Tektronix intros HP logic analyzer module

BANGALORE, INDIA: Tektronix Inc. has announced the new 136-channel TLA7BC4 Logic Analyzer module for the Tektronix TLA7012 portable and TLA7016 benchtop series.

The new module complements recently introduced TLA7BBx modules. With 20 ps (50 GS/s) timing resolution and up 128 Mb record length, the new TLA7BC4 module is ideal for a range of state-of-the art embedded applications including DDR3-1600 and MIPI as well as leading edge computer applications such as Intel’s QuickPath Interconnect Technology.    

“Digital developers continue to build systems that manage and process greater amounts of data,” said Steve Witt, vice president, Logic Analyzer Product Line, Tektronix. “To debug and validate these systems, digital developers look to logic analyzers to provide capabilities not found on any other tool.  The new TLABC4 module advances the state-of-the-art in logic analysis.”

The high performance of new and recent modules is partially due to enhancements in the patented MagniVu technology. The sampling resolution of 20 ps in the TLA7BBx and TLA7BC4 modules represents a 6x improvement in timing resolution over previous generation Tektronix logic analyzers and is 12 times better than any other logic analyzer on the market. This ultra-high timing resolution allows designers to both troubleshoot difficult problems and verify tight timing margins across hundreds of channels.

The TLA7BC4 and TLA7BBx modules extend the performance of iCapture by 50 percent to 3 GHz. iCapture enables the use of an external oscilloscope to view the analog features of a signal using a single probing configuration for both the logic analyzer and oscilloscope saving time and minimizing setup complexity, a capability unmatched by any other logic analyzer vendor.