Data Sheet

Triggeringon a specific transmit data packet going across an RS-232 bus. A complete

setoftriggers, including triggers for specific serial packet content, ensures you quickly

capture your event of interest.

Serial Triggering and Analysis Application

Modules

On a serial bus, a single signal often includes address, control, data, and

clock information. This can make isolating events of interest difficult.

The Serial Application modules for the MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000,

MSO/DPO3000, and MSO/DPO2000 Series transform the oscilloscopes

into a robust tool for debugging serial buses with automatic trigger, decode,

Serial Triggering

Trigger on packet content such as start of packet, specific addresses,

specific data content, unique identifiers, etc. on popular serial

Bus Display

Provides a higher-level, combined view of the individual signals (clock, data,

chip enable, etc.) that make up your bus, making it easy to identify where

packets begin and end and identifying subpacket components such as

address, data, identifier, CRC, etc.

Bus Decoding

Tired of having to visually inspect the waveform to count clocks, determine

if each bit is a 1 or a 0, combine bits into bytes, and determine the hex

Color-coded display of a CAN bus, showing Start, DLC, Data, CRC, and Stop components

of the serial signal.

Simultaneously display the bus and digital waveforms. Digital waveforms show how the

bus translates the individual signals based on the threshold settings (useful for making

analog channels look like just 1s and 0s).

value? Let the oscilloscope with a Serial Application module do it for you!

Once you’ve set up a bus, the MDO4000, MSO/DPO4000, MSO/DPO3000,

or MSO/DPO2000 Series will decode each packet on the bus, and display

the value in hex, binary, decimal (LIN, MIL-STD-1553, and FlexRay only),

only) in the bus waveform.