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- Page 1 T h e t e s t & me a s u r e me n t e q u i p me n t y o u n e e d a t t h e p r i c e y o u w a n t . A l l t e s t I n s t r u me n t s , I n c .
- Page 2 Tektronix Logic Analyzer Family Quick Start User Manual This document supports TLA Application Software V6.1 and above. www.tektronix.com *P077157506* 077-1575-06...
- Page 3 Copyright © Tektronix. All rights reserved. Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers, and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material.
- Page 4 Warranty Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.
- Page 5 Warranty Tektronix warrants that the media on which this software product is furnished and the encoding of the programs on the media will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3) months from the date of shipment. If any such medium or encoding proves defective during the warranty period, Tektronix will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective medium.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
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Page 7: Preface
TLA7000 Series Mainframes (TLA7012, TLA7016) and their associated modules Key features The Tektronix Logic Analyzers can help you verify and debug hardware designs, processor and bus designs, and embedded software and hardware integration. Key features include: 34/68/102/136 channel logic analyzers with up to 512 Mb record length Up to 156 ps (6.4 GHz)/512 Mb deep timing analysis... -
Page 8: Documentation
Documentation The following table lists related documentation, available as printed documents or as PDF documents on the TLA Documentation CD and on the Tektronix Web site (www.tektronix.com). Other documentation, such as online help, is available on the instrument. Related documentation... - Page 9 Preface TLA Quick Start User Manual...
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Page 10: Basic Setups
Basic setups Basic setups Installation documentation For installation instructions and descriptions of controls and connectors on your instrument, refer to the installation manual that came with the instrument. (See page iii, Documentation.) Connect to a network The user interface operates under the Microsoft Windows® operating system. Before you connect to a network, Microsoft recommends the following to make sure your instrument is protected: Use an internet firewall Install operating system updates regularly... -
Page 11: Connecting To Your Instrument
Basic setups Connecting to your instrument You can connect to your instrument as Remote Host, Remote Desktop, or Local. To access the TLA Connection dialog box, start the TLA Application software on the instrument or on your PC. NOTE. The TLA Connection dialog box appears when you start the instrument from a PC or when you restart the TLA application without shutting down the instrument. - Page 12 Basic setups NOTE. To start the TLA Server on TLA7012 and TLA6400 instruments, right-click the (TLA Server) icon in the toolbar at the bottom right side of the screen and select Start TLA Server. Offline You can work offline, without connecting to an instrument, to modify setups or view data files that you previously saved. Click the TLA Application on the desktop and then select Offline.
- Page 13 Basic setups Remote Desktop Connect as Remote Desktop when you want to run the application on the instrument from your PC and store the data on the instrument. To enable the Remote Desktop, make sure that the Microsoft Windows System Properties dialog box on the instrument is setup as shown.
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Page 14: Navigating The Logic Analyzer Windows
Basic setups Navigating the logic analyzer windows Tektronix provides several different ways of navigating the logic analyzer windows to accomplish your basic tasks. Choose the one that works best for you. Toolbar buttons Use the toolbar buttons to quickly navigate between key windows while making the best use of screen space. -
Page 15: Basic Steps For Using The Logic Analyzer
Basic setups Basic steps for using the logic analyzer The basic steps for using the logic analyzer are summarized below: 1. Use the Setup window to set up the logic analyzer signals, threshold voltages, clocking, and sampling, and samples per signal. -
Page 16: Get Acquainted With Your Instrument
Get acquainted with your instrument Get acquainted with your instrument The following sections show how to set up the logic analyzer and to do timing analysis using data from a simple D-type flip-flop. Flip-flops serve as building blocks in digital systems. Although most flip-flops are buried inside complex ASICS and other devices, they are useful for showing hardware debugging techniques using a logic analyzer. - Page 17 Get acquainted with your instrument NOTE. If your logic analyzer has a support package installed, a custom clocking tab is available. The label on the tab is the same as the support package. Set the storage options Use Storage to specify the length of each data acquisition and how to store the acquisition. 1.
- Page 18 Get acquainted with your instrument 1. Enter a name for the group, for example, Address Bus. 2. Determine the probe section that you want to use. For example, click A3 to select the signals for section A3. 3. Drag selected signals to the group card. 4.
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Page 19: Define The Trigger Window
Get acquainted with your instrument Check for signal activity You can easily check for signal activity at the probe tips by looking at the Activity & Threshold indicators in the Setup window. When there is signal activity, the indicators change from a 1 to a 0 with yellow in between. Each data and clock signal has its own indicator. -
Page 20: Create A Data Window
Get acquainted with your instrument 2. In the Easy Trigger tab, select a trigger program from the list. For example, select Trigger immediately to trigger the instrument on any data: Use the area below the trigger program list to enter more details for the trigger programs, if needed. - Page 21 Get acquainted with your instrument 2. Click the Next > button at the bottom of the wizard to use the default window settings. 3. Use the default window name and click the Finish button. The new Waveform window displays and includes any group that you created in the Setup window. TLA Quick Start User Manual...
- Page 22 Get acquainted with your instrument Add waveforms Use the following steps to add other waveforms that you defined in the Setup window. (See page 8, Create groups.) 1. Right-click in the waveform label area and select Add Waveform. 2. Expand each group. TLA Quick Start User Manual...
- Page 23 Get acquainted with your instrument 3. Press the Ctrl key while selecting each signal that you want to add to the Waveform window. 4. Click Add. 5. Click Close. Quick tips Select By Name to add the probe signals to the Waveform window by their channel names. This is useful for groups that have only one channel.
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Page 24: Acquire Data
Get acquainted with your instrument Acquire data After you have defined all of the setups and connected the probes to the target system, you are ready to acquire data. You can acquire a single sequence of data, or you can continuously acquire data. Acquire a single acquisition 1. -
Page 25: Use The Tabbed Trigger Window To Set Up Quick Triggers
Get acquainted with your instrument Use the Tabbed Trigger window to set up quick triggers You can define a trigger program using the Tabbed Trigger window without closing the Waveform or Listing window. The following example shows how to set up the instrument to trigger on a channel edge. You can also use this procedure to quickly define other trigger programs. -
Page 26: Analyzing Data
Analyzing data Analyzing data Your instrument has several tools for analyzing data, such as zooming data, measuring data, and viewing data with MagniVu high-resolution timing. This section provides concepts and procedures for analyzing data in the Waveform window. Some of these features also apply to the Listing window;... -
Page 27: Measure Waveform Data Using Cursors
Analyzing data Measure waveform data using cursors Use the Snap to Edge feature with cursors in the Waveform window to measure the time between waveforms. 1. Point the mouse at Cursor 1 over the waveform that you want to measure. 2. -
Page 28: Use The Data Measurement Window For Quick Measurements
Analyzing data Quick tips If the cursors do not appear in the Waveform window, use the right-click menu to move the cursors on screen (select Move Cursor 1 Here). You can use the Snap to Edge feature with any of the user marks. You can click to add multiple Delta-Time toolbars in the same Waveform window. - Page 29 Analyzing data 3. Click and drag the Period icon to the Clock waveform, and release. The selected measurement will be added to the Data Measurement window at the bottom of the display. 4. Repeat for any other measurements. 5. Click the Statistics tab in the Data Measurement window to display the results of the measurement along with other statistics.
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Page 30: View Acquired Data With Magnivu High-Resolution Timing
Analyzing data View acquired data with MagniVu high-resolution timing MagniVu high-resolution timing provides fast sampling on all waveforms to analyze details that you may not see using Deep timing. It is like having two logic analyzers in one. Using a single probe you can view Deep timing data for long time spans and MagniVu high-resolution timing data for greater resolution at the area of interest. - Page 31 Analyzing data 4. Move Cursor 1 to an area in the Waveform window outside the range of the MagniVu data. 5. Zoom on Cursor 1. The MagniVu button indicates the MagniVu waveforms are off screen. 6. Click the MagniVu button to center the MagniVu data on-screen.
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Page 32: Managing Data
Managing data Managing data This section contains procedures for managing data, such as saving setups and loading saved setups. Save the setup After defining your setup, you can save it for future use. 1. Select Save System As. 2. Select one of the following save options: Save all acquired Data Save only unsuppressed Data Do not save acquired Data... -
Page 33: Load A Saved Setup
You can use the iView feature to connect an external Tektronix oscilloscope to the logic analyzer, acquire data from both instruments, and display the results on the logic analyzer. This is useful for displaying the analog components of a signal in the same data window as the digital components. -
Page 34: Connect The Logic Analyzer And The Oscilloscope
iView integrated measurements Use the following steps to set up the oscilloscope for these examples. Refer to the documentation that came with your oscilloscope for operating instructions. 1. Connect the oscilloscope probe to the same signal source as the logic analyzer (for this example, connect to the Q output of the flip-flop). -
Page 35: Acquire The Iview Data
iView integrated measurements Acquire the iView data The next steps consist of acquiring the initial data, and then adjusting the data to properly view and analyze the data. 1. Click MagniView to turn on the MagniVu waveforms. 2. Click iView to turn on the iView waveforms. - Page 36 iView integrated measurements 6. Select Time Alignment. from the Data menu. 7. Select the oscilloscope as the data source. 8. Enter the offset value (Delta Time value) into the Adjust time offset box. 9. Click OK. TLA Quick Start User Manual...
- Page 37 iView integrated measurements The oscilloscope data is now time-aligned with the logic analyzer data. Quick tips A positive Adjust Time offset value will move the oscilloscope waveform in the display to the right with respect to the logic analyzer data. A negative offset value will move the oscilloscope waveform to the left. Click the iView button in the Waveform window or press the iView button on the TLA7012 or TLA6400 front panel to turn the iView signals on and off.
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Page 38: Application Examples
Application examples Application examples The examples in this section show how to use your instrument to do common logic analyzer tasks. These examples use the basic setups with the flip-flop examples developed earlier in this document. (See page 7, Get acquainted with your instrument.) Refer to the setups as needed to step through the application examples. - Page 39 Application examples 3. Select the groups (Clock, Input, and Output for this example). 4. Click Add. 5. Click Close. 6. Click Run. 7. Click Trigger. TLA Quick Start User Manual...
- Page 40 Application examples 8. Click and drag the Glitch icon from the Tabbed Trigger window to the Output group waveform. 9. Select the groups that you want the logic analyzer to trigger on. Clear any other signals. The signal where you dropped the Glitch icon is selected by default.
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Page 41: Analyze State Data
Application examples Analyze state data You can use the logic analyzer for state data analysis; you can view the data in tabular form in the Listing window. Define the Setup window State acquisition uses an external clock from the target system to tell the logic analyzer when to sample data. 1. - Page 42 Application examples Acquire the data 1. Click Run. 2. Zoom the data as necessary to view the acquired data. The LA1: Clock(0) waveform data shows no changes because the data is sampled on each rising clock edge. Each tic mark of the Sample clock waveform represents a clock edge.
- Page 43 Application examples 2. Right-click in the data area and select Add Column. 3. Expand the groups, press the Ctrl key while selecting each column, and click Add to add the columns to the Listing window. 4. Click Close. 5. Click and drag the Timestamp column to the right of the last column.
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Page 44: Trigger On A Setup & Hold Violation
Application examples Trigger on a setup & hold violation Use the Setup & Hold triggering to capture setup and hold violations. This example uses the same setups for the Setup window as the previous example. (See page 32, Analyze state data.) Define the Setup window 1. - Page 45 Application examples Configure the Trigger 1. Click Run. 2. Click Trigger. 3. Click and drag the Setup and Hold icon from the Tabbed Trigger window to the Input waveform. 4. Select the desired value for the Input group/signal setup time. 5.
- Page 46 Application examples Acquire and measure the MagniVu high-resolution timing data 1. Click Run. 2. View the data in the Waveform window. The instrument triggers on the rising edge of the clock signal at the violation. The setup and hold violation area is highlighted in red for each setup and hold violation on the Deep timing waveform.
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Page 47: Specifications
Specifications Specifications This section provides the warranted and mechanical specifications for the following Tektronix logic analyzers and modules: TLA6400 Series Logic Analyzers TLA7000 Series Logic Analyzers TLA7Bxx and TLA7ACx Series Logic Analyzer modules All specifications (marked with the symbol) are guaranteed and can be checked directly or indirectly at your nearest Tektronix location or by following the procedures described in individual service manuals or performance verification... - Page 48 Specifications Product features Characteristic Description CLK10 Frequency (mainframes) TLA7000 series 10 MHz ±100 PPM TLA6400 series 10 MHz ±50 PPM TLA7012 mainframe slots TLA7016 mainframe slots MagniVu record length (samples per 16 K for TLA7ACx modules channel) 128 K for TLA7Bxx modules and TLA6400 instruments MagniVu sampling period 125 ps for TLA7ACx modules 20 ps for TLA7Bxx modules...
- Page 49 Specifications Warranted specifications Characteristic Description Input parameters with probes Threshold accuracy TLA7ACx, TLA7Bxx ±(35 mV + 1% of the threshold voltage setting) TLA6400 series ±(50 mV + 1% of the threshold voltage setting) Channel-to-channel skew ≤400 ps maximum TLA7ACx TLA7Bxx ±40 ps maximum, module only (for P6800 and P6900 series probes, add ±60 ps) ±20 ps (typical), module only TLA6400 series...
- Page 50 Specifications Warranted specifications (cont.) Characteristic Description Maximum synchronous clock rate TLA7ACx 120 MHz in quarter-speed mode (8.3 ns minimum between active clock edges) 235 MHz in half-speed mode (4.25 ns minimum between active clock edges) 450 MHz in full-speed mode (2.2 ns minimum between active clock edges) 800 MHz on half channels Software controls the selection between full-speed and half-speed modes.
- Page 51 Specifications Mechanical characteristics (cont.) Characteristic Description Height 262 mm (10.32 in) Width 61 mm (2.39 in) with merge connector in the recessed position Width increases by 10.41 mm (0.41 in) with merge connector in the extended position. Length 373 mm (14.7 in) Weight (TLA6400 series instruments and TLA7000 series mainframes include empty accessory pouch, slot covers, and front cover) TLA6401...
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Page 52: Index
Index Index probe activity, 10 acquiring data, 15 glitch data, 31 connections, 1 iView, 26 glitch triggering, 29 threshold voltages, 7 acquisition group card, 8 probe activity, 10 state, 7 groups timing, 7 creating, 8 activity indicators, 10 naming, 8 record length waveforms, 13 setting, 8... - Page 53 Index triggering windows glitch, 29 listing, 6 Waveform window, 6 Triggering Listing, 33 creating, 11 setup and hold, 35 waveform, 6 waveforms adding, 13 deleting, 14 using the logic analyzer, 6 zooming data, 17 TLA Quick Start User Manual...
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