus.

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500-K deep memory on all channels with 1 Mbyte in half-channel modes.

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Marker measurements.

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12 levels of trigger sequencing for state and 10 levels of sequential

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triggering for Timing. Both state and timing analyzers can use 10 pattern resource terms, two

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range terms, and two timer/counters to qualify and trigger on data. The timing analyzer also has two edge terms available.

Time (8-ns resolution) and number-of-qualified-states tagging.

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Full programmability.

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Mixed State/Timing and State/State (interleaved) display.

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Waveform display.

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General Information

Key Features for the HP 16555A

110-MHz state and 500-MHz timing acquisition speed.

•

64 data channels/4 clocks expandable to 200 data/4 clock channels.

•

Lightweight passive probes for easy hookup and compatibility with

•

previous HP logic analyzers and preprocessors. HP-IB and RS-232-C interface for programming and hard copy printouts.

•

Variable setup/hold time, 3.5-ns window.

•

External arming to and from other modules through the intermodule bus.

•

1-M deep memory on all channels with 2 Mbytes in half-channel modes.

•

Marker measurements.

•

12 levels of trigger sequencing for state and 10 levels of sequential

•

triggering for Timing. Both state and timing analyzers can use 10 pattern resource terms, two

•

range terms, and two timer/counters to qualify and trigger on data. The timing analyzer also has two edge terms available.

Time (8-ns resolution) and number-of-qualified-states tagging.

•

Full programmability.

•

Mixed State/Timing and State/State (interleaved) display.

•

Waveform display.

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General Information

Key Features for the HP 1 6555D

Key Features for the HP 16555D

110-MHz state and 500-MHz timing acquisition speed.

•

64 data channels/4 clocks expandable to 200 data/4 clock channels.

•

Lightweight passive probes for easy hookup and compatibility with

•

previous HP logic analyzers and preprocessors. HP-IB and RS-232-C interface for programming and hard copy printouts.

•

Variable setup/hold time, 3.5-ns window.

•

External arming to and from other modules through the intermodule bus.

•

2-M deep memory on all channels with 4 Mbytes in half-channel modes.

•

Marker measurements.

•

12 levels of trigger sequencing for state and 10 levels of sequential

•

triggering for Timing. Both state and timing analyzers can use 10 pattern resource terms, two

•

range terms, and two timer/counters to qualify and trigger on data. The timing analyzer also has two edge terms available.

Time (8-ns resolution) and number-of-qualified-states tagging.

•

Full programmability.

•

Mixed State/Timing and State/State (interleaved) display.

•

Waveform display.

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General Information

Accessories Supplied

The table below lists the accessories supplied with your logic analyzer. If any of these accessories are missing, contact your nearest Hewlett-Packard Sales Office. If you need additional accessories, refer to the Accessories for HP Logic Analyzers brochure.

Table 1-1

Accessories Supplied

Accessory HP Part No. Quantity

Probe tip assemblies 01650-61608 4 Probe cables 16555-61608 2 Grabbers (20 per pack) 5090-435 6 4 pkgs Extra probe leads (5 per pack) 5959-933 3 1 pkg Probe cable and pod labels 01650-94310 1 Double probe adapter 16542-61607 1 External reference cable 16555-61608 1 Ferrite inst r uctions 16555-92000 1 Ferrite cores 16555-60001 2 Probe grounds ( 5 per pack) 5959-933 4 4 Operating sy st em disks Call 1 User’s Reference Call 1

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General Information

Accessories Available

There are a number of accessories available that will make your measurement tasks easier and more accurate. You will find these listed in Accessories for HP Logic Analyzers, available from your Hewlett-Packard Sales Office.

Preprocessor Modules

The preprocessor module accessories enable you to quickly and easily connect the logic analyzer to your microprocessor under test.

Included with each preprocessor module is a 3.5-inch disk which contains a configuration file and an inverse assembler file. When you load the configuration file, it configures the logic analyzer for making state measurements on the microprocessor for which the preprocessor is designed.

Configuration files from other analyzer modules can also be loaded. For information on translating other configuration files into the analyzer, refer to "Preprocessor File Configuration Translation and Pod Connections" in chapter 2, "Probing".

The inverse assembler file is a software routine that will display captured information in a specific microprocessor’s mnemonics. The DATA field in the State Listing is replaced with an inverse assembly field. The inverse assembler software is designed to provide a display that closely resembles the original assembly language listing of the microprocessor’s software. It also identifies the microprocessor bus cycles captured, such as Memory Read, Interrupt Acknowledge, or I/O write.

Many of the preprocessor modules require the HP10269C General Purpose Probe Interface. The HP 10269C accepts the specific preprocessor PC board and connects it to five connectors on the general purpose interface to which the logic analyzer probe cables connect.

A list of preprocessor modules is found in the Accessories for HP Logic Analyzers brochure. Descriptions of the preprocessor modules are found with the preprocessor module accessories.

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Probing

This chapter contains a description of the probing system for the logic analyzer. It also contains the information you need for connecting the probe system components to each other, to the logic analyzer, and to the system under test.

Probing Options

You can connect the logic analyzer to your system under test in one of the following ways:

• The standard general purpose probing (provided).

• HP E2445A User-Definable Interface (optional).

• Direct connection to a 20-pin, 3M-Series type header connector

using the termination adapter (optional).

• Microprocessor and bus specific interfaces (optional).

General-Purpose Probing

General-purpose probing involves connecting the logic analyzer probes directly to your target system without using any interface. General purpose probing does not limit you to specific hook up schemes, as for example, the probe interface does. General-purpose probing uses grabbers that connect to both through hole and surface mount components.

General-purpose probing is the standard probing option provided with the logic analyzer. There is a full description of its components and use later in this chapter.

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Probing

The HP E2445A User-Definable Interface

The optional HP E2445A User-Definable Interface allows you to connect the logic analyzer to the microprocessor in your target system. The HP E2445A includes a breadboard that you custom-wire for your system.

You will find additional information about the HP E2445A in the Accessories for HP Logic Analyzers brochure.

The Termination Adapter

The optional termination adapter allows you to connect the logic analyzer probe cables directly to test ports on your target system without the probes.

The termination adapter is designed to connect to a 20-pin (2x10), 4-wall, low-profile header connector, 3M-Series 3592 or equivalent.

Termination A dapter

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Probing

Microprocessor and Bus-Specific Interfaces

There are a number of microprocessor and bus-specific interfaces available as optional accessories which are listed in Microprocessor

and Bus Interfaces and Software Accessories for HP Logic Analyzers. Microprocessors are supported by Universal Interfaces or

Preprocessor Interfaces, or in some cases both. Preprocessor interfaces are aimed at hardware turn-on and

hardware/software integration, and will provide the following:

• All clocking and demultiplexing circuits needed to capture the

system’s operation.

• Additional status lines to further decode the operation of the CPU.

• Inverse assembly software to translate logic levels captured by the

logic analyzer into microprocessor mnemonics.

• Bus interfaces to support bus analysis for HP-IB, RS-232-C, RS-449,

SCSI, VME, VXI, ISA, EISA, MCA, FDDI, Futurebus+, JTAG, SBus, PCI, and PCMCIA.

Universal Interfaces are aimed at initial hardware turn-on, and will provide fast, reliable, and convenient connections to the microprocessor system. Universal Interfaces do not provide inverse assembly of software instructions.

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Probing

Preprocessor File Configuration Translation and Pod Connections

Preprocessor configuration files from an HP 16550A can be used by the HP16554A, 16555A, and 16555D logic analyzers. However, some pods must be connected differently in order for the configuration files to work properly. The tables on the next several pages provide information on what configuration files to load and the required connections between the preprocessor interface and the HP 16554A, 16555A, and 16555D pods.

In the tables, expansion and master card pods are referred to as either A or B pods. Those designations are done for convenience. The letter designation of pods in your system will depend on the slots in which your cards reside. They may use any letter from A through E for the 16500 Logic Analysis System mainframe, or F through J for the 16501A Expander Frame

In a five-card system, for example, the master card pods would be labeled C. The expansion card pods then would be labeled A, B, D, and E. Look at the Format menu for the slot designators for expansion cards in your system.

The following three tables provide configuration file names and pod connections for older microprocessors. Look in the microprocessorspecific preprocessor manual for configuration and connection information for newer microprocessors.

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Probing

Software and Hardware Translation Information

Table 2-1

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into single-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Master Card

16550A Config

HP Model Processor

10300B Z80 FZ80 -- P2 -- P1 J+L No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA/STAT.clk

P2=ADDR.clk

10304B 8085 C80 85_IF -- P3 P2 P1 J, K No

Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA/STAT.m aster_clk P2=ADDR.slave_clk

Filename

Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

mclk, sclk

10305B 8086 F8086_I P3 P2 -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR/STAT 10305B 8088 F8088_I P3 P2 -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR/STAT

10315G/ H 68HC11 F68HC11 -- P2 -- P1 L, J Timin g

mclk, sclk P3, P4

Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=ADDR/DATA.slave_clk P2=ADDR/STAT.master_clk

10341B 1553 F1553 -- P2 -- P1 J Timing Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk (no Inverse Assembler capability) P3

10342B RS232 FRS232 -- P3 P4 P1 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA/STAT P4=.clk 10342B HPIB FHPIB . P3 P2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P2=DATA/STAT.clk P3=DATA

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Table 2-1 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into single-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Master Card

HP Model Processor

10342G HPIB FHPIB -- J2 -- J2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: J2=DATA/STAT.clk

E2409B 80286 F80286S P3 P2 -- P1 J Timing Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=Data.clk P2=A DDR P3 =ADDR/STAT P4, P5 E2409B 80286 F80286T P3 P2 -- P4 Timing Timing Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a P5

16550A Config Filename

Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

Probing

E2413B 68331/2 F68332 P4 P3 P5 P1 J State Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=DATA. cl k P3=ADDR P4=A D DR P5=STAT P2, P6

E2414B 68302 F68302 -- P4 P3 P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT

E2415A MCS-51 FMCS51 -- P2 P3 P1 J State Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=STAT P5

E2416A MCS-96 FMCS96 -- P3 P2 P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR

P3=STAT

E2418A 320C20/25 F320C25 J3 J1 -- J2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: J1=DATA J2=ADDR.clk J3=STAT

E2419A 68HC16 FHC16 P4 P3 P5 P1 J State Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P5=STAT (P4=ADDR not required) P2, P6

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Probing

Table 2-1 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into single-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Master Card

HP Model Processor

E2423A SCSI-2 FSCSI2 P4 P3 P2 P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=STAT.cl k P2=ADDR/DA TA

E2424B 68340 F68340 P4 P3 P5 P1 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P5=STAT.clk (P4=ADDR_B not required) E2424B 68340 FEV340 P4 P3 P5 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P5=STAT (P4=ADDR not

required)

16550A Config Filename

Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

E2431A 320C 30/31 P_320C3X P4 P3 P 2 P1 Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=DATA P3=ADDR

P4=ADDR/STAT E2431A 320C 30/31 Q_320C30 P6 P5 -- P7

Inverse Assembler Labels: P5=DATA P6=DATA P7=ADDR/STAT.clk Note: A single-card HP 16555A is not recom m ended for this preprocessor because it does not allow simul taneous

viewing of both t he pr i m ary and expansion mi cr opr ocessor buses .

E2434A 80 186XL/88 C186EA09 P4 P3 -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT E2434A 80186XL/88 C186EA10 P6 P5 P4 P2 Timing No Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a

E2434B 80186/88EB C186EB_7 P4 P3 -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT E2434B 80186/88EB C186EB_8 P6 P5 P4 P2 Timing Timing Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a P7

↕

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Table 2-1 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into single-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Master Card

HP Model Processor

16550A Config Filename

Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

Probing

E2434C 80186/88EC C186EC_7 P4 P3 P6 P1 Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT

E2434C 80186/88EC C186EC_8 P5 P6 P7 P2 Timing Timing Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a P8

E2442A TMS320C 5X D_320C5X P5 P2 P3 P1 J+K+L State Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=ADDR.clk P4, P6

E2447AA 68000 F68000 P6 P1 P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk E2447AA 68010 F68010 P6 P1 P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk

E2447AB 68EC000 FEC000 P6 P1 P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk

E2451A Ethernet CETH_4 P4 P3 P2 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR/DATA_B P3=ADDR/DATA_ B P4=STAT

E2453A DS1 C_DS1_6 . -- xx Inverse Assembler Labels: Carrier/Customer=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk E2453A DS1 C_DS1_7 -- Cu -- Ca

mach2 mach1 mach1 mach2

Inverse Assembler Labels: Carrier=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk Customer=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk

↕

J↕ L↕

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Probing

Table 2-2

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

16550A

HP Model Processor

10300B Z80 FZ8 0 -- P2 -- P1 J+L No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA/STAT.clk P2=ADDR.clk

10304B 8085 C8085_IF . -- P3 . P2 P1 J, K No

Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA/STAT.m aster_clk P2=ADDR.slave_clk

10305B 8086 F8086_I . P3 P2 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR/STAT 10305B 8088 F8088_I . P3 P2 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR/STAT

10315G/ H 68HC11 F68HC11 -- P2 -- P1 L, J Timing

Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=ADDR/DATA.slave_clk P2=ADDR/STAT.master_clk

10341B 1553 F1553 . -- P2 -- P3 -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk (no Inverse Assembl er capability)

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

mclk, sclk

mclk, sclk P3, P4

10342B RS232 FRS232 -- P3 P4 P1 K No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA/STAT P4=.cl k 10342B HPIB FHPIB . P3 P2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P2=DATA/STAT.clk P3=DATA

10342G HPIB FHPIB -- J2 --- J2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: J2=DATA/STAT.clk

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Table 2-2 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Probing

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2409B 80286 F80286S P5 P4 P3 P2 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR/STAT E2409B 80286 F80286T . P5 P4 P3 P2 Timing No Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a

E2413B 68331/2 F68332 P6 P5 P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=DATA. cl k P3=ADDR P4=A D DR P5=STAT

E2414B 68302 F68302 -- P4 -- P3 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT

E2415A MCS-51 FMCS51 P5 P3 -- P2 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=STAT

E2416A MCS-96 FMCS96 . -- P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR P3=STAT

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

E2418A 320C20/25 F320C25 -- J3 -- J1 . -- J2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: J1=DATA J2=ADDR.clk J3=STAT

E2419A 68HC16 FHC16 P6 P5 P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P5=STAT (P4=ADDR not required) E2419A 68HC16EVB FHC16 P6 P5 P3 P1 . P4 P2 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P2=DATA.clk P1=ADDR P5=STAT (P3=ADDR not required)

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Probing

Table 2-2 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2423A SCSI-2 FSCSI2 P4 P3 P2 P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=STAT.cl k P2=ADDR/DA TA

E2424B 68340 F68340 P4 P3 -- P1 . -- P5 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P5=STAT.clk (P4=ADDR_B not required) E2424B 68340 FEV340 -- P5 P4 P3 . -- P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels P1=DATA.cl k P3=ADDR P5= STAT (P4=ADDR not required)

E2431A 320C30/31 O_320C30 -- P7 P2 P1 P4 P3 Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=DATA. cl k P2=DATA P3=A DD R. cl k P4=ADDR/STAT P7=STAT

Note: This is act ual l y an HP 1651 0 configuration f i le .

E2434A 80186XL/88 C186EA09 . P4 P3 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT E2434A 80186XL/88 C186EA10 . P6 P5 P4 P2 Timing No Cable Mapping: 1-B3 2-B4 3-A1 4- A2 5-B1 6-B2 Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

J↕+L

↕

E2434B 80186/88EB C186EB_7 . P4 P3 . -- P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT E2434B 80186/88EB C186EB_8 -- P7 P6 P5 P4 P2 Timing No Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a

E2434C 80186/88EC C186EC_7 . P4 P3 . P6 P1 J No Inverse Ass em bl er Labels: P1=DATA.clk P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT E2434C 80186/88 EC C186EC_8 -- P8 P5 P6 P7 P2 Timing No Inverse Assembler Labels: n/a

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Table 2-2 (continued)

Single-card HP16550A configuration loaded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D

Probing

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2442A TMS320C5X D_320C5X . -- P4 P5 P2 P3 P1 J+K+L No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=ADDR.clk

E2447AA 68000 F68000 . P6 P1 . P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk E2447AA 68010 F68010 . P6 P1 . P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk

E2447AB 68EC000 FEC000 . P6 P1 . P4 P3 K No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P3=ADDR P4=ADDR/STAT.clk

E2451A Ethernet CETH_4 . P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA.clk P2=ADDR/DATA_B P3=ADDR/DATA_ B P4=STAT

E2453A DS1 C_DS1_6 . -- xx Inverse Assembler Labels: Carrier/Customer=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk E2453A DS1 C_DS1_7 -- Cu -- Ca

Inverse Assembler Labels: Carrier=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk Customer=ADDR/DATA/STAT.clk

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

↕

J↕ L

mach2 mach1 mach1 mach2

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Probing

Table 2-3

Two-card HP16550A configuration lo aded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D (or single-card HP 16550 which requires more than four pods for inverse assembly)

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2401A R3000 FR3KA -- P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=DATA P3=DATA P4=ADDR/ STAT P5=AD DR P6= ADDR P7=STAT

FR3KB Same as FR3KA FR3KC Same as FR3KA

E2403A 80486 UI_486_21 -- J4 J6 J7 J3 J5 J1 J2 J No

E2406A 68030 C68030_4 . P5 P4 -- P3 P2 P1 K+L No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P2=DATA.clk P3=STAT.clk P4=ADDR P5=ADDR

E2411C 80486 F486S2 -- P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 (J)*(K=1) No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=DATA P4=DATA P5=ADDR P6=ADDR

E2412A I860XP F_I860XP P6 P5 P9 P8 P3 P2 P7 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=DATA P3=DATA P5=DATA_B P6=DATA_B P7=STAT P8=ADDR P9=ADDR

E2420A 68040 F68040 P4 P3 P2 P1 . -- P5 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=ADDR P2=ADDR P3=DATA P4=DATA P5=STAT.clk

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

↕

E2426A/B 68020 F68020E P6 P5 P2 P1 . P4 P3 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P2=DA TA P3= ADDR.clk P4=ADDR P5 =STAT (P6=STAT_B not accessed by inverse as sembler) E2426A/B 68EC020 FEC020E P6 P5 P2 P1 . P4 P3 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=DATA P2=DA TA P3= ADDR.clk P4=ADDR P5 =STAT (P6=STAT_B not accessed by inverse as sembler)

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Table 2-3 (continued)

Two-card HP16550A configuration lo aded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D (or single-card HP 16550 which requires more than four pods for inverse assembly)

Probing

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2432A 80960CA PI960CA_06 -- P7 P5 P4 P3 P2 P6 P1 Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=STAT.cl k P2=DATA P3=D A TA P4=ADDR P5=A D DR

E2435A I860XR I860XR3 -- P7 P6 P5 P3 P2 P4 P1 J No Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=ADDR P3=ADDR P4=DAT A_B P5 =DAT A P6=D ATA P7 =DAT A_B

E2438A R4000 F_R4K P6 P5 P4 P3 P8 P7 P2 P1 P9 Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=DATA P4= DATA P5=ADDR P6=ADDR P7=DA TA_B P8=DATA_B

E2441B VME/VXI FE2441 P6 P5 P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=DATA. cl k P2=DATA P3=A DD R P4=ADDR P5=S TA T

E2443B Pentium CPENT_2 P6 P5 P4 P3 P8 P7 P2 P1 (J)*(K=0) State P9, P10 Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=ADDR P4= ADDR P5=DATA P6=DATA P7=DA TA_B P8=DATA_B

Config Filename

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

↕

J↕+K

State

E2444A 80386DX PI386_04 -- P5 P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=DATA. cl k P2=DATA P3=A DD R P4=ADDR P5=S TA T

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Probing

Table 2-3 (continued)

Two-card HP16550A configuration lo aded into multi-card HP16554 or HP 16555A or HP 16555D (or single-card HP 16550 which requires more than four pods for inverse assembly)

16550A

HP Model Processor

E2448A 68360 C68360_0 P6 P5 P4 P3 . P2 P1 J No

Inverse Assem bl er Labels: P1=STAT.cl k P2=STAT P3=DA TA P4=DATA P5=A D DR P6=ADDR E2448A 68360 C68360_4 . P4 P3 P6 P5 P2 P1 J+L,K No

Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.ma ster_clk P2=STAT.slave_clk P3=DATA P4= D ATA P5=ADDR. m aster_clk P6=A D DR

E2457A P54C CP54C_2 P6 P5 P4 P3 P8 P7 P2 P1 (J)*(K=0) State P9, P10 Inverse Assembler Labels: P1=STAT.clk P2=STAT.clk P3=ADDR P4= ADDR P5=DATA P6=DATA P7=DA TA_B P8=DATA_B

Config Filename

^ Asynchronous Operation

^Synchronous Operation

Expansion Card Pods A4 A3 A2 A1

Master Card Pods B4 B3 B2 B1 Clocks Drop Pods

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Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description

The standard probing system provided with the logic analyzer consists of a probe tip assembly, probe cable, and grabbers. Because of the passive design of the probes, there are no active circuits at the outer end of the cable.

The passive probing system is similar to the probing system used with high-frequency oscilloscopes. It consists of a series RC network (90 kΩ in parallel with 8 pF) at the probe tip, and a shielded resistive transmission line. The advantages of this system include the following:

250 Ω in series with 8-pF input capacitance at the probe tip for minimal

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loading. Signal ground at the probe tip for higher speed timing signals.

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Inexpensive removable probe tip assemblies.

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Probe Tip Assemblies

Probe tip assemblies allow you to connect the logic analyzer directly to the target system. This general-purpose probing is useful for discrete digital circuits. Each probe tip assembly, or pod, contains 16 probe leads (data channels), one clock lead, a pod ground lead, and a ground tap for each of the 16 probe leads.

Probe Tip Assembly

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Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description

Probe and Pod Grounding

Each pod is grounded by a long black pod ground lead. You can connect the ground lead directly to a ground pin on your target system or use a grabber. To connect the ground lead directly to grounded pins on your target system, you must use 0.63 mm (0.025 in) square pins, or use round pins with a diameter of 0.66 mm (0.026 in) to 0.84 mm (0.033 in). The pod ground lead should always be used.

Each probe can be individually grounded with a short black extension lead that connects to the probe tip socket. You can then use a grabber or the grounded pins on your target system in the same way you connect the data lines.

When probing signals with rise and fall times of 1 ns, grounding each probe lead with the 2-inch ground lead is recommended. In addition, always use the probe ground on a clock probe.

Probe ground lead

Probe Grounds

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Probe lead connec to r

Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description

Probe Leads

The probe leads consists of a 12-inch twisted pair cable, a ground tap, and one grabber. The probe lead, which connects to the target system, has an integrated RC network with an input impedance of 100 kΩ in parallel with approximately 8 pF, and all in series with 250 Ω.

The probe lead has a two-pin connector on one end that snaps into the probe housing.

Probe Lead

Grabbers

The grabbers have a small hook that fits around the IC pins and component leads. The grabbers have been designed to fit on adjacent IC pins on either through-hole or surface-mount components with lead spacing greater than or equal to 0.050 in.

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CAUTION WARNING

Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description

Probe Cable

The probe cable contains 17 signal lines, 17 chassis ground lines, and two power lines for preprocessor use. The cables are woven together into a flat ribbon that is 4.5 feet long. The probe cable connects the logic analyzer to the pods, termination adapter, HP 10269C General-Purpose Probe Interface, or preprocessor. Each cable is capable of carrying 0.33 amps for preprocessor power.

DO NOT exceed this 0.33 amps per cable or the cable will be damaged.

Preprocessor power is protected by a current limiting circuit. If the current limiting circuit is activated, the fault condition must be removed. After the fault condition is removed, the circuit will reset in one minute.

Minimum Signal Amplitude

Any signal line you intend to probe with the logic analyzer probes must supply a minimum voltage swing of 500 mV to the probe tip. If you measure signal lines with a voltage swing of less than 500 mV, you may not obtain a reliable measurement.

Maximum Probe Input Voltage

The maximum input voltage of each logic analyzer probe is 40 volts peak.

Pod Thresholds

Logic analyzer pods have two preset thresholds and a user-definable threshold. The two preset thresholds are ECL (– 1.3 V) and TTL (+1.5 V). The user-definable threshold can be set anywhere between – 6.0 volts and +6.0 volts in 0.05-volt increments.

All pod thresholds are set independently.

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Probing

Assembl ing the Probing Sy stem

Assembling the Probing System

The general-purpose probing system components are assembled as shown below to make a connection between the measured signal line and the pods displayed in the Format menu.

Connecting Probe Cables to the Logic Analyzer

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Probe tip assembly

Probing

Assembling the Probing System

Connecting Probe Cables to the Logic Analyzer

All probe cables are installed at Hewlett-Packard. If you need to replace a probe cable, refer to the HP 16554A or HP 16555A/D Logic Analyzer Service Guide, available from your HP Sales Office.

Connecting the Probe Tip Assembly to the Probe Cable

To connect a probe tip assembly to a cable, align the key on the cable connector with the slot on the probe housing and press them together.

Probe cable

Connecting Probe Tip Assembly

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Probing

Assembl ing the Probing Sy stem

Disconnecting Probe Leads from Probe Tip Assemblies

When you receive the logic analyzer, the probe leads are already installed in the probe tip assemblies. To keep unused probe leads out of your way during a measurement, you can disconnect them from the pod.

To disconnect a probe, insert the tip of a ball-point pen into the latch opening. Push on the latch while gently pulling the probe out of the pod connector as shown in the figure below.

To connect the probes to the pods, insert the double pin end of the probe into the probe housing. Both the double pin end of the probe and the probe housing are keyed so they will fit together only one way.

Installi ng Pr obe Leads

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Probing

Assembling the Probing System

Connecting the Grabbers to the Probes

Connect the grabbers to the probe leads by slipping the connector at the end of the probe onto the recessed pin located in the side of the grabber. If you need to use grabbers for either the pod or the probe grounds, connect the grabbers to the ground leads in the same manner.

Connecting Gr abbers to Probes

Connecting the Grabbers to the Test Points

The grabbers have a hook that fits around the IC pins and component leads. Connect the grabber to the test point by pushing the rear of the grabber to expose the hook. Hook the lead and release your thumb as shown.

Connecting Gr abbers to Test Poi nt s

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Connecting the External Reference Clock

The external reference clock synchronizes deep-memory logic analyzer modules. Within a module, the individual cards all share a common clock and are thus automatically synchronized. However, each module clock is accurate only to 100 parts per million. So, two deep-memory logic analyzers with identical settings may capture their trigger at the same time but show discrepancies in the final sample. Sharing an external reference clock prevents this.

To Connect the External Reference Clock

You can either supply your own external reference clock, or choose one of the logic analyzer modules to supply the clock signal. Either method keeps all connected modules synchronized.

If you are supplying the clock signal, connect it to the "reference clock in" of the master card of the top module.

Probing

CAUTION

The Reference Clock field lets you specify whether to use the internal clock provided on the card, or an external clock. If you select the external clock, you must connect a clock signal to the card using the Reference Clock In/Out ports on the back of the analyzer.

Do not exceed 1 V, peak-to-peak, at a maximum voltage offset of 20 V on the Reference Clock In/Out ports.

Cable the top module’s "reference clock out" to the "reference clock in" of the master card of the next module.

Continue connecting the modules in this manner.

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Probing

Connecting the External Reference Clock

Connecting the External Referen ce Cl ock

Note that only the master card of a module should be connected. Connecting the clocks of the expander cards will not synchronize the module. Any number of modules may be synchronized together. Any modules that have external reference clock ports may be connected together.

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The Configuration Menu

The Configuration menu allows you to set module level parameters. You can partition the module into one or two independent analyzers. You can also assign pods to either analyzer, select the type of clocking needed (state or timing), and provide names for each analyzer.

The fields on this menu are:

• Analyzer Name Field

• Analyzer Type Field

• Pod Fields

• Activity Indicators

Config Menu with Partition, Pods, Names

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Name field

Keypad pop-up appears when you select the name field.

The Configurat i on Menu

Analyzer Name Field

The Name field lets you assign a specific name to the analyzer machine. Use the pop-up alphanumeric keypad to enter the name. When you have stored several configurations to disk and later reload them, having assigned a specific name to an analyzer can help identify the measurement setup.

Name Field

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The Configuration Menu

Analyzer Ty pe Field

Analyzer Type Field

The Type field allows you to configure each analyzer as either a state or timing analyzer. When the Type field is selected, the following choices are available.

Timing

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State

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State Compare

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SPA

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Timing

When you select Timing, the analyzer uses its own internal clock to clock measurement data into the acquisition memory. This clock is asynchronous to the signals in the target system. When this option is selected, some fields specific to external clocks will not appear in the analyzer menus.

You can configure the machine with only one timing analyzer. If you select both analyzers as timing analyzers, the first will be turned off.

State

When you select State, the analyzer uses a clock from the system under test to clock measurement data into acquisition memory. This clock is synchronous with the signals in the target system. You can configure both analyzers as state analyzers. State mode does not allow you to access the Compare menu.

State Compare

When State Compare is selected, the Compare menu is available in the main menu selection. For more details on Compare, see chapter 9, "The Compare Menu." State Compare mode functions much like State mode, except that total memory is reduced by one-fourth.

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Type field

Type pop-up m enu

The Configurat i on Menu

Analyzer Ty pe Field

SPA

SPA stands for System Performance Analysis. It uses an external clock like a state analyzer but measures overall system performance rather than recording discrete activity. For more details, see Chapter 11.

Type Field

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The Configuration Menu

Pod Fields

The list of unassigned pods in the Configuration menu shows the available pods for the module configuration. Pod grouping and assignment is by pod pairs. When you want to assign a pod pair to an analyzer, touch the pod field. From the assignment menu, select a destination for the pod pair. Use the same procedure to reassign pod pairs that have previously been assigned to an analyzer.

Pod field

Unassigned Pods Displ ay

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Pod assignm ent pop-up menu

The Configurat i on Menu

Pod Fields

When both analyzers are turned on, the pods of the master card cannot be assigned to the same analyzer. If you attempt to assign them to the same analyzer, you’ll get an error message when you try to exit the configuration menu. The error message gives an explanation of the problem and provides selection fields with options for reassigning one of the pod pairs.

Pod Reassignment Menu

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The Configuration Menu

Activity Indi cators

Activity Indicators

Within each pod pair you’ll notice activity indicators for each bit of each pod. These indicators appear in two places. One is in the pod pair displays of this Configuration menu. The other place is in the bit reference line in the Format menu just above the pod bit numbers.

When the logic analyzer is properly connected to an active target system, you’ll see either a high-level dash, a low-level dash, or a transitional arrow in the Activity Indicator displays for each pod pair. These indicators are very useful in showing proper probe connections and that the logic levels are as expected.

See Also

The "Bit Assignment Fields" in chapter 4, "The Format Menu," for more information on the activity indicators.

Activity Indicators

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The Format Menu

Use the Format menu to select which data channels are measured and to set up the clocking arrangement to capture valid data. It allows you to group and label the data channels from the system under test to fit your particular measurement. In addition, for your convenience in recognizing bit groupings, you can specify symbols to represent them. If the analyzer is configured as a state analyzer, there are master and slave clocks, clock qualifiers, and a variable clock setup and hold to further qualify what data is captured. In addition, you can set individual pod clock threshold levels. The Format menu contains the following fields:

• State Acquisition Mode Field (State only)

• Timing Acquisition Mode Field (Timing only)

• Data on Clocks Display

• Pod Field

• Pod Clock Field

• Master and Slave Clock Field (State only)

• Setup/Hold Field (State only)

• Symbols Field

• Label Assignment Field

• Rolling Labels and Pods Field

• Label Polarity Fields

• Bit Assignment Fields

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The Format Menu

State Acqui sition Mode F iel d (State, State C om pare, and SPA only)

State Acquisition Mode Field (State, State Compare, and SPA only)

The State Acquisition Mode field lets you select which clocking mode to use in the HP 16555A/D logic analyzers. For HP 16554A logic analyzers, 70 MHz is the only clock speed available. The State Acquisition Mode field identifies the channel width and memory depth of the selected acquisition mode. In State Compare mode, some memory depth is used for information needed to perform a comparison.

70 MHz/500K State (HP 16554A)

The State Acquisition Mode uses both pods in a pod pair. If time or state tags are turned on, the total memory is split between data acquisition storage and time or state tag storage. To maintain the full 500 K per channel depth, leave one pod pair unassigned. State clock speed is 70 MHz.

100 MHz/1M State (HP 16555A) 100 MHz/2M State (HP 16555D)

The State Acquisition Mode uses both pods in a pod pair. If time or state tags are turned on, the total memory is split between data acquisition storage and time or state tag storage. To maintain the full 1M per channel depth, leave one pod pair unassigned. State clock speed is 100 MHz.

Acquisiti on m ode field

Acquisit ion Mode Field

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The Format Menu

State Acquisition Mode Fi eld (State, State C om pare, and SPA only)

110 MHz/1M State (HP 16555A) 110 MHz/2M State (HP 16555D)

The 110 MHz State mode functions like the 100 MHz State mode, except that clocks cannot be as complicated. Specifically, only one clock edge can be used in specifying a master or slave clock.

Clock menu in 100 MHz State mode

Clock menu in 110 MHz State mode

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The Format Menu

Timing Acqui sition Mode F iel d (Timing only)

Timing Acquisition Mode Field (Timing only)

The Timing Acquisition Mode field displays the acquisition type, the channel width, and sampling speed of the present acquisition mode. In timing acquisition mode, the analyzer stores measurement data at each sampling interval. Use the Timing Acquisition Mode field to access an acquisition mode selection menu.

500K Sample Full Channel 125MHz (HP 16554A)

The total memory depth is 500K, with data being sampled and stored at most every 8 ns.

1M Sample Half Channel 250MHz (HP 16554A)

The total memory depth is 1M, with data being sampled and stored at most every 4 ns.

1M Sample Full Channel 250MHz (HP 16555A) 2M Sample Full Channel 250MHz (HP 16555D)

The total memory depth is 1M or 2M, with data being sampled and stored at most every 4 ns.

2M Sample Half Channel 500MHz (HP 16555A) 4M Sample Half Channel 500MHz (HP 16555D)

The total memory depth is 2M or 4M, with data being sampled and stored at most every 2 ns.

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The Format Menu

Data on Clocks Display

This display shows the clock input channels available for the present configuration. There are four clock input channels (J, K, L, and M) for each card of a module, one for each pod. This display shows only the clock input channels for those pods that are assigned in the present configuration.

A single-card module has four clock input channels, each of which may be used as a state clock (when the machine is configured for state mode) or as a data channel (in either state or timing modes). In a multi-card module, only the four clock input channels connected to the Clock Master card of the module are available for use as state clocks, but all of the clock input channels of the module (there are four for each card in the module) may be used as data channels. A clock input channel, when used as a data channel, is treated as an ordinary data channel, except it cannot be included in a Range resource.

In the display panel, the clock input channels of the Clock Master card are grouped on the right, underneath the slot letter of the Clock Master card, with the clock input channels of the other cards displayed to the left of those of the Clock master card. If any clock input channel is used as a data channel, that bit must be assigned. Activity indicators above the clock identifier show signal activity on that clock input channel.

Data on Clocks display

Data on Clocks Display

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The Format Menu

Pod Field

The Pod field identifies which pod of a pod pair is affected by the settings of the bit assignment field, pod threshold field, and pod clock fields. In the full-channel modes, this field is simply an identifier and is not selectable. However, in the half-channel mode, the Pod field turns dark, which means it is selectable. In the half-channel mode, one pod of a pod pair is selectable and all pod settings affect the selected pod.

Pod clock field

Pod field

Pod Field

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The Format Menu

Pod Clock Field (State only )

Pod Clock Field (State only)

There is one Pod Clock field for each pod in the machine, and it is used to indicate whether that pod’s data lines are to be strobed into memory by the Master clock, Slave clock, or both, in the Demultiplex mode of operation. When the Pod Clock field is selected, a clock menu appears with the following choices:

Master

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Slave

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Demultiplex

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The Master and Slave clock events are specified in the Master and Slave clock fields. These clock functions are available only in a state analyzer.

See Also

The "Master and Slave Clock Field" later in this chapter for information about configuring a clocking arrangement.

Pod Clock Field

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The Format Menu

Pod Clock F ield (State only)

Master

This option specifies that data on all pods designated "Master Clock," in a single analyzer, are strobed into memory when the status of the clock lines matches the clocking arrangement specified under the Master Clock.

Slave

This option specifies that data on a pod designated "Slave Clock" is latched when the status of the state clock inputs meets the requirements of the slave clocking arrangement. Then, followed by a match of the master clock and the master clock arrangement, the slave data is strobed into analyzer memory along with the master data. If multiple slave clocks occur between master clocks, only the data latched by the last slave clock prior to the master clock is strobed into analyzer memory.

Analyzer Memory

latches on Master Clock

latches on Slave Clock

Data on Master

Latching Slave Data

Slave Latch

Data on Slave

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The Format Menu

Pod Clock Field (State only )

Demultiplex

The Demultiplex mode is used to store two different sets of data that occur at different times on the same channels. In Demultiplex mode, only one pod of the pod pair is used, and that pod is selectable. Both the master and slave clocks are used in the Demultiplex mode. Channel assignments are displayed as Demux Master and Demux Slave. For easy recognition of the two sets of data, assign slave and master data to separate labels.

Demultipl ex Cl ocking Mode

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The Format Menu

Pod Clock F ield (State only)

When the analyzer sees a match between the state clock inputs and the slave clock specification, Demux Slave data is latched. Then, followed by a match of the state clocks and the master clock specification, the slave data is strobed into analyzer memory along with the master data. If multiple slave clocks occur between master clocks, only the data latched by the last slave clock prior to the master clock is strobed into analyzer memory.

Analyzer Memory

latches on Master Clock

latches on Slave Clock

Same pod

Data on Master

Latching Slave Data in Demultiplex Mode

Slave Latch

Data on Slave

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The Format Menu

Pod Thresho ld F ield

Pod Threshold Field

Use the Pod Threshold field to set a voltage level the data must reach before the analyzer recognizes and displays it as a change in logic levels. You specify a threshold level for each pod. The level specified for each pod is also assigned to the pod’s clock threshold. When the Pod Threshold field is touched, a threshold selection pop-up menu appears with the following choices:

TTL

When TTL is selected as the threshold level, the data signals must reach +1.5 volts.

ECL

When ECL is selected as the threshold level, the data signals must reach –1.3 volts.

Pod threshold fiel d

Pod threshold pop-up menu

USER

When USER is selected as the threshold level, the data signals must reach a user selectable value between –6.0 volts to +6.0 volts.

Pod Thresh old Field

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The Format Menu

Master and Slave Clock Fiel ds (State mode s only)

Master and Slave Clock Fields (State modes only)

The Master and Slave Clock fields are used to construct a clocking arrangement. A clocking arrangement is the assignment of appropriate clocks, clock edges, and clock qualifier levels which allow the analyzer to synchronize itself on valid data.

When the Master or Slave Clock field is selected, a clock/qualifier selection menu appears showing the available clocks and qualifiers for a clocking arrangement. In 70-MHz State mode (HP 16554) or 100-MHz State mode (HP 16555), there are four clocks available (J, K, L, M), and four clock qualifiers available (Q1 through Q4). In 110-MHz State mode (HP 16555), the four clock qualifiers are available but only one clock may be selected at a time.

A single-card module can use any of its four clocks as a state clock for specifying Master and Slave clocking arrangements. For a multi-card module, only the four clocks of the Clock Master board are available for use as state clocks. Any unassigned clocks may be used as data channels.

See Also

The "Pod Clock Field" earlier in this chapter for information on selecting clocking arrangement types such as Master, Slave, or Demultiplex.

"To install modules" in chapter 14, "Installation."

Master Clock field

Master Clock Field

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The Format Menu

Master and Slave Clock Fields (State modes only)

All combinations of the J and K clock and Q1 and Q2 qualifiers are ORed to the clock combinations of the L and M clocks and Q3 and Q4 qualifiers. Clock edges are ORed to clock edges, clock qualifiers are ANDed to clock edges, and clock qualifiers can be either ANDed or ORed together. The clock threshold level is the same as the level assigned in the Pod Threshold field.

Clock Edges and Levels

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The Format Menu

Setup/Hold Field ( State only)

Setup/Hold Field (State only)

Setup/Hold adjusts the relative position (in time) of the clock edge with respect to the time period that data is valid. When the Setup/Hold field is selected, a configuration menu appears. Use this Setup/Hold configuration menu to select each pod in the analyzer and assign a Setup/Hold selection from the selection list.

With a single clock edge assigned, the choices range from 3.5 ns Setup/0.0 ns Hold to 0.0 ns Setup/3.5 ns Hold. With both edges of a single clock assigned, the choices are from 4.0 ns Setup/0.0 ns Hold to 0.0 ns Setup/4.0 ns Hold. If the analyzer has multiple clock edges assigned, the choices range from 4.5 ns Setup/0.0 ns Hold to 0.0 ns Setup/4.5 ns Hold.

Setup and Hold M enu

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The Format Menu

Setup/Hold Field (State o n ly)

The relationship of the clock signal and valid data under the default setup and hold is shown below.

Default Setup and Hold

If the relationship of the clock signal and valid data is such that the data is valid for 1 ns before the clock occurs and 3 ns after the clock occurs, you will want to use the 1.0 setup and 2.5 hold setting.

Clock Positio n in Valid Data

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Symbols Field

The Format Menu

Symbols Fi eld

See Also

Symbols Assignment in "Common Module Operations" in the

User’s Reference

for complete information on using symbols.

HP 16500

Label Assignment Fields

Labels Assignment in "Common Module Operations" in the

Reference

for complete information on using labels.

HP 16500 User’s

Rolling Labels and Pods

The rolling function is the same for all items that are stored offscreen.

Labels Assignment in "Common Module Operations" in the

Reference

for complete information about rolling labels and pods.

HP 16500 User’s

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The Format Menu

Label Polari ty Fields

Label Polarity Fields

Use the Label Polarity fields to assign a polarity to each label. The default polarity for all labels is positive ( + ). Change the label polarity by touching the polarity field. This toggles between positive ( + ) and negative ( – ) polarity.

When the polarity is inverted, all data, as well as bit pattern specific configurations used for identifying, triggering, or storing data, reflect the change of polarity. In a timing analyzer with the data inverted, the waveform display does not change.

Polarity fiel d

Polarity Fi eld

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The Format Menu

Bit Assignm ent Fields

Bit Assignment Fields

The bit assignment fields are used to assign bits (channels) to labels. The convention for bit assignment is as follows:

* (asterisk) indicates an assigned bit.

•

. (period) indicates an unassigned bit.

•

To change a bit assignment, select the bit assignment field and, using the knob, move the cursor to the bit you want to change, then select an asterisk or a period. When the bits are assigned as desired and you close the pop-up menu, the screen displays the new bit assignment.

See Also

Bit assignment field

"Activity Indicators" in chapter 3, "The Configuration Menu," for more information on the bit reference line and the activity indicators on the bit reference line.

Bit Assignment Field

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The Format Menu

Bit Assignm ent Fields

Labels may have from 1 to 32 channels assigned to them. If you try to assign more than 32 channels to a label, the logic analyzer will beep and a message will appear at the top of the screen telling you that 32 channels per label is the maximum. Channels assigned to a label are numbered from right to left, with the least significant bit on the far right, numbered 0.

Although labels can contain split fields, assigned channels are always numbered consecutively within a label.

Bit Assig nm ent Example

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The Trigger Menu

The Trigger menu is used to specify when the analyzer triggers and what the analyzer stores in acquisition memory. The Trigger menu can be viewed as having four functionally different sections:

• Automatic Sequence Levels, located in the large light blue center

box

• Manual Sequence Levels, also located in the large light blue center

box

• Resource Terms, located at the bottom of the menu

• Control Fields, located at the right side of the display

The Trigger Menu

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Predefined Trigger Macros

The state and timing acquisition modes each have a macro library containing predefined trigger macros. Each macro will require at least one sequence level, and in some cases, several levels. Macros can be branched to by combining a user-defined level with a macro level. To use these predefined trigger macros, see "Using Macros to Create a Trigger Specification" on the next page. The macro libraries are as follows:

Timing Trigger Macro Library:

• User Mode (user-defined macro)

• Basic Macros

• Pattern/Edge Combination Macros

• Time Violation Macros

• Delay Macros

State Trigger Macro Library:

• User Mode (user-defined macro)

• Basic Macros

• Sequence Dependent Macros

• Time Violation Macros

• Delay Macros

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The Trigger Menu

Using Macro s t o C reate a Trigge r S pecification

From the Tri gger menu, ent er the desired s equence level by selecting the

Modify Trig ger field or by selecting a sequence level number. See Also "Edi ting Sequenc e Level" and "M odi fy Trigger F i el d" for informat i on on

accessing l evels.

From within the sequen ce l evel, sele ct t he S elect New M acro field

Scroll to hi ghlight the m acro you want, then select the Done field .

Select the appropriate ass i gnment field s and insert the desired predefined resource terms, numeric v al ues, and other parameter fields required by the macro. Select the Done field.

See Also "R es ource Terms" f or i nformation on using predefined resource terms.

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Timing Trigger Macro Library

The following list contains the macros in the Timing Trigger Macro Library. They are listed in the order in which they appear on the screen.

User Mode User level - custom combinations, branching

The User level lets you manually design a sequence level. It uses one internal sequence level.

Basic Macros 1. Find anystate n times

This macro becomes true with the nth state it sees. It uses one internal sequence level.

2. Find pattern present/absent for > duration

This macro becomes true when it finds a pattern you have designated that has been present or absent for greater than or equal to the set duration. It uses one internal sequence level.

The Trigger Menu

Timing Trigger Macro Library

3. Find pattern present/absent for < duration

This macro becomes true when it finds a pattern you have designated that has been present or absent for less than the set duration. It uses four or five internal sequence levels.

4. Find edge

This macro becomes true when the edge you have designated is seen. It uses one internal sequence level.

5. Find Nth occurrence of an edge

This macro becomes true when it finds the occurrence of an edge you have designated. It uses one internal sequence level. The 500-MHz trigger sequencer may not count edges captured closer than 2 ns apart.

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The Trigger Menu

Timing Trigger Macro Library

Pattern/Edge Combinations

Time Violations 1. Find 2 edges too close together

1. Find edge within a valid pattern

This macro becomes true when a selected edge type is seen within the time window defined by a pattern you have designated. It uses one internal sequence level.

2. Find pattern occurring too soon after edge

This macro becomes true when a pattern you have designated is seen occurring within a set duration after a selected edge type is seen. It uses three or four internal sequence levels.

3. Find pattern occurring too late after edge

This macro becomes true when one edge type you have selected occurs and, for a designated period after that first edge is seen, a pattern is not seen. It uses two internal sequence levels.

This macro becomes true when a second selected edge is seen occurring within a period you have designated after the occurrence of a first selected edge. It uses three or four internal sequence levels.

2. Find 2 edges too far apart

This macro becomes true when a second selected edge occurs beyond a period you have designated after the first selected edge. It uses two internal sequence levels.

3. Find width violations on a pattern/pulse

This macro becomes true when the width of a pattern violates minimum and maximum width settings you have designated. It uses four or five internal sequence levels.

Delay 1. Wait t sec

This macro becomes true after a period you have designated has expired. It uses one internal sequence level.

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State Trigger Macro Library

The following list contains the macros in the State Trigger Macro Library. They are listed in the order in which they appear on the screen.

User Mode User Level - custom combinations, loops

The User level lets you manually design a sequence level. It uses one internal sequence level.

Basic Macros 1. Find anystate n times

This macro becomes true with the nth state it sees. It uses one internal sequence level.

2. Find event n times

This macro becomes true when it sees an event you have specified occurring a designated number of times. The events may occur consecutively, but does not have to. It uses one internal sequence level.

The Trigger Menu

State Trigger Macro Library

Sequence Dependent Macros

3. Find event n consecutive times

This macro becomes true when it sees an event you have specified occurring a designated number of consecutive times. It uses one internal sequence level.

4. Find event2 immediately following event1

This macro becomes true when the first event you have specified is seen immediately followed by a second designated event. It uses two internal sequence levels.

1. Find event2 n times after event1, before event3 occurs

This macro becomes true when it first finds a designated event1, followed by a selected number of occurrences of a designated event2. In addition, if a designated event3 is seen anytime while the sequence is not yet true, the sequence starts over. If event2’s nth occurrence is coincident with event3, the sequence starts over. It uses two internal sequence levels.

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The Trigger Menu

State Trigger Macro Library

2. Find too few states between event1 and event2

This macro becomes true when a designated event1 is seen, followed by a designated event2, and with less than a selected number of states occurring between the two events. It uses three or four internal sequence levels.

3. Find too many states between event1 and event2

This macro becomes true when a designated event1 is seen, followed by more than a selected number of states, before a designated event2. It uses two internal sequence levels.

4. Find n-bit serial pattern

This macro becomes true when a specified serial pattern of n bits is found.

Time Violations 1. Find event2 occurring too soon after event1

This macro becomes true when a designated event1 is seen, followed by a designated event2, and with less than a selected period occurring between the two events. It uses two internal sequence levels.

2. Find event2 occurring too late after event1

This macro becomes true when a designated event1 is seen, followed by at least a selected period, before a designated event2 occurs. It uses two internal sequence levels.

Delay 1. Wait n external clock states

This macro becomes true after a number of user clock states you have designated has occurred. It uses one internal sequence level.

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Sequence Levels

The Sequence Levels section controls when the analyzer triggers, what the analyzer triggers on, and what data is stored in memory before and after triggering occurs. By using sequence levels, you create a sequence of instructions for the analyzer to follow. The instructions contain user-defined resource terms representing such things as timers, ranges, edges, and bit patterns.

As the resource terms are evaluated and acted upon by the analyzer, all subsequent branching and storing within the sequence flow is directed by your instructions. The path taken resembles a flow chart, and the end result is the storage of only the data you need.

When operating at 100 MHz, the state analyzer has 12 sequence levels available and the timing analyzer has 10 sequence levels available. When operating at 110 MHz, the state analyzer has 10 sequence levels available and the timing analyzer has 10 sequence levels available.

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence Le vel Number Field

Sequence Level Number Field

The Sequence Level Number field identifies an instruction to be evaluated by the analyzer. In addition, use the number field to access the Sequence Instruction menu, which allows you to define the automated trigger macros and to manually construct sequence instructions.

The sequence instruction for each level is displayed in text and located just to the right of the level number. The timer status in each level is also displayed to the right of the instruction text.

Sequence Level Roll Field

Rolls offscreen sequence levels back on screen by using the knob when the Sequence Levels field is light blue. If the field is dark blue, select it, turning it light blue.

Sequence Le vel Rol l fiel d

Sequence Le vel N um ber field

Sequence Lev el N um ber

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence I nstruction Menu

Sequence Instruction Menu

When a Sequence Level Number field is selected, a Sequence Instruction menu appears. Use this menu to create instructions for the Sequence Level Number, to insert adjacent sequence levels, select a new macro, or to delete the current level. The instruction you create will read like a sentence, with the assigned resource terms directing how the analyzer qualifies and stores the desired data. This Sequence Instruction Menu contains the following fields to help you set up trigger conditions:

Insert Level and Delete Level Fields

•

Select New Macro field

•

Term assignment fields

•

Occurrence counter fields

•

Branching fields

•

Duration counter field (Timing only)

•

Timer Control field

•

See Also

Insert Level and Delete Level Fields

The Insert Level field is used to add another sequence level. When this field is selected, depending on the analyzer configuration, you are given choices to add a field before or after the current sequence level. A message appears letting you know when all available sequence levels are inserted. The Delete Level field is used to delete a selected sequence level.

"Resource Term Fields" later in this chapter for information on assigning a value to the Resource Terms.

Select New Macro Field

The Select New Macro field brings up a list of triggers that have been built with predefined macros. There are separate libraries of predefined triggers for State and Timing acquisition.

"Predefined Trigger Macros" in this chapter for more information on predefined trigger macros.

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence Instruction Menu

Term Assignment Fields

The Term Assignment fields hold user-defined bit patterns, ranges, timers, and logical combination resource terms. You can logically combine different resource terms to form the kind of instruction needed to qualify the trigger and store operations.

Occurrence Counter Field

The Occurrence Counter field indicates the number of times the analyzer must see the resource term before it is allowed to advance to the next sequence level. To assign an occurrence number, simply turn the knob, or select the Occurrence Counter field and use the keypad that appears. The maximum number of occurrences is 1048575. If the "Else on" term is seen before all specified occurrences have taken place, the flow of the sequence instruction goes to the sequence level designated in the Branching field.

See Also

Term assignm ent field

For information on selecting resource term choices and how to assign a value to a resource term, refer to the term types, such as bit pattern, range, or timers in this chapter.

Occurrence Counter Field

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence I nstruction Menu

Branching Field

Each sequence level has two-way branching. If the first resource term is found, the branch is to the next sequence level. If the first resource term is not found, the analyzer evaluates the "Else on" secondary branching term.

If the "Else on" term is found, the secondary branch taken is to the designated sequence level in the Branching field. If the "Else on" term is not found, the analyzer continues to loop within the sequence level until one of the two branches is found. If the "Else on" branch is taken, the occurrence counter is reset even if the "go to level" branch is to the same level.

If both terms are found at the same time, the branch is to the next sequence level after the required number of first term occurrences.

Branching across trigger levels is possible. If this occurs, the sequence level evaluation could loop without ever seeing a trigger term. Take care in designing your flowchart and constructing the sequence instructions to avoid this possibility.

To set a sequence level branch, select the Branching field, then select a destination sequence level number.

Branching in a Sequence Instruction

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence Instruction Menu

Duration Counter Field (Timing only)

The Duration Counter field displays a user-definable period for which the resource term must be valid before the analyzer continues with the sequence evaluation.

> Field

the analyzer continues sequence level evaluation only after the resource term has been true for a period greater than or equal to the duration specified.

< Field

the analyzer continues sequence level evaluation only after the resource term has been true for a period less than or equal to the duration specified. Each less-than assignment (<) uses three sequence levels.

When < or > duration is assigned, the secondary branching (Else on) is not available. To assign a duration, simply turn the knob, or select the Duration Counter field and use the keypad that appears.

Occurs Field

changes to an occurrence counter, and the sequence evaluation is delayed until the resource term has occurred for the number of occurrences selected. To assign an occurrence number, simply turn the knob, or select the occurrence field and use the keypad that appears. The maximum number of occurrences is 1048575.

When the greater-than sign( >) precedes the Duration Counter field,

When the less-than sign (<) precedes the Duration Counter field,

When "Occurs" is selected, the Duration Counter field

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence I nstruction Menu

When the "Occurs" selection is made, the "Else on" resource term (secondary branch) becomes available for a second branching option. If the first resource term (primary branch) is not found, and the second resource term is found, the analyzer branches to the sequence level designated in the Branching field.

Sequence Lev el In struction

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The Trigger Menu

Sequence Instruction Menu

Timer Control Field

The Timer Control field is used to access the Timer Control menu. Use the Timer Control menu to Start, Stop, Pause, or Continue timer operation as the analyzer enters a sequence level. You can control the same timer from each sequence level. The default timer condition in all sequence levels is Off.

Timer Contro l M enu

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Resource Terms

Resource terms are the user-defined variables that you can place in the Term Assignment fields of the sequence instructions. Resource terms can take the form of bit patterns, ranges, timers, or edge terms. They are used separately or in logical combinations with other terms. The analyzer evaluates the sequence instruction and resource terms and determines if the instruction is true or false. Depending on a true or false evaluation, the appropriate branching direction occurs. The terms and fields are:

• Resource Term Fields

• Bit Pattern Terms

• Range Terms

• Timer Terms

• Edge Terms (Timing only)

• Combination of Terms

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The Trigger Menu

Resource Te rm Fields

Resource Term Fields

The Resource Term fields identify the terms available for use within the analyzer. The Resource Term fields are also used to access the Resource Term Configuration menu.

Just to the right of the Resource Term fields are the corresponding assignment fields which display the assigned values and are also used to access an assignment keypad.

Resource Terms Roll Field

Offscreen resource terms are rolled back onscreen by using the knob when the Terms field is light blue. If the Terms field is dark blue, it must be selected, which then turns it light blue.

Resource term s fields

Resource Term Fi elds

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The Trigger Menu

Resource Ter m Fi elds

Resource Term Configuration Menu

When any of the Resource Term fields are selected, a Resource Terms Configuration menu appears. Use this configuration menu to assign a resource term to an analyzer, set the resource term to a value, or customize the name of a resource term. The following functions can also be accomplished by selecting the assignment field and using the pop-up keypad.

Clear (=X)

Sets the Term Assignment fields as follows: In Terms a – j, the assignment field is set to all Xs (don’t cares). In Range 1 and 2 terms, the two assignment fields are set to maximum

(Fs) and minimum (0s) settings. In Timer 1 and 2 terms, the assignment field is reset to a minimum

time of 400 ns. In Edge 1 and 2 terms, the assignment field is reset to a period (.).

Set (=1)

Sets the Term Assignment fields as follows: In Terms a – j, the assignment field is set to all 1s (highs). This option is not available for the two Range, Timer, and Edge terms.

Resource Terms Configurat io n Menu

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Resource Te rm Fields

Reset (=0)

Sets the assignment fields as follows:

In Terms a – j, the assignment field is set to all 0s (lows). This option is not available for the two Range, Timer, and Edge terms.

Rename

This function accesses a keypad that you use to create a custom

name for the resource term. This function works for all resource terms.

Assign

All of the available resource terms except Edge terms can be assigned to any analyzer. The Edge terms are only used in a timing analyzer. A term, however, can be assigned to only one analyzer at a time. When a resource term is selected, it toggles between analyzers.

Resource Term A ssignment Men u

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The Trigger Menu

Bit Pattern Terms

Bit Pattern terms are set to match the numeric value or bit pattern of a group of data channels. The ten available Bit Pattern terms are "a" through " j." Each term can be assigned to either of the two analyzers, but not both. The complement of the bit patterns you specify for "a" through "j" are available by

selecting "≠a" through "≠j." When operating at 110 MHz state speed and in timing mode, resource terms "h" and "j" are not available.

Bit Pattern Assignment

The assignment of a bit pattern to the resource terms "a" through "j" can be done in two ways. If you want a pattern of all 1s, all 0s, or all Xs (don’t cares), you can insert these values by selecting the resource term field itself, then select your choice from the Resource Term Configuration menu.

If you want some other pattern, use the pop-up keypad to assign the bit pattern. The keypad becomes available when you select the assignment field for each term.

Bit Pat tern Resource Te rm

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The Trigger Menu

Bit Pattern Term s

Bit Pattern Selection

After the resource terms have values assigned, they are inserted into the sequence instruction where they direct the flow of that sequence instruction. Insert Bit Pattern terms into a sequence instruction by selecting the Term Assignment field, then selecting a term "a" through "j" from the pop-up selection list.

Bit Pattern Term Selection

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Range Terms

Range terms bracket groups of bit patterns. There are two available Range terms. Each Range term is assigned to either of the two analyzers, but not both.

When you assign an upper and lower bit pattern boundary, the range is recognized when the data is numerically between or on the two specified boundaries. In addition, the range must be contained in a single pod pair, with no clock bits allowed.

Range Assignment

To assign bit patterns to the upper and lower boundaries of a Range term, you use a pop-up keypad. The keypad appears when you select the upper or lower Range term assignment fields.

You can clear the range boundaries by setting them to all Xs (don’t cares) by selecting the Range term field and selecting the Clear (=X) field from the Resource Term Configuration menu. The Clear (=X) option places zeros and Fs in the upper and lower boundaries respectively.

Range Term

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The Trigger Menu

Range Terms

Range Term Selection

With upper and lower range boundaries assigned, insert the appropriate In range or Out range terms into the sequence instruction. The In range term is true when the analyzer recognizes a bit pattern on or between the assigned range boundaries. The Out range term is true when the In range term is false.

In and Out range terms are inserted into a sequence instruction by selecting the Term Assignment field, then selecting an "In range 1, 2" or "Out range 1, 2" term from the pop-up selection list.

Range Term Select i on

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The Trigger Menu

Timer Terms

There are two available Timer terms, each of which may be assigned to either of the two analyzers, but not both. Timers can be used as either the trigger term, the store term, or a branching term, within a sequence level. With timers inserted into sequence levels, you can start a timer in one level, pause it, or stop it in another sequence level.

As with other resource terms, timers are either true or false. Timers start as you enter the sequence level, and when its count expires, it becomes true. If a timer is paused in one level, it must be continued in another level before it can count through and become true. Timers can also be inverted, so a timer can start as true and become false when its count expires.

Timer Assignment

To assign a time value to the Timer 1, 2 terms, you use a pop-up keypad which appears when you select the assignment field.

Timer Term As signment

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The Trigger Menu

Timer Terms

The minimum value a timer can have is 400 ns, and that is the default value. As more sequence levels are added, the timer status in the new levels defaults to Off. Timers must be continued or started in each new level as is appropriate. When a timer expires or stops, its count resets to zero.

Timer Term Selection

Timer terms are inserted into a sequence instruction by selecting the Term Assignment field, then selecting a "Timer 1, 2" term from the pop-up selection list.

Timer Term Sele ct io n

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Time r term

HP (Hewlett-Packard) 16554A, 16555A, 16555D User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

In This Book

Contents

General Information

User Interface

Configuratio n C apabilities

Key Features of the HP 1 6554A

Key Features for the HP 16555A

Key Features for the HP 1 6555D

Accessories Supplied

Accessories Available

Probing

General-Purpose Probing System Description

Assembl ing the Probing Sy stem

Connecting the External Reference Clock

The Configuration Menu

Analyzer Name Field

Analyzer Ty pe Field

Pod Fields

Activity Indi cators

The Format Menu

State Acqui sition Mode F iel d (State, State C om pare, and SPA only)

Timing Acqui sition Mode F iel d (Timing only)

Data on Clocks Display

Pod Field

Pod Clock Field (State only )

Pod Thresho ld F ield

Master and Slave Clock Fiel ds (State mode s only)

Setup/Hold Field ( State only)

Symbols Field

Label Assignment Fields

Rolling Labels and Pods

Label Polari ty Fields

Bit Assignm ent Fields

The Trigger Menu

Predefined Trigger Macros

Timing Trigger Macro Library

State Trigger Macro Library

Sequence Levels

Sequence Le vel Number Field

Sequence I nstruction Menu

Resource Terms

Resource Te rm Fields

Bit Pattern Terms

Range Terms

Timer Terms