Table Of Contents - HP 16501A User Manual

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1 Triggering
To store and time the execution of a subroutine 1-3
To trigger on the nth iteration of a loop 1-5
To trigger on the nth recursive call of a recursive function 1-6
To trigger on entry to a function 1-8
To capture a write of known bad data to a particular variable 1-10
To trigger on a loop that occasionally runs too long 1-11
To verify that all stacks and registers are restored correctly before
exiting a subroutine 1-12
To trigger after all status bus lines finish transitioning 1-13
To find the nth assertion of a chip select line 1-14
To verify that the chip select line of a memory chip is strobed after
the address is stable 1-15
To trigger when expected data does not appear on the data bus from
a remote device when requested 1-16
To test minimum and maximum pulse limits 1-18
To detect a handshake violation 1-20
To detect bus contention 1-21
Cross-Arming Trigger Examples 1-22
To examine software execution when a timing violation occurs 1-23
To look at control and status signals during execution of a routine 1-24
2 Intermodule Measurements
Intermodule Measurement Examples 2-4
To set up a group run of modules within the HP 16500C 2-4
To start a group run of modules from an external trigger source 2-6
To start an external instrument on command from a module within
the HP 16500 and 16501 mainframe 2-8
To see the status of a module within an intermodule measurement 2-10
To see time correlation of each module within an
intermodule measurement 2-12
To use a timing analyzer to detect a glitch 2-14
To capture the waveform of a glitch 2-15
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