SW00PCIE PCI Express Validation License Suite

General Information

The Keysight PCI Express Validation License Suite is part of the subscription-based Oscilloscope Compliance Test Software Suites. This suite covers transmitter test (TX) Validation licenses for PCI Express with coverage the PCI Express technology up to and including PCIe v6.0. This subscription model enables you to have support for testing and validating PCI Express devices as the standard progresses from one generation to the next.

Key Features

The Keysight SW00PCI PCI Express Validation License Suite1 provides you with two substantial benefits when it comes to performing transmitter testing of PCI Express devices.  First, it provides you with a full subscription license to the D9050PCIC and D9040PCIC transmitter test software for use with PCI Express testing under the PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 specification revisions.  Second, it enables support for the latest generation of PCIe 6.0 transmitter testing measurements in the D9050PCIC application2.  

• All the features provided by the D9050PCIC (PCIe 5.0) and D9040PCIC (PCIe 4.0). The SW00PCI provides you with a license to run both packages.  Please see each of those individual product data sheets for a complete list of those product’s standard features.

• Supports Transmitter Testing under the PCIe® 6.0 BASE specification at 64, 32, 16, 8, 5, and 2.5 GT/s 

• PCIe 6.0 BASE TX measurements3 including SNDR4, RLM4, uncorrelated TJ, uncorrelated DJ, uncorrelated PWJ, pseudo package loss and other parameters defined in the PCI Express BASE specification

• Four-level noise compensation available for PAM-4 SNDR and Jitter measurements.

• PCI 6.0 reference clock measurements as defined in the PCIe 6.0 BASE spec

• Supports both real-time data capture as well as off-line analysis of previously captured waveforms

• Test setup wizard for ease-of-use

• Pass/fail margin analysis

• Support for both full-swing and low-power, half-swing devices

• Supported on UXR Series real time oscilloscopes having a minimum bandwidth of 50 GHz for PCIe 6.0 BASE measurements.

Description

The SW00PCI PCI Express Validation License Suite for PCI Express 6.0 provides you with a fast and easy way to verify and debug your PCI Express 6.0 design for both silicon validation (as per the PCIe® 6.0 BASE specification).

The PCI Express electrical test software allows you to automatically execute PCI Express electrical transmitter tests, and it displays the results in a flexible report format. In addition to the measurement data, the report provides a margin analysis that shows how closely your device passed or failed each test.

The SW00PCI PCI Express Validation License Suite performs a wide range of electrical tests as per the PCI Express PCI Express 6.0 specification and supports testing transmitters that operate at 64, 32, 16, 8, 5, and 2.5 GT/s. In addition to full swing (800 mV) testing, the software also supports testing for low-power, half-swing devices (400 mV).