Tektronix TLA7000 DATASHEET

Tektronix Logic Analyzers

TLA7000 Series Data Sheet

PCI Express Gen1 through Gen3 including Gen3 Protocol to Physical
Layer Analysis for Link Widths from x1 through x16 with up to 8.0 GT/s
Acquisition Rates and up to 16 GB Deep Memory (for x16 Link)

Comprehensive PCI Express Probing Solutions, including Midbus, Slot
Interposer, and Solder-down Connectors

Modular Mainframes provide Flexibility and Expandability

Supports u p to 6,528 Logic Analyzer Channels, 48 Independent Buses

Broad Processor and Bus Support

Applications

FPGA Debug and Verification

Features & Benefits

68/102/136 Channel Logic Ana lyzers with up to 512 Mb Record Length

MagniVu™ Acquisition Technology provides up to 20 ps (50 GHz) Timing
Resolution to Find and Measure Elusive Timing Problems Quickly

Up to 156 ps (6.4 GHz)/512 Mb Record Length Timing Analysis

Up to 1.4 GHz Clock with up to 3.0 Gb/s Data with a Data Valid

of 180 ps for State Acquisition Analysis of High-performance

Window
Synchronous Buses

Glitch and Setup/Hold Triggering and Display Finds and Displays Elusive
Hardware Problems

Transitional Sto rage Extends the Signal Analysis Capture Time for
Signals that Transition Infrequently

aneous State, High-speed Timing, and Analog Ana lysis through

Simult
the Same Probe Pinpoints Elusive Faults

Compression Probing System with 0.5 pF Capacitive Loading Eliminates
Need for Onboard Connectors, Minimizes Intrusion on Circuits, and is

for Differential Signal Applications

Ideal

Trace Problems from Symptom back to Root Cause in Real Time across
Multiple Modules by Viewing Time-correlated Data in a Wide Variety of
Display Formats

MIPI Proto

DDR2 and DDR3 Debug and Verification

Signal Integrity

PCI Express Debug from Protocol Layer to Physical Layer

Processor/Bus Debug and Verification

Embedded Software Integration, Debug, and Verification

Breakthr
Systems A

Tektronix provides breakthrough digital systems analysis tools that enable
digital h
of elusive problems that threaten product development schedules. The
TLA7000 Series provides the speed you need to capture the source of those
elusive problems, plus the visibility you want with large displays and fast
system data throughput, while protecting your investment with compatibility
with all TLA modules.

col Analysis

Silicon Validation
Computer System Validation
Embedded S

ystem Debug and Validation

ough Solutions for Real-time Digital

nalysis

ardware and software designers to capture and analyze the source

Data Sheet

TLA7012 and TLA7016 Mainframes

The TLA7012 Portable and TLA7016 Benchtop mainframes are modular
mainframes t hat accept TLA logic analyzer and pattern generator modules.
The TLA7012 and TLA7016 can be configured as either master or
expansion ma in
high channel-count requirements.

The TLA7012 Po
with the TLAPC1 Benchtop Controller are built on a Microsoft Wind ows XP
Professional PC platform that offers a familiar work environment for the TLA
application software. They provide multiple display capability for extended
desktop viewing, in addition to an internal DVD-RW, hard drive, and multiple
USB 2.0 ports for expansion. A replaceable hard drive is standard on both
mainframes,
personal setups and data. Trigger in/out connections provide an interface to
other external instrumentation, such as DPO oscilloscopes, for correlating
measurement results.

frames to provide solutions for large numbers of buses and

rtable Mainframe and TLA701 6 Benchtop M ainframe along

ideal for security or enabling individual team members to store

P6800 and P6900 Series Probes

No test and me
industry’s lowest capacitance, t he P6800 and P6900 Series logic analyzer
probes protect the integrity of your signal – critical for connect ing to fast
buses like DDR2 and DDR3 where low intrusion is key to the proper
operation of your design. Select from single-ended and differential probes
and a variety of attachment mechanisms, including the “connectorless”
compressio

For applications where circuit board space is at a premium, the high-density
P6900 Serie

asurement solution is complete without probing. With the

n connection that eliminates the need for onboard connectors.

swithD-Max

®

Probing Technology offers the industry’s

smallest available footprint. For debugging the signal integrity glitches
common on fast buses, the P6900 Series works with the TLA7Bxx
and TLA7ACx mod
iCapture™ simultaneous digital-analog acquisition. This allows you to
clearly see the time-correlated digital and analog behavior of your design,
without th e extra capacitance and setup time of double-probing.

For differential signaling applications where signal integrity is critical, the
high-fidelity P6980 and P6982 are perfect for those applications where
noise performance is critical. In addition, the P6980 and P6982 can
support the small voltage swings that differential signaling often requires.
The P6962DBL, when used with a TLA7000 Series logic analyzer with
the TLA7Bxx module, supports digital validation and debug of DDR3
memory with data rates up to 1600 mega-transfers per second. For board
designs that do not include high-density probe footprints, the P6960 with
its companion flying leadset provides the flexibility required to meet many
different debug needs.

ules and their iLink™ Tool Set capability to provide

P6700 Series Probes for PCI Express

The P6700 Series probes provide validation engineers with a
comprehensi
slot interposer, and solder-down connectors. With support for PCI Express
Gen3 channel lengths up to 24 in. with 2 connectors, these probes
offer minima l electrical loading with the highest signal fidelity and active
equalization to ensure accurate da ta recovery of closed eyes. All P6700
Series probes feature a graphical lane s wizzling capability for maximum
flexibility

ve set of PCI Express probing solutions, including midbus,

to accommodate unique circuit board layouts.

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Tektronix Logic Analyzers — TLA7000 Series

TLA7ACx and TLA7Bxx Modules

Today’s digital design engineers face daily pressures to speed new products
to the marketplace. The TLA7ACx and TLA7Bxx Series logic analyzer
modules answer the need with breakthrough solutions for the entire design
team, providin
digital system operation in order to debug, verify, optimize, and validate
digital systems. Hardware developers, hardware/software integrators, and
embedded software developers will appreciate the range of capabilities of
the TLA7ACx and TLA7Bxx Series logic analyzer modules. Its broad feature
set includes capturing and correlating elusive hardware and software faults;
providing sim
through the same probe; using deep state acquisition to find the cause
of complex problems; real-time, nonintrusive software execution tracing
that correlates to source code and to hardware events; and nonintrusive
connectorless probing.

The TLA7Bxx Series logic analyzer modules offer breakthrough MagniVu™
technology by Tektronix for providing high-speed sampling (up to 50 GHz)
that dramatically changes the way logic analyzers work and enables them
to provide st
offer high-speed state synchronous capture, high-speed timing capture ,
and analog capture through the same set of probes. They capitalize on
MagniVu technology to offer up to 20 ps timing on all channels, glitch and
setup/hold triggering, and display and time stamp that is always on at up to
20 ps resolution.

To compliment the high-performance logic analyzer modules, the TLA7ACx
Series logic analyzer modules offer all the same debug and verification
functional
designer. The TLA7ACx modules offer high-speed state synchronous
capture, high-speed timing capture, and analog capt ure through the same
set of probes. MagniVu technology offering up to 125 ps timing on all
channels, glitch and setup/hold triggering, and display and time stamp that
is always on at 125 ps resolution is available as standard on all models.

g the ability to quickly monitor, capture, and analyze real-time

ultaneous state, high-speed timing, and analog analysis

artling ne w measurement capabilities. The TLA7Bxx modules

ity, but with performance levels more suited to the embedded

TLA7SAxx PCI Express Logic Protocol
Analyzer Modules

PCI Express 3.0 introduces new challenges for validation engineers.
Time-to-market pressures require a solution that can quickly pinpoint
problems. The TLA7SAxx Serie s logic protocol analyzer modules provide
an innovative
protocol from the physical layer to the transaction layer.

Reduce your ti
deep memory in just seconds with rapid disp lay updates enabled by our
industry-leading hardware acceleration. With improved information density
you can then quickly ascertain the health of the system and identify patterns
of interest (errors, specific transactions, ordered sets, etc.) with statistics
using the Summary Profile window. Protocol behavior can be viewed at
the packet an
in a single innovative Transaction window. Further insight into physical
layer details can be gained with the unique Listing window showing packet
details at the symbol level by lane and you can view individual lane activity
correlated with analog wavefo rms from your high-bandwidth oscilloscope in
the Waveform window.

Hardware developers, hardware/software integrators, and embedded
system designers will appreciate the tight integration w ith the Tektronix
Logic A nalyz
time-correlated, multibus analysis on a single display. Cross triggering and
a common global time stamp enables accurate and efficient debugging by
showing e xactly what was happening on one bus relative to another at any
given instant of time. Coupled with the P6700 Series probing solutions,
engineers have flexible options for platform accessibility.

approach to PCI Express validation that spans all layers of the

metoinformationbyviewingandsearchingupto16GB

d transaction level interspersed with physical layer activity

er. This provides visibility of complete system interactions with

Module Timing

TLA7ACx 125 ps (8 GHz)
TLA7Bxx

Resolution

20ps(50GHz) Upto1.4GHz

State Speed

Up to 800 MHz Up to 128 Mb

Memory

Up to 128 Mb

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Data Sheet

TLA7012 and TLA7016 Characteristics

General

Characteristic Description

Instrument Slots

Expansion Capability The TLA7000 Series mainframes can be used

TLA7012: Hold
TLA7016: Hold

as either master or expansion mainframes
(TL708EX 8-port Instrument Hub and Expander
is required for 3-8 mainframes connected
together using TekLink™ cable)
TLA7012: Up to eight TLA7012 mainframes
canbeused,providingsupportforupto16TLA
modules (2,176 channels)
TLA7016: Up to eight TLA7016 mainframes
canbeused,providingsupportforupto48TLA
modules (6,528 channels)

TLA7012 PC Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Operating System Microsoft®Windows®XP Professional and

Processor

Chipset Intel®9

Memory

Sound Line In and Mic Out connectors

RemovableHardDrive

cal Drive

Opti

External Display Port
Type

External Display
Resolution

Network Port

USB 2.0 Port Seven (7); three (3) in front and four (4) in rear

Multilingual User Interface Pack

2 GHz Intel

1 GB DDR PC 533 MHz (SODIMM), expandable
to 2 GB DDR memory

3.5 in., ≥80 GB Serial ATA, 7200 RPM

rnal 4.7 GB DVD±R/RW

Inte

One (1) DVI-D (primary – digital only) and
one (1) DVI-I (secondary – digital and analog)
connectors

Up to 1600×1200 noninterlaced at 32-bit color,
each for both primary and secondary displays

One (1) 10/100/1000 LAN with RJ-45 connector

TLA7012 Integral Controls

Characteristic Description

Front-panel Display

Simultaneous Display
Capability

Front Panel

TouchScreen AvailablewithOption18

Size: 15 in. (38.1 cm) diagonal
Type: Active-matrix color TFT LCD with backlight
Resolution: 1024×768

Both the front-panel and one external display can
be used simultaneously at 1024×768 resolution

General-purpose knob with dedicated hotkeys
and knobs for horizontal a nd vertical scaling and
scrolling

s 2 TLA modules
s 6 TLA modules

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Pentium®M-760

15GM

Integrated View (iView™) Capability

tions

c

Description

GPIB-iView (Opt. 1C) requires TLA Application
Software 5.0 or greater

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More than 100. For a complete listing of currently
supported oscilloscopes, please visit our website
http://www.tektronix.com/iview

USB, Trigg

GPIB, Trigger In, Trigger Out, Clock In (when
available) for the GPIB-iView cable (Opt. 1C)

iView™ external oscilloscope wizard automates
setup

data is automatically transferred to the TLA and
time correlated with the TLA acquisition data

deskewed and time correlated when using the
iView™ external oscilloscope cable

2m

er In, Trigger Out, Clock Out

Characteristi

TLA Mainframe
Configuration
Requirements

Number of Tektronix
Oscilloscopes that can
be Connected to a TLA
System

External Oscilloscopes
Supported

TLA Connec

Oscilloscope
Connections

Setup

Data Correlation After oscilloscope acquisition is complete, the

Deskew The oscilloscope and TLA data is automatically

iView™ External
Oscilloscope Cable
Length

Symbolic Support

Characteristic Description

Number of
Symbols/Ranges

Object File Formats
Supported

Unlimited (limited only by amount of virtual
memory available on TLA)

IEEE695, OMF 51, OMF 86, OMF 166,
OMF 286, OMF 386, COFF, Elf/Dwarf 1 and 2,
Elf/Stabs, TSF (If your software development
tools do not generate output in one of the
above formats, TSF, or the Tektronix symbol
file, a generic ASCII file format is supported.
The generic ASCII file format is documented
in the TLA User Manual). If a format is not
listed, please contact your local Tektronix
representative

TLA7012 and TLA7016 External Instrumentation Interfaces

Characteristic Description

System Trigger Output

System Trigger Input Forces a system trigger (triggers all modules)

External Signal Output Can be used to drive external circuitry from a

External Signal Input Can be used to provide an external signal to

Asserted whenever a system trigger occurs
(TTL-compatible output, back-terminated into
50 Ω)

when asserted (adjustable threshold between

0.5 V and 1.5 V, edge-sensitive, falling-edge
latched)

module’s trigger mechanism (TTL-compatible
output, back-terminated into 50 Ω)

arm or trigger any or all modules (adjustable
threshold between 0.5 V and 1.5 V, level
sensitive)

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Tektronix Logic Analyzers — TLA7000 Series

Power

Product Characteristi

TLA7012

Voltage Range/Frequency: 90-250 V AC at

cs

45-66 Hz
100-132 V AC at 360-440 Hz
Input Current: 7 A maximum at 90 V AC (70 A
surge)
Power Consumption: 750 W maximum

TLA7016

Voltage Range/Frequency: 90-250 V AC at
45-66 Hz, 100-132 V AC at 360-440 Hz
Input Current: 16.5 A maximum at 90 V AC (70 A
surge)
Power Consumption: 1,450 W maximum

TL708EX

Voltage Range/Frequency: 100-240 V AC at
50-60 Hz
Input Current: 2 A maximum at 100 V AC
Power Consumption: 200 W maximum

Environmental

Characteristic Description

Temperature

Operating: +5 °C to +45 °C
Nonoperating: –20 °C to +60 °C

y

Humidit

20% to 80%
Operating: ≤30 °C; 80% relative humidity (29 °C
maximum wet-bulb t emperature)
Nonoperating: 8% to 80% (29 °C maximum
wet-bulb temperature)

Altitude

Operating: –1,000 ft. to 10,000 ft. (–305 meters
to 3,050 meters)

Safety UL3111-1, CSA1010.1, EN61010-1, IEC61010-1

Physical Characteristics

TLA7012 Port able

Dimensions

mm

in.

Height 295 11.6
Width 451 17.75
Depth 460 18.1

Weight kg lb.

Net (w/o modules)
Shipping (Typical)

TLA7016 Benchtop

Dimensions mm in.

14 30
27 59

Height 350 13.7
Width 425 16.7
Depth 673 26.5

Weight kg lb.

Net (w/o modules)
Shipping (Typical)

TL708EX 8-port Instrument Hub and Expander

Dimensions mm in.

25

51.8 115

55

Height 51 2
Width 445 17.5
Depth 305 12

Weight kg lb.

Net 3 6
Shipping

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TLA7ACx Characteristics

General

Characteristic Description

Number of Channels (All channels are acquired including clocks)

TLA7AC2 68 channels (4 are clock channels)

TLA7AC3 102 channels (4 are clock and 2 are qualifier

TLA7AC4 136 channels (4 are clock and 4 are qualifier

Channel grouping No limit to number of groups or number of

Module "Merging”

Time Stamp 51 bits at 125 ps resolution (3.25 days duration)

Clocking/Acquisition
Modes

Number of Mainframe
Instrument Slots
Required per TLA
Series Module

Input Cha racteristics (with P6800 or P6900 Series probes)

Characteristic Description

Capacitive Loading 0.5 pF clock/data (P6900 Series)

Threshold Selection
Range

Threshold Selection
Channel Granularity

Threshold Accuracy
(including probe)

Input Voltage Range

Operating

Nondestructive ±15 V

Minimum Input Signal
Swing

Input Signal Minimum
Slew Rate

channels)

channels)

channels per group (all channels can be reused
in multiple groups)

Up to five 102-channel or 136-channel modules
can be "merged" to make up to a 680-channel
module. Merged modules exhibit the same depth
as the lesser of the five individual modules.
Word/setup-and-hold/glitch/transition
recognizers span all five modules. Range
recognizers limited to three-module merge. Only
one set of clock connections is required.

Asynchronous/Synchronous 8 GHz MagniVu
high-speed timing is available simultaneous with
all modes

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<0.7 pF clock/data (P6800 Series)
(1.0 pF for P6810 in group configuration)

From –2.0 V to +4.5 V in 5 mV increments
Threshold presets include TTL (1.5 V), CMOS
(1.65 V), ECL (–1.3 V), PECL (3.7 V), LVPECL
(2.0 V), LVCMOS 1.5 V (0.75 V), LVCMOS 1.8 V
(0.9 V), LVCMOS 2.5 V (1.25 V), LVCMOS 3.3 V
(1.65 V), LVDS (0 V), and user defined

Separate selection for each of the clock/qualifier
channels and one per group of 16 data channels
for each 34-channel probe

±(35 mV + 1%)

–2.5 V to 5.0 V

300 mV (single ended)

¯

V

MAX–VMIN

> 150 mV (differential)

200 mV/ns typical

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