Data Sheet

USBProtocolSuiteUserManual 53
MercuryT2C TeledyneLeCroyCorporation
1.7 Mercury T2C
TheTeledyneLeCroyMercuryT2C™USB2.0andPowerDeliveryProtocolAnalyzerisa
verificationsystemforUSBdevelopmentandtesting.ItsupportsUSB2.0.Itisdesignedto
recordUSBtrafficandgraphicallypresentthelogicaltransactionsandevents.Itconnects
toalaptopordesktophostmachineviaUSB2.0.TheMercuryT2CispoweredbytheUSB
cableusingtheUSBType‐Cconnectors,sonoadditionalpowercordisneeded.
Figure 1.12: Mercury T2C.
ThesystemcanmonitortrafficbetweenUSB2.0linksusingstandardhigh‐speed
compliantType‐Ccablesandadapters.
ThetotallengthofthecablesbetweentheHostUnderTestandtheDeviceUnderTest
shouldbekeptto<4feet.
PleaseseetheReadmefileontheinstallationDVDforthelatestinformationonhost
machinerequirementsandsupportedoperatingsystems.
1.7.1 General Description
TheAnalyzerconnectstoaportableordesktophostmachinethroughitsUSBport.The
hostmachineconfiguresandcontrolstheAnalyzer.The“CATCTrace™”userinterfaceisan
industrystandardfordocumentingtheperformanceofhigh‐speedserialprotocols.
TheUSBprotocolAnalyzerprovidestrafficcaptureandanalysis.Hardwaretriggering
allowscaptureofreal‐timeevents.Hardwarefilteringallowsfilteringdifferentpacket
typesinoroutoftherecording.Filteringalsoallowsyoutopreserverecordingmemory,
forextendedrecordingtime.
Thetraceviewerapplicationdisplaysrecordeddataincoloredgraphics.Theapplication
hasadvancedsearchandviewingcapabilitiesthatallowyoutoquicklylocatespecific
data,errors,andotherconditions.
ThesystemfunctionswithanyhostmachinehavingtheMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
10,
Windows 8,orWindows7(32or64)operatingsystemandafunctionalUSBinterface.
Thesystemprovideson‐the‐flydetectionof,andtriggeringon,sucheventsasTokensand
Errors.Whetherrecordingmanuallyorwithaspecifiedtriggercondition,thesystem
continuouslyrecordsthelinkdata,inawrap‐aroundfashion,untilmanuallystoppedor