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    EE4800-03 Embedded Systems Design: Lessons 13-14 Logic Analyzers

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    EE4800-03 Embedded Systems Design

    Lessons 13-14 Logic Analyzers

    Revised: Dec 15, 2003

    Overview
    Sampling and Digitizing a Signal Logic Analyzer vs. Oscilloscope Logic Analyzer Operation

    Sampling and Digitizing a Signal


    Signal acquisition: Sampling input signal Digitizing it to convert to digital data Assembling it into a waveform record Logic analyzer converts incoming data into ones and zeros Uses comparator with user-selectable threshold Samples data at regular time intervals Reference: Figure 2-1, Tektronix extract

    Logic Analyzer vs. Oscilloscope


    Oscilloscope samples incoming signal at regular time intervals. Stores sample amplitude into 8-bit digital value. Preserves amplitude information Signal is analog in nature LA monitors multiple channels simultaneously Signal is digital in nature Provides timing relationship information Both are powerful analysis, troubleshooting tools

    Logic Analyzer Operation


    Comparator Data from target system Probes Sampler Memory

    Threshold Voltage

    Clock - Internal (asynchronous) - External (synchronous)

    Trigger

    Logic Analyzer Operation


    Clocks control when data is sampled Types of clocking
    External (synchronous) - listing data
    clock source external to LA useful for obtaing state aspects of data

    Internal (asynchronous) waveform data


    data may be lost between clocks asychronous provides all data useful for obtaining timing aspects of data

    Logic Analyzer Operation


    Acquiring data
    Logic analyzer samples data from probes Sample taken when clock occurs

    Triggering
    Trigger program looks at sampled data for specific events and then takes specified action Also provides storage qualification conditions.
    If met, allows data to be stored in memory

    Waveform Data Concepts


    Use LA to observe timing relationship between signals All waveforms are time-aligned horizontally and displayed in same time per division Can display waveforms or magnitude mode.
    Provides hexadecimal value of multi-channel bus

    Waveform Data Concepts


    Sampling resolution
    Waveform accuracy depends on sample clock rate used to record incoming signals (remember Nyquist Criteria !?) If sampled too slow, aliasing will occur (Ref: 2-13) LA has fixed memory Trade-off between resolution of recorded signal and its duration A faster sample clock will record a smaller portion of the signal

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