FlexRay Option Enhances Mixed Signal Scopes And Analyzers

Designed for automotive engineers using the company's 6000 series mixed signal oscilloscopes and 6800 and 16900 series logic analyzers, a FlexRay option promises faster, more cost-effective product development while maintaining quality requirements. The option for 6000 series mixed signal oscilloscopes offers a set of FlexRay frame, slot, and error triggering including the ability to trigger on specific FlexRay communications qualified on base-cycle and cycle-repetition. Users can see a synchronous and time-correlated display of segment and slot-timing boundaries by importing a FIBEX file that defines the global FlexRay schedule directly into the oscilloscope. For the 16800 and 16900 logic analyzers, the FlexRay extension provides packet-decoding capabilities and handles debugging and validating activity between multiple buses. Analysis includes timing between signals, inverse assembly and packet display for key buses, plus time-correlation of protocol packets to CPU and memory bus activity. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Palo Alto, CA. (800) 235-0312.