Agilent E2960B PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 includes Exerciser x16 and Slot Interposer Probing

Agilent introduced the exerciser x16 and slot interposer probing solution for its E2960B Series for PCI Express  (PCIe) 2.0. The Agilent E2960B Series offers an integrated, scalable, non-intrusive analyzer and exerciser solution  for measurement of PCIe signals, generic stimulus and cross-system analysis across all link widths and speed classes of PCI Express 1.0 and 2.0.

The Agilent E2960B Series for PCI Express 2.0 solutions will be showcased at the PCI-SIG Developer Conference, San Jose, on May 21.

5 Gb/s PCIe 2.0 satisfies the bandwidth requirement of high-performance applications such as graphics. It also allows existing applications to keep the bandwidth while moving to a reduced pin count. Agilent's E2960B Series for PCI Express provides both an analysis solution and a stimulus solution, which is a must for efficient bring-up of any PCI Express device or system. In addition to its Midbus Probe 2.0 with Soft Touch technology, Agilent offers the N5315A solid slot interposer for PCI Express 2.0.

The E2960B Series software suite covers transaction viewing, which provides a more condense view on traffic, summarizing all packets that belong to a transaction in a single yet expandable line. Based on Agilent's search engine, it enables ad-hoc debugging with almost immediate feedback.

The Agilent PCIe exerciser is the tool for testing both PCI Express devices or systems when engineers require:

• A stimulus solution that enables fast, efficient feedback on the link training behavior of a PCIe device
• a powerful solution that drives the device to its edge

Transaction layer testing and data link layer testing enables simultaneous use of the LTSSM (Link Training and Status State Machine) tester and the exerciser. The LTSSM tester x1 to x16 generates training sequences at speed on all lanes. The exerciser also offers data memory compare, power management support and DLLP transmission with errors functionality, enabling additional classes of validation test for PCI Express 2.0. The exerciser is a fully featured and freely programmable stimulus solution that enables root-complex emulation, end-point emulation and add-in card testing at all link widths.

The modular nature of the E2960B Series protects the customer's investment as its supports a variety of building blocks such as analyzer, exerciser, two speed classes (Gen2 ready at 2.5 Gb/s and full at 5 Gb/s), all link widths (x1, x4, x8, x16), the extended Protocol to Logic (P2L) for cross-triggering, marker correlation, and flags between protocol and logic analyzer.

Price of Agilent E2960B Series for PCI Express 2.0 solutions starts at $47,600.

Source: Agilent E2960B Series for PCI Express 2.0