PDF-R FlexRay Protocol Decode and SI Analysis Software (Datasheet)

Engineers participating in designing and integrating in-vehicle network can monitor protocol information in hexadecimal and decimal formats of a FlexRay signal. Engineers can analyze the electrical characteristics of FlexRay signal using the eye diagram, time interval error and sync measurements with a Windows-based Tektronix oscilloscope and the FlexRay Protocol decode and signal integrity analysis software.

PDF-R FlexRay Protocol decode and Signal Integrity software offers the best solution in the industry for debugging and testing FlexRay signals using high performance Windows- based Tektronix DPO7000/70000 series oscilloscopes.

This software enables the designer to capture thousands of FlexRay messages and display the decoded data. The PDF-R FlexRay decode feature allows the designer to configure and view the decoded data in hexadecimal and decimal formats . Overlapping (or Overlaying?) the decoded data with the waveform viewing it simultaneously will enable a designer to locate inaccurate signal transitions.

Signal Integrity:

In an automobile, electronic equiments should work under extreme operating conditions.To ensure this performance, FlexRay signals at the physical layer should have enough design margins with respect to worst case design specifications.
PDF-R Software’s signal Integrity feature helps in quickly analyzing the electrical characteristics of a FlexRay signal. Advanced features like Eye diagram analysis, time interval error, and sync measurements enables the designer to know the eye opening, jitter, and synchronization sequence in a FlexRay network.

Advanced Debug Capabilities

The powerful PDF-R software enables the designer to locate the cause of the problem using advanced analysis capabilities. The software- based trigger features enables the designer to focus on desired FlexRay information to locate a problem. The eye diagram is plotted using all the acquired FlexRay frames. The blue color eye diagram is for the selected frame in decode table helps in understanding eye opening for each FlexRay frame. view of an eye-diagram for a selected frame and for the entire data helps in locating the problem to a node. A simultaneous view of decoded data and the waveform in different colors helps to locate protocol decodes problems caused by the electrical characteristics of signals.

Features: Protocol Decode

• Converts time domain waveform information into data domain and displays the contents in FlexRay   message format
• Simultaneous waveform and decoded data display in a single window allows efficient debugging
• Ability to link any FlexRay frame or any message (data or address) to the waveform allows efficient   analysis of FlexRay communication
• PDI waveform window plots the waveform and displays ‘1’ and ‘0’ annotation in the zoomed waveform   window
• Search function helps in locating the specific data or address in thousands of decoded FlexRay   messages
• Timestamp with reference to trigger position allows users to know the time from the trigger position
• Software-based trigger enables the user to view decoded data
• Software trigger enable the user to set a trigger on the content of a FlexRay frame, Null frame or a sync   frame, or CRC error
• Offline analysis using Ref waveforms, .wfm (Tektronix oscilloscope’s internal waveform file format) and   csv files.
• Capability to save the decoded messages in CSV format.

Features: Signal Integrity

• Ability to view the eye diagram for a selected message with the complete acquired data helps in   pinpointing the cause of the problem
• Time interval error analysis for each frame helps in understanding the influence of oscillator stability in   each FlexRay node
• Sync measurements enable the user to know the time lapsed between the sync frames
• Average bit time measurement

Ordering Information:

PDF-R FlexRay Protocol Decode and SI Software
(Includes: CD with Software)

Supported Oscilloscopes:

Tektronix DPO7000/DPO70000 Series oscilloscopes