FS4405 PCI Express Protocol Preprocessor
For use with Tektronix Logic Analyzers

• Monitors two directions of X1, X2, X4 and X8 links
• Performs lane alignment (lane deskew) for PCI-Express
• Detects packet types and checks packet delimiters (minimal protocol checking)
• Provides means for user to enable or disable de-scrambling
• Provides packet-aware Data Filtering (Store Qualification) and Logic Analyzer triggering
• Provides three 24-byte packet header recognizers (on any combination of bits)
• Supports upstream and downstream directions or for two unrelated single direction links on a single TLA module.
• User can select lane inversion and lane numbering reversal as needed to probe the board under test
• User can set probe into 10 bit mode (external reference clock required) to view 8b/10b encoded data to debug phy level and link initialization problems. Lane deskew, 8b/10b error checking are included. Packet delimiters are visible in the listing.
• Probe Manager software executing on a PC controls probe over a USB interface in real time
• Probe powered from external supply, not your system
• Probe event log records link status: lane number, time and quantity of receiver errors
• ExpressCard™ support - order FS4405 and FS1033
• Transaction Viewer support included