 FS5000 | |
| Date invented | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Invented by | FuturePlus Systems |
| Connects to | Host PC via: PCIe x1 and x4 via:
SRIO via: |
The FS5000 Jitterlyzer performs physical layer serial bus jitter evaluation. It can inject controlled jitter and measure the characteristics of incoming jitter. When teamed with a logic analyzer or protocol analyzer, it can correlate these measurements with protocol analysis. Physical-layer tests can be performed while the system under test is processing live bus traffic. [1]
The FS5000 measures jitter in two categories:
There are four different timing measurements:
There are three different eye measurements
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