HP Expands Memory Depth of Its Logic-Analysis Systems

Hewlett-Packard Company is introducing a series of state- and timing-acquisition modules that allow users to choose the amount of memory depth they need for their logic-analysis applications. Three new modules for the HP 16600A and 16700A logic analyzer series offer 8K, 32K or 128K samples of data-acquisition memory across 102 channels to complement the modules HP already has available.

The total channel count can be doubled on a single time base and a single trigger simply by installing two 8K, 32K, or 128K modules in the HP 16700A or 16702A system.

When the new modules are used with the HP 16700A series, designers can view and correlate analog signals with timing waveforms and source code. The analyzers and modules also offer a windows-like system interface, several post-processing tool sets that help analyze captured data, and context-store capabilities that allow designers to record events leading up to a trigger condition.

Context-store capabilities permit hardware designers to easily determine the cause of infrequent or random events that may be correlated to specific conditions, such as writes to certain address ranges. Context store lets users view all system activity leading up to a specified event, as well as the immediate consequences of the event.

Hewlett-Packard Co., Phone: 800-452-4844 ext. 6145.