System information

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Once the Serial Bit
Stream is Acquired . . .
This example shows the conversion of an RS-
232 serial bit stream. The data sent to the print-
er includes the column header ”MACHINE”.
...display the parallel data in binary, hex,
octal, decimal, ASCII or Twos Complement.
...use the global markers and time tags to
correlate real-time serial traces to other
system activity.
...synchronize the start of the
serial-to-parallel conversion to the start of
the frame pattern for your specific bus.
...convert the data block into parallel words,
in this case 8-bit words.
...find the Nth occurrence of specific frames
or data relative to the trigger, other mark-
ers, or the beginning or end of the trace.
Markers allow you to quickly search from
frame to frame in the data.
...view the data in the order in which the bits
occur in the serial stream, in this case LSB.
...configure the
serial tool once
for your specific
bus, then save the
configuration for
future uses.
...view the
serial-to-parallel
conversion in the
format that is
easiest for you —
waveform or listing.
The Serial Analysis
Tool Set (continued)