SV1C-8 Personalized SerDes Tester
The SV1C-8 Personalized SerDes Tester from Introspect Technology is an ultra-portable, high-performance instrument engineered to meet the demands of modern high-speed digital product engineering teams. Designed for continuous data rate selection up to 8 Gbps, it delivers true parallel bit-error-rate (BER) measurement across 8 lanes. Each lane features independent TX amplitude and pre-emphasis control, RX clock recovery, and equalization, enabling granular control and detailed receiver characterization. The tester also includes powerful signal integrity tools such as TX jitter injection and integrated RX jitter testing, along with BERT, eye diagram, and analog waveform measurement capabilities.
Compact enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the SV1C-8 offers eight independent stimulus generation ports and eight independent capture and measurement ports. It is purpose-built to support the test and measurement of complex SerDes interfaces including PCI Express Gen 3, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, and MIPI M-PHY. With flexible loopback support and automated test capabilities powered by Introspect’s intuitive Pinetree software—based on the Python programming language—this instrument enables engineers of all skill levels to efficiently develop and deploy comprehensive SerDes verification routines.
- Continuous data rate selection up to 8 Gbps
- True parallel bit-error-rate measurement across 8 lanes
- Per lane TX amplitude and pre-emphasis control
- Per lane RX clock recovery and equalization
- TX jitter injection and integrated RX jitter testing
- BERT, eye diagram and analog waveform measurement capabilities
- Flexible loopback support
- State-of-the-art programming environment based on the highly intuitive Python language
The SV1C Personalized SerDes Tester is an ultra-portable, high-performance instrument that creates a new category of tool for high-speed digital product engineering teams. The instrument fits in one hand and contains 8 independent stimulus generation ports, 8 independent capture and measurement ports, and offers world-class signal-integrity features such as jitter injection and jitter measurement.
The SV1C has been designed specifically to address the growing need of a parallel, system-oriented test methodology to enable the test and measurement of complex SerDes interfaces such as PCI Express Gen 3, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, or MIPI M-PHY. Coupled with Introspect’s seamless, easy-to-use development environment, Pinetree, this tool enables product engineers with widely varying skill sets to efficiently work with and develop SerDes verification algorithms.
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