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Solve Serial
Communication Problems
Your system uses serial buses to
communicate between ICs and to
transfer data to and from peripher-
al devices. Sifting through thou-
sands of serial bits by looking at
long vertical columns of captured
1’s and 0’s can be very tedious,
time-consuming, and error-prone.
Obtain Answers to the
Following Questions:
• Is my software sending the correct
message?
• Is the communication
hardware acting as expected?
• When multiple messages are
involved, what order is data being
transmitted?
• How does the serial bus activity
correlate to the system processor?
• What is causing the data corrup-
tion in my system?
Product Description
The Agilent Technologies B4601B
serial analysis tool set is a general-
purpose tool that allows easy
viewing and analysis of serial data.
The tool set enables you to:
• Convert acquired serial bit
streams into readable parallel
word formats
• Time-correlate real-time serial
traces to system activity
• Remove stuffed bits from the data
block
• Process frame and data portions
separately
• Process serial data from a signal
with or without an external clock
reference
• Capture and analyze high-speed
(1 GHz) serial buses
The Serial Analysis
Tool Set