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Interoperable and failure-free Automotive Ethernet multiGBASE-T1 devices are the goal — receiver testing can help.

Ensuring the receiver component of an Automotive Ethernet module or switch meets signal-quality requirements, is interoperable with others in the system, and complies with the IEEE 802.3ch Automotive Ethernet standard requires physical-layer electrical tests.

Automotive Ethernet Conformance Test Software for Cables, Connectors and Harnesses

The Whole Communications Channel represents the complete wired connection between two transmit/receive modules with an automotive Ethernet interface using a two-wire twisted pair cable. The Keysight AE6910L software ensures signal quality requirements, with conformance testing for that channel. In addition, it performs return loss, insertion loss, mode conversion, and power sum cross-talk measurements of a cable in a bundle.

Unlike CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet demands rigorous compliance verification using test cases that cover transmitters (Tx), receivers (Rx), and harness/connector assemblies. To help you save time and effort, Keysight offers solutions that automate the testing and validation across Transmitter (Tx), Receiver (Rx), and the connections between automotive Ethernet devices. Our engineers have invested thousands of hours in learning the standards and creating automated, repeatable compliance tests. These proven applications help you ensure proper test configuration and valid measurement results. Ultimately, you’ll have greater confidence that your device is compliant. The AE6000L Automotive Ethernet Test Solution offers hardware and accessories to make sure you have all of the components you need to get up and running quickly.

Standards supported

• Channel testing per OPEN Alliance (1000BASE-T1) - TC9 UTP and STP specifications
• OPEN Alliance 100BASE-T1 Definitions for communications channel
• IEEE 802.3bw, 802.3bp and 802.3ch

Key capabilities

• Automatically detects the number of available ports
• Creates a test plan for those lanes selected with all the required tests per the specification
• Automatically sets up the network analyzer for each measurement and applies the limit lines
• Expandable to cover proprietary limits and quickly adapt to new standards
• Creates a printable PDF report of the tests that have been run

Ordering information

• The software requires Keysight PathWave Test Automation software.
• The software runs on a VNA with option TDR; choose benchtop, PXI, or USB.
• Software licenses are available as node-locked, transportable, USB portable, or floating and can be purchased with 6, 12, 24, 36, or 60 months of support.
• Configuration guidelines are available in the data sheet.

For more information about additional and more custom network analyzer software, please visit Network Analyzer Software.

Powerful test sequence & test plan creation

• Fast execution and test flow visualization, analysis and insights
• Scalable modular “plug-in” software architecture. Take advantage of provided plug-ins, or create your own.
• Built on the PathWave software platform and the OpenTAP open-source test sequencer
  

Licensing

• Fixed (node-locked, single PC), transportable and network/floating licenses with either perpetual or annual time frame

PathWave Test Automation provides powerful, flexible and extensible test sequencing and test plan creation with additional capabilities that optimize your test software development and overall performance. Built on the PathWave software platform, PathWave Test Automation enables you to quickly create your test solutions, maximize your team’s productivity, and accelerate your products’ time-to-market.

Powerful test plan creation and execution

• Graphical editor for creating test plans
• Two versions of the editor exist for support on Windows and Linux platforms
• Fast execution and test flow visualization, analysis and insights
• Scalable modular “plug-in” software architecture. Take advantage of provided plug-ins in the Package Repo, or create your own using the SDK
• Run Explorer, Results Viewer and Timing Analyzer for test data visualization and analysis
• Built on the OpenTAP, an open-source test sequencer
  
• Ideal for R&D and Design Validation Labs

Plugin development and debug environment

• Python and .NET SDK that integrate with Visual Studio and other IDEs
• Package management and deployment system

PathWave Test Automation provides powerful, flexible and extensible test sequencing and test plan creation with additional capabilities that optimize your test software development and overall performance. Built on the PathWave software platform, PathWave Test Automation enables you to quickly create your test solutions, maximize your team’s productivity, and accelerate your products’ time-to-market.

Automotive Ethernet Conformance Test Software for a High Performance Oscilloscope

Next-generation ADAS systems require camera and radar systems with increasingly high resolution. That means new requirements for speed and bandwidth. The Automotive Ethernet standard enables faster data communication to meet the demands of today’s vehicles and the connected vehicles of the future.

Unlike CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet demands rigorous compliance verification using test cases that cover transmitters (Tx), receivers (Rx), and harness/connector assemblies. To help you save time and effort, Keysight offers solutions that automate the testing and validation across Transmitter (Tx), Receiver (Rx), and the connections between Automotive Ethernet devices. Our engineers have invested thousands of hours in learning the standards and creating automated, repeatable compliance tests. These proven applications help you ensure proper test configuration and valid measurement results. Ultimately, you’ll have greater confidence that your device is compliant. Now available for data rates up to 10Gbps. The AE6000T Automotive Ethernet Test Solution offers hardware and accessories to make sure you have all of the components you need to get up and running quickly.

The AE6920T Automotive Ethernet Tx Compliance Software covers 2 standards and 6 data rates in one solution:

• IEEE 10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1,1000BASE-T1, 2.5GBASE-T1, 5GBASE-T1 and 10GBASE-T1
• OPEN Alliance TC14, TC1, TC8, TC12, TC15

Key Capabilities

• Automated set up ensures result repeatability
• Test setup wizard guides you through test selection, configuration, connection, execution, and results reporting
• Comprehensive reports give you the test configuration, measurements made, pass / fail status, margin analysis, and waveforms
• Perform repeatable results with Keysight oscilloscopes

Ordering Information

• Software licenses are available either as node-locked, transportable, USB, or floating
• Licenses are available for purchase with 6-, 12-, 24- or 36-month support
• Software supports Infinium UXR-Series oscilloscopes

Automotive Ethernet Conformance Test Software for a Mid-Range Oscilloscope

Next-generation ADAS systems require camera and radar systems with increasingly high resolution. That means new requirements for speed and bandwidth. Automotive Ethernet enables faster data communication to meet the demands of today’s vehicles and the connected vehicles of the future.

Unlike CAN, LIN, automotive Ethernet demands rigorous compliance verification using test cases that cover transmitters (Tx), receivers (Rx), and harness/connector assemblies. To help you save time and effort, Keysight offers solutions that automate the testing and validation across Transmitter (Tx), Receiver (Rx), and the connections between automotive Ethernet devices. Our engineers have invested thousands of hours in learning the standards and creating automated, repeatable compliance tests. These proven applications help you ensure proper test configuration and valid measurement results. Ultimately, you’ll have greater confidence that your device is compliant. The AE6000T Automotive Ethernet Test Solution offers hardware and accessories to make sure you have all of the components you need to get up and running quickly.

The AE6910T Automotive Ethernet Tx Compliance Software covers 2 standards and 6 data rates in one solution:

• IEEE 10BASE-T1S, 100BASE-T1,1000BASE-T1, 2.5GBASE-T1 and 5GBASE-T1
• OPEN Alliance TC14, TC1, TC8, TC12, TC15

Key capabilities

• Automated set up ensures result repeatability
• Test setup wizard guides you through test selection, configuration, connection, execution, and results reporting
• Comprehensive reports give you the test configuration, measurements made, pass / fail status, margin analysis, and waveforms
• Perform repeatable results with Keysight MXR-series oscilloscopes 

Ordering information

• Software licenses are available either as node-locked, transportable, USB, or floating.
• Licenses are available for purchase with 6-, 12-, 24- or 36-month support.

Interoperable and Failure Free MIPI A-PHY® Devices are the Goal — Receiver Testing Can Help

Serializers and De-serializers (SerDes), are common in virtually all high-speed digital bus technologies.  They are responsible for taking various digital inputs and sending them over distance using high-speed serial links. Next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) will use sensors like cameras, radar, and lidar with increasingly high resolutions, requiring a network with faster data throughput and greater bandwidth.

Typically, SerDes are built to be asymmetrical; they use a high-speed downlink for data transit, such as from a camera to the central CPU, and a slower uplink for less-demanding tasks like device monitoring and control. This type of link is well suited to remote sensors in the vehicle, which require high-speed outputs but should ideally be limited in their implementation complexity, power requirements, and cost.

• Programmatic control of Keysight M8195A AWG.
• Includes required noise profiles from MIPI A-PHY specification.
• Characterization and debugging modes with editable frequency and amplitude.
• Test framework with automated report generation.
  

Noise profiles provided

• Car noise
• Alien cable bundle cross-talk
• Fast transient
• Radio frequency ingress (RFI)/ Bulk current injection (BCI)
• PoC ripple (power over cable)

Ordering information

• Software supports Keysight M8195A AWG.
• Software licenses are available as perpetual node-locked or transportable.
• Software maintenance is available for 12-month and 36-months increments.

Keysight partnered with BitifEye Digital Test Solutions to develop this software.

MIPI® service marks and logo marks are owned by MIPI Alliance, Inc. and any use of such marks by Keysight Technologies is under license. Other service marks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

Unlike CAN, LIN, or MOST, the IEEE standard for automotive Ethernet demands rigorous compliance verification using specific test cases. The test requirements include complex measurements: vector network analysis with S-parameters, bit error rate (BER) test, and protocol analysis of high-speed digital signals.

Keysight offers solutions that automate testing and validation of your automotive Ethernet devices to help you save time and effort. These proven applications help you ensure proper test configuration and accurate measurement results. This software solution ensures your device is compliant with IEEE and OPEN Alliance standards.

Key capabilities

• Accurate verification of bit error rate (BER), signal quality indicator (SQI), and alien crosstalk noise rejection.
• Easy and automatic test setup ensures result repeatability.
• Test setup wizard guides you through test selection, configuration, connection, execution, and reporting.
• Comprehensive reports document the configuration, measurements, pass/fail results, margin analysis, and waveforms.

Supported instruments

• Keysight 81160A pulse function arbitrary noise generator
• Keysight M8190A 12 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generator

Supported standards

• IEEE 802.3bp

Ordering and licensing

• Software license available node-locked with 12 months of support.

• Removes channel effects such as lossy cables or test fixtures; commonly referred to as ‘de-embedding’
• View waveforms anywhere in a modeled system
• Inserts channel effects such as a standard cable model
• Replace one or more channel element with another
• Characterizes and corrects for S21 insertion loss of cables, fixtures, and switches without the need of additional equipment such as a VNA or TDR
• Measures and corrects probing frequency response for all probes connected to Infiniium oscilloscopes
• Ensures every probe has the same frequency response and phase for consistent measurements across multiple probes
• Share PrecisionProbe created characterization files (s2p or tf2) across multiple scopes and channels

PrecisionProbe and InfiniiSim Basic provides two ways to de-embed the effect of cables and fixtures from measurements. This new package gives you both capabilities.

Compatible with all Infiniium oscilloscopes with firmware 6.30 or greater.

Jitter Analysis Provides

• Automatic setup wizard for creating jitter histograms, trends, and spectrums
• Automatic setup wizard for RJ/DJ separation via multiple algorithms, pattern lengths, BER levels
• Multiple clock recovery methods
• Calibration to remove RJ from oscilloscope
• Composite histograms and graphs of separated RJ, PJ, DJ, DDJ, DCD and ISI jitter subcomponents
• Composite histograms and graphs of separated TI, DDI, PI, ISI noise subcomponents
• Spectral and noise BER bathtubs

Phase Noise Analysis Provides

• Plotting Single Side Band (SSB) phase noise as log frequency vs dBc/Hz
• Using 2 channels and cross-correlation to reduce broadband measurement noise.
• Measure phase noise of differential clocks with reduced broadband measurement noise.
• Measure phase noise of spread-spectrum modulated clocks.
• Reduce broadband noise (RJ) in cross-correlated time interval error (TIE) measurements.
• Measure integrated jitter between two frequencies on phase noise plot.
• Measure phase noise in circuit with InfiniiMax probes.

With faster edge speeds and shrinking data valid windows in today's high-speed digital designs, insight into the causes of jitter has become critical for success. This jitter analysis software, combined with Keysight's Infiniium 90000, V-, Z- or UXR-Series oscilloscopes, is a key tool for identifying and quantifying jitter components that affect the reliability of your design. Time correlation of jitter to the real-time signal makes it easy to trace jitter components to their sources. Additional compliance views and a measurement setup wizard now simplify and automate RJ/DJ separation for testing against industry standards.

This software automatically detects embedded clock frequencies and repetitive patterns of the data on the oscilloscope inputs and calculates the level of data-dependent jitter (DDJ) that is contributed to the total jitter (TJ) PDF by each transition in the pattern. It also comes with both spectral and tail-fit jitter separation algorithm.

Every waveform is different. As a result, having the flexibility of multiple jitter separation solutions means better answers for each individual waveform. Use the new tail-fit algorithm to properly identify and measure aperiodic bounded uncorrelated jitter, which is especially useful if the waveform is being influenced by cross-talk.

The phase noise analysis feature measures phase noise in a clock source. Phase noise measurement results are presented in a log frequency plot where the amplitude units are dBc/Hz (decibels relative to the carrier power normalized to a 1 Hz bandwidth). Phase noise is one of the most important figures of merit of a signal generating device and can be a limiting factor in a mission-critical application within aerospace and defense, as well as in communications.