Logic analyzers run on network
Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 3/1/2004
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Agilent's 16900 line of logic analyzers let engineers share resources because you can operate them over a network. The Series includes one 3-slot and two 6-slot mainframes; one of the 6-slot mainframes requires a PC because it lacks a user panel. Because the 16900 Series analyzers run over a network, you can use as many mainframes as needed to probe a microprocessor or computer bus. Typical applications include microprocessor front-side buses, PCI Express, and PCI-X buses.
The mainframes accept 68-channel or 102-channel input modules. Such model's timing speed and memory depth vary depending on how you use it. For example, you can get 4-GHz timing with a 64-ksample memory or 1-GHz timing with deeper memory. Clock rates go up to 450 MHz with data rates to 500 Msamples/s. Data rates can be higher than clock rates with DDR memory modules, because data can latch on either a rising or falling clock edge or even between edges.
Prices: mainframes—$12,000 to $16,500; acquisition modules—$9000 to $18,500. The 16900 mainframes also work with Agilent's 16700 Series of acquisition modules. Agilent Technologies , Palo Alto, CA. 800-452-4844, x7877; www.agilent.com/find/16900.
