Development Tools Advance PCI Express

Initially introduced as the industry's first PCI Express development tools, the company's offerings include software and hardware that promise to accelerate time to market for high-speed serial products. These include a test suite and the E2969A protocol test card to accommodate compliance testing, the E2941A mid-bus probe for use with the E2941A protocol analyzer, and the N4228A half-size mid-bus connector and the N4220A packet-analysis probe. Additional tools include the E2960 protocol analyzer and exerciser that are based on the protocol tester XC and the E2688A serial-data analysis option for the company's 54850 series oscilloscopes. For further information and prices, contact AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Palo Alto, CA. (800) 452-4844.