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... DigiView User's Guide © 2010 TechTools ...
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Table of Contents Foreword Part I Installing the Software 1 Installing the USB Drivers ................................................................................................................................... 2 Part II Configuration 1 USB Connection ................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Connecting the Data Lines ................................................................................................................................... 5 3 Defining Signals and Triggers ................................................................................................................................... 7 Signals .......................................................................................................................................................... ...
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... Part VI Exporting 1 Exporting All Signal Data ................................................................................................................................... 92 2 Exporting from List Windows ................................................................................................................................... 94 3 Exporting from Table Windows ................................................................................................................................... 95 Part VII Printing 1 Printing Options ................................................................................................................................... 99 2 JPEG Options ................................................................................................................................... 102 Part VIII Creating, Saving and Restoring Files Part IX Appendicies 1 DigiView Compression ................................................................................................................................... 109 2 DigiView Hardware Specifications ................................................................................................................................... 112 Index ...
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Installing the Software Part I ...
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... Insert the CD ROM in your CD Drive. If the installation program does not auto-start, then go to the CD ROM drive and dbl-click on the only executable file in the root directory of the CD. If you are presented with a choice of products, select the DIGIVIEW software and follow the prompts to complete the installation. All of the defaults offered are acceptable but you may over-ride any of them you want ...
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... Depending on your Windows version and system settings, Windows might ask your permission to install the application and again to install the drivers. When the installation is complete, plug in the DigiView. Current versions of Windows will see the hardware and will find the pre-installed drivers automatically. Other versions will present a “Add New Hardware Wizard” ...
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Configuration Part II ...
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... Powered by an external power supply, so USB power concern. Speed: • DV1-100: USB 1.1, but compatible with USB 2.0. • DV3100, DV3400: You will experience better performance on a 2.0 port, but a 1.1 port is sufficient. 2.2 Connecting the Data Lines The DigiView data cable has 18 data lines and 2 grounds (or 9 data lines and 1 ground on some © ...
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... DigiView User's Guide models). These are partitioned into 2 identical groups. Each group has a ground and 9 data signals. The leads are color-coded. Black is ground, brown is the first data signal, red is the second data signal and standard resistor color-code order. Additional groups of signals follow the same pattern ...
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... IC leads. The DigiView DV1-100 hardware is designed to monitor digital logic signals in the -5 to 10V range, Model DV3100 is designed for signals in the -20 to 20V range and Model DV3400 is designed for signals in the -50 to 50V range. Standard overshoots and undershoots common to digital systems will not harm it ...
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... DigiView User's Guide terms of CHANNELS. This is the only place we deal directly with physical channels. The remainder of the software deals in terms of signal names rather than channel numbers. When we define signals, we are mapping a signal NAME to one or more physical channels. This also makes it possible to share the same physical channel with multiple signal definitions. ...
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... Signal Editors DigiView provides several "Signal" type definitions which allow unique methods of interpreting and displaying the raw data captured on the logic channels. Each Signal type has a unique editor with relevant options for its type. From the editor you will also assign some of the physical logic channels to be used for this new signal definition ...
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... DigiView User's Guide •Analog •I2C Master Codes, General Call support. •State inversion, selectable transition state of Rising/Falling/Both, additional Enable channel for filtering. •Synchronous inversion, selectable Rising/Falling/Both clock edges, LSB/MSB selection, additional Enable channel for filtering and synchronizing. 2.3.1.1.1 Boolean The Boolean Signal is the most common method of viewing captured data. Boolean Signals provide viewing of the logic level of a single channel at any given point in time ...
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... To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.2 Bus The Bus Signal is the second most common method of viewing captured data. Bus Signals provide viewing of multiple channels as a single value at any given point in time. Signal Name - Change the text displayed here to help you identify this signal definition. If the name has already been used, it will automatically be appended with a numerical value in brackets (i ...
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... To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.3 Asynchronous Use the Asynchronous Signal type to see the capture from a single channel decoded and displayed as serial packets of data with a specific bit count and baud rate. Signal Name - Change the text displayed here to help you identify this signal definition. If the name has already been used, it will automatically be appended with a numerical value in brackets (i ...
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... Parity - Choose the desired parity. Options are NONE, ODD, EVEN, ONE, ZERO. Sync Start of Packet - Use this button to synchronize to the beginning of the first packet in the captured data. Normally this is unnecessary unless DigiView can not automatically find the beginning of a packet in the data captured. Right-Click on the button to advance the decoder by one bit and Left-Click to backup by one bit. Click multiple times or hold the button down to repeat the action. The decoders " ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.4 Analog The Analog Signal also provides viewing of multiple channels as a single value, but displays this value as a proportional value in the Wave Form views. The waveform height will be the value of all the channels, proportional to the maximum numerical value of the number of channels chosen. ...
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... To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.5 I2C Use the I2C Signal type to decode two channels using the full I2C serial protocol. Signal Name - Change the text displayed here to help you identify this signal definition. If the name has already been used, it will automatically be appended with a numerical value in brackets (i ...
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... To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.6 State Use the State Signal type to see the data from one or more channels only when the state of another channel changes. This other channel will be used as a "state clock" and optionally the Clock can be qualified by the logic state of an additional channel (Enable). This signal type can be used to mask invalid data during bus transitional periods or the " ...
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... To select a channel, click on the " - " below the proper color (and channel number) that corresponds to the physical connection of the DigiView Cable (see: Lines). Channels that are selected for this signal will replace the " - " with a blue "dot" as shown above ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.1.1.7 Synchronous Use the Synchronous Signal type to see the data from a single channel decoded as a serial "packet" by using another channel as the bit clock. Optionally you can use the "Enable" channel to qualify the clock. The decoded data will be displayed as serial packets using the specified bit count, bit order (LSB/MSB) and Clock edge ...
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... Normally this is unnecessary unless you have set the Enable qualifier to "Ignore". Unlike Asynchronous signals, Synchronous signals do not have a specific bit rate, so DigiView will not automatically find the beginning of a packet when the qualifier is not used. Right-Click on the button to advance the decoder by one bit and Left-Click to backup by one bit. Click multiple times or hold the button down to repeat the action. The decoders " ...
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... DigiView's new trigger configuration screen centers the user's focus on function; making it much easier to quickly analyze and modify a very complex trigger condition. The following graphic is an example of an advanced trigger condition for the DV3xxx series. ...
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... Trigger Configuration Selection Multiple trigger configurations can be created and stored in the DigiView Data File. Use the selection box to quickly chose another trigger configuration. After making a selection, click the "apply" button on the bottom of the screen for the changes to take affect ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Trigger Formula (left portion of screen) The formula presents a summary of the complete configuration. Since this summary can be quite involved with a complex trigger condition, each section will "highlight" as items in the graphical section are selected or the mouse moves over them. The formula will automatically scroll to bring the highlighted section into view while working in the graphical area of the configuration. In the image above, the summary of " ...
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... Only the obvious connect and disconnects will be performed automatically. NOTE: The graphical connections in the trigger configuration directly correspond to the physical circuit connections in the hardware, making this screen an overview of the resulting logic in the analyzer's hardware. See the Following Sections: © ...
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... Sequencer 2.3.2.1.1 Match Types The DigiView trigger configuration supports multiple types of Match conditions. The available match types depend on your model of analyzer. Details of each match type can be found using the links below. Model DV1-100 has 2 standard match types; Pattern and Edges. ...
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Pattern Match The level trigger is a pattern match detector. You can configure it to match any combination of 0,1 or don't cares across all 18 (or 36) channels. The Pattern Match Editor is displayed below ADD a Signal ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.2.1.1.2 Edge Match The edge trigger circuit (or 72) input OR of rising edge and falling edge detectors. You can specify a trigger on rising, falling or transition on any combination of channels (rising edge of ALE or falling edge falling edge transition on clock...). All '-' entries for a channel means " ...
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... Stable Match The Stable Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. All '-' entries for a channel means "don't care". The Stable Match Editor is displayed below. ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" ...
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... Equal Match The Equal Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The Equal Match Editor: ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" ...
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Delete a Signal - Highlight a signal in the right portion of the window (or mouse-over its bit selections) and click the "-" button to delete it from the Equal Match. Match Value Format - The value for the Equal ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.2.1.1.5 Not Equal Match The NOT Equal Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The NOT Equal Match Editor: ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" button to add it as the NOT Equal Match. You can also just "Double-Click" the defined signal to automatically add it ...
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... Identifier - Change the identifier to something meaningful for the match condition if you do not want the default "Match #" displayed in the formula and the graphical configuration area of the trigger screen. 2.3.2.1.1.6 Greater Than Match The Greater Than Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The Greater Than Match Editor: © 2010 TechTools Configuration ...
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... DigiView User's Guide ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" button to add it as the Greater Than Match. You can also just "Double-Click" the defined signal to automatically add it. NOTE: High Level signal definitions (such as State, I2C, or etc) cannot be added directly as a complete signal ...
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... Greater Than or Equal Match The Greater Than or Equal Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The Greater Than or Equal Match Editor: ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" button to add it as the Greater Than or Equal Match. You can also just "Double-Click" the defined signal to automatically add it ...
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... Less Than Match The Less Than Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The Less Than Match Editor: ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" ...
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Less Than Match. You can also just "Double-Click" the defined signal to automatically add it. NOTE: High Level signal definitions (such as State, I2C, or etc) cannot be added directly as a complete signal. ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.2.1.1.9 Less Than or Equal Match The Less Than or Equal Match type is only available on DigiView DV3xxx series. The Less Than or Equal Match Editor: ADD a Signal - Highlight a defined signal from the left portion of the window and click the "+" ...
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Decimal: Enter any valid decimal value. An Invalid value will be cleared assumed to be HEX. HEX: Start the value with an "x" "0x". If too many digits are entered, the most significant nibble (leftmost) ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.3.2.1.2 Sequencer The trigger circuit of the DV3xxx series includes 4 cascadable, 4 stage sequencers. These can be chained in any combination to produce longer sequences ( 1@ 16 stages stages...) Each stage includes a 20 bit pass counter. Setting the Counter Double-Click in the counter to edit its value. When finished editing, either use the "Enter" or "Tab" ...
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New Configuration - Select the "+" button to create and add a new configuration. Rename Configuration - Select the "pencil" button to edit the name of the configuration. Copy Configuration - Highlight an existing configuration and select the "copy" button ...
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... Each model of DigiView has a different set of options that can be adjusted directly from the software. These options are shown summarized below. Model DV1-100 Hardware Options Auto Prefill - Enable this option to use up to 50% of the buffer for pre-trigger capture data. Disable if pre-trigger capture is not desired. Model DV3100 Hardware Options Types) © 2010 TechTools ...
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... Trigger Threshold - Select the trigger threshold for the group of 18 Channels (9 channels per cable). The selection can be made by highlighting one of the pre-defined values or use the slider beneath these values to select a custom value. The valid range for the threshold on model DV3100 is 0.5V to 2.8V. Model DV3400 Hardware Options © 2010 TechTools ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Sample Mode - Select the sample rate and channel mode. Buffer Size - Adjust the amount of capture buffer (1% - 100%). When operating in "Continuous Run Mode", you may want to reduce the buffer size to a lower setting to achieve faster performance. Minimum Post-Trigger Buffer - Adjust the amount of buffer to reserve for data captured after the trigger event ...
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Color Themes Several pre-defined color schemes and a custom scheme can be selected from the Color Theme Selection window. This window is accessed from the CONFIG menu. Theme Selection - Select "custom" if you would like to define your ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 2.6 Environment Settings Several Environment options are available and can be accessed from the CONFIG menu. General Auto Save - Select this option to automatically save the current file. All current settings and data will be saved to the file when exiting the program or opening another file. The "Notify when Save Needed" ...
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Play Event Sounds - Selected by default, this option causes the software to present an audible indication of any Snap or Scroll events. De-select this option if you do not want the audible alert. The Audible sound can be customized ...
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Capturing Data Part III ...
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... Continuous Run - This will "ARM" the hardware and automatically transfer the data to the PC repeatedly. This mode is very useful to Monitor signals while making connections. The speed of the continuous run will vary depending on the PC hardware and the Model of DigiView. With the DV3xxx series, you can adjust the buffer to its smallest setting ( 1%) to have a virtual "LIVE" ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 3.1 Capture Troubleshooting Symptom 1. DigiView (DV1-100, DV3100) Power LED does not stay ON. 2. DigiView is only identified as a SERIAL device by the USB subsystem. 3. One of DigiView's channels is connected to a transitioning signal, but the capture does not seem to show any activity or very little activity. ...
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... REMEDY: Edit the signal definition and uncheck the Disabled option. The channels for disabled signals will not appear in the captured data. (D). Bad Ground reference. REMEDY: Connect one of DigiView's ground wires (black probes ground point as electrically close as possible to the signal connections. (E). Incorrect Trigger Threshold. ...
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Navigating and Analyzing the Data Part IV ...
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... This is where you spend most of your time; trying to make sense of what you captured. You will find DigiView software very intuitive and easy to use but it is important to realize that ZOOM operations occur about the CENTER of the screen. The tools are all designed to take advantage of this fact to make you more productive ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Waveform View Function Summary • View multiple signals in time correlation. •Expand Multi-Channel Signals to see individual channel waveforms by using the " + " symbol to the left of the signal name. •Individually reverse Expand Order of Multi-channel signals by menu. •Collapse expanded Multi-Channel Signals by using the " - " symbol to the left of the signal name. • ...
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Snap to center and Edge Snap to center by a Left-Click anywhere on a signal. •Set, Clear or Jump to markers. •Signal Row Order can be re-arranged by dragging. •Bus Signal Format can be set to HEX. Decimal or ...
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... DigiView User's Guide In the image below, marker "A" is the active marker and it is assigned to an Asynchronous signal definition named "ASYNCTX". Drag to place Simply click on a marker and drag it to the area of interest. You can grab the marker itself (the vertical line in the waveform area) or its 'flag' (the rectangle at the top of the window). ...
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Sometimes markers are invisible, buried behind other markers or off-screen. You can easily grab any marker from the quick-select flags at the top right corner of the window, regardless of their current position or visibility. Dragging from these flags will ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Active Marker Any action that uses a marker will automatically designate that marker as the "Active Marker". The active marker exposes additional properties and associated items for easier navigation and support to 'bring the data to center' concept. Waveform Association When you snap a marker to a waveform, it becomes associated with that waveform as indicated by the reversed color in the Active Marker Column on the right ...
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This allows you to walk through the data without continually re-centering the screen. It also supports our 'bring the data to the center..THEN zoom' paradigm. Note that this is an intelligent TACK. It does NOT freeze ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Up Position - Waveform views are NOT linked, allowing independent scrolling (second graphic above) When Linked, all members of Link Groups 1 and 2 will also be linked. (see: ) Previous View / Next View Left Click - Navigate backward in the waveform view's Scroll & Zoom history. ...
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The total data is show with a horizontal line down the middle and 'goal-post' lines on the ends. The primary waveform window is represented with a gray rectangle in the top half ...
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... DigiView User's Guide (with SHIFT) SETS marker ( current screen center Alt+F Open the FILE menu Alt+C Open the CONFIG menu Alt+S Open the SEARCH menu Alt+W Open the WINDOW menu Alt+H Open the HELP menu I,O (without SHIFT) Zoom IN/OUT one step (hold to repeat) ...
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Table View Windows Table views present the data as a list of numbers (tabular form). Table windows can be created after a signal of any type is created. To create a Table view, select any of the signals presented ...
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... DigiView User's Guide While most manufacturers provide table views, they generally are not too useful for anything other than STATE mode signals. Most logic analyzer demos will show data changing on every sample, making the table view look interesting in timing mode. However, in real usage, most signals do not change at anywhere near the sample rate, causing the table to show a small sample of stable data ...
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This mode presents the data in a time-linear format, but down-samples the data to reduce information. Down-sampling preserves linearity but reduces resolution. This is similar to turning down the sample rate while capturing data to extend capture times at ...
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... DigiView User's Guide •Multiple lists can be created and viewed simultaneously. •Time Display can be set to Auto, ns, us, ms, sec, min, hrs, days or weeks. •Time Format can be set to Delta or Absolute. •Time Column can be hidden. •Set, Clear or Jump to markers. (see •Assign Time Synchronized Link Group. (see: • ...
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... This feature keeps a group of windows synchronized to the same time in the captured data. DigiView provides five link options that include Link Groups 1 through 4 and a "no-link" option for windows that you want to keep independent. ...
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... Searches When analyzing the captured data, the ability to search forward and backward for specific pattern matches or packet values, is indispensable. DigiView provides a general search type for pattern matches, several search types for specific signal types (such as I2C) and a Search Manager to quickly perform multiple searches and change criteria. The following sections provide details of DigiView's searching capabilities. • ...
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For example, if you have defined a signal of type "I2C", then the I2C search type will be available from this menu. (For details on each search type, see: ). After selecting the type of search ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 4.10.2 Searching Search Button Left clicking on a search button searches back in time (previous match.) Right clicking on a search button searches forward in time (next match.) See creating searches. Invoking Searches There are several methods of invoking a search. Each presents a slightly different way of selecting the search and the target window, but they all perform the search in the same manner ...
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... Active search. 4.10.4 Search Types DigiView offers several types of searches to accommodate several types of signals. Depending on the search type, one or more signals are selected and a match pattern, match value or other conditions are defined for each. Some search types even allow sequences of match conditions with the option of placing the match marker at a specific point in the match sequence ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 4.10.4.1 Asynchronous Searches The Asynchronous search type is only available if an Asynchronous signal type has been defined (see: Defining Search This search type has a group of search terms (or criteria) that is specific to Asynchronous signals, and can perform a search sequence by adding additional term groups. Groups can be added by using the Copy or More buttons ...
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Skip: Determines whether to skip all packets until a match is found skip the number of packets specified in "Skip Count" and then see if the next packet is a match. Skip Count: Determines the number of packets ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 4.10.4.2 I2C Searches The I2C search type is only available if an I2C signal type has been defined (see: Types, I2C Signals). This search type has criteria that is specific to I2C signals. You can see in the I2C search displayed above, that it is configured to search for a specific 7 bit Slave Address ...
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Data: Select "Any" to ignore the data value(s) of this packet, or select a comparison type (=,<>, contains, No Data) and enter the value or sequence of values for ...
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... DigiView User's Guide This search type can be used to find a value of one signal or a pattern of values in multiple signals, that lasts for a specified time period. You can see in the "Fetch from 094D" search displayed above, that it will search for a pattern consisting of values from three signals (ALE, PSEN, AD14-0) that lasts for a duration of more than 50 nanoseconds ...
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State Searches The State search type is only available if a State signal type has been defined (see: Search Types, State This search type has a group of search terms (or criteria) that is specific to State signals, and ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Skip Count: Determines the number of packets to skip before looking for a match. This value is ignored if "Skip" is set to "Any number of packets". Then Match: After skipping, this selection will determine the type of match to perform. Options include simple data comparisons (<, > =). ...
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Synchronous Searches The Synchronous search type is only available if an Synchronous signal type has been defined (see: Defining Search This search type has a group of search terms (or criteria) that is specific to Synchronous signals, and can ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Skip Count: Determines the number of packets to skip before looking for a match. This value is ignored if "Skip" is set to "Any number of packets". Then Match: After skipping, this selection will determine the type of match to perform. Options include a Terminated Packet error and simple data comparisons (<, >, ! =,=). ...
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Window Arrangement Part V ...
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... Window Arrangement DigiView makes extensive use of Docking and Tabbing to permit very flexible window arrangements. All window settings, positions and sizes are saved along with the captured data anytime you save a file or exit the program. These settings are all restored when you start the software or load an existing ' ...
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Tabbing Windows Tabbing windows Secondary windows can be merged together by dragging one window over another. When you drag any secondary window over another secondary window, a centered gray rectangle appears. This indicates that dropping the window at this ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Tabbed windows can be docked just like any normal window. Also, a secondary window can be tabbed with a secondary window that has already been docked. Simply drag the window over the center of the docked window until you see the centered gray rectangle. This will TAB them together at the docked location rather than dock the new window next to the existing window ...
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Tab Orientation Options are TOP, LEFT, BOTTOM, RIGHT. Choose one of these options to change the placement of the Tabs in a tabbed window. © 2010 TechTools Window Arrangement 87 ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Tab Rows Options are SINGLE, MULTIPLE. Choose multiple to have the tabs align in a single row with "scroll buttons" on the right. Choosing multiple will change the tabs to the default multiple row behavior and remove the "scroll buttons". Tab orientation must be set to Top or Bottom to select the Single option ...
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Tab Style Options are TABS, BUTTONS, FLAT BUTTONS. Tab orientation must be set to "TOP" to select the option of Buttons or Flat Buttons. © 2010 TechTools Window Arrangement 89 ...
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Exporting Part VI ...
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... Exporting The captured data can be exported to a file in ASCII format for further analysis or documenting purposes. DigiView provides three export methods to choose from with each method having a few unique features. These features are documented in the next three sections: •Exporting All Signal Data (Raw) • ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Progress indicator The lower left portion of the Export dialog will display the progress of the export. The progress display will indicate the number of bytes already exported, the percentage of the data already exported and the number of bytes per second being written to the storage device. ...
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Timestamp If the "Include Time Stamp" option is selected, the time field will be formatted as the absolute time or (if set to Delta) as the time since the previous sample (or the last known sample after the starting time). ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Boolean signals). Data Compression Setting this option to ON will greatly reduce the size of the export file. With compression on, the redundant or "dead" periods of data will be excluded and only changes in the data will be exported. If this option is set to OFF, then no data will be eliminated and all samples at the maximum resolution will be exported ...
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Select the desired option. Field Separator Chose the character for separating each item on a line of exported data. Include Time Stamp Select this option to include the time of each exported sample. Include Status Select this option to ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Timestamp If the "Include Time Stamp" option is selected, the time field will be formatted as the absolute time or (if set to Delta) as the time since the previous sample (or the last known sample after the starting time). If the "Data Compression" option is set to OFF and this option is set to Delta, then the time field will show the sample rate ...
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Boolean signals). Data Compression Setting this option to ON will greatly reduce the size of the export file. With compression on, the redundant or "dead" periods of data will be excluded and only changes in the data will be exported. ...
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Printing Part VII ...
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... Both of these functions can be done from DigiView's Print window. To open the Print window, select a Table, List, Waveform view or the main view from DigiView's FILE menu. The selected view will be presented in the Print window with the options set to JPEG by default. The view to print can also be selected directly from a view's popup menu ...
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... DigiView User's Guide OutPut To The currently selected printer name or print driver name will be displayed here. Orientation Select the orientation. This is the same setting that can be accessed from the Configure Print Device options. Configure Print Device Use this button to access all options of all available print devices. ...
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Cancel Button Use this button to close the print window without printing. Print Use this button to send the image to the printer. © 2010 TechTools ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 7.2 JPEG Options To save the View's image as a JPEG file, select JPEG as the Output Type. After selecting this output type, the options in the Print Window will change for JPEG images. OutPut To The currently selected image file name and path will be displayed here. Use the Select Save Location button to change the name or path and preview images already saved. © ...
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Select Save Location Use this button to change the destination and save the image or preview images already saved. To preview a saved image, select an image from the list, then use the button in the top right corner of ...
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... DigiView User's Guide or type comments. Cancel Button Use this button to close the print window without saving the image or if the image was already saved when selecting the destination. Save Image Use this button to save the image to the selected destination. © 2010 TechTools ...
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Creating, Saving and Restoring Files Part VIII ...
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... Auto Save/Restore The "Auto Save" and "Auto Restore" options are found in the the CONFIG menu). When both of these options are enabled, DigiView auto-saves the current data, settings and state when you exit the program (or load a new file) and auto-loads this information when you start the program. This allows you to pick-up where you left-off the next time you start the software without having to save/restore. You can still save the file manually anytime you need a specific snap-shot of the data by using the " ...
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Appendicies Part IX ...
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... Hardware Specifications 9.1 DigiView Compression There is no need to understand DigiView's compression to use it. This is just here for the curious (or skeptical). We want two conflicting features in a logic analyzer; high sample RATES (high resolution) and high sample COUNTs (a lot of data/time). We usually reduce sampling RATES to capture more data because sample COUNTs (data buffer depth) is fixed ...
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... DigiView User's Guide 8051 cycles: 1MHz clock: 60Hz clock: Compression: ------------ Real-time in hardware Dual-mode Dynamic, cycle-by-cycle mode selection DV3100 Channels: Sample Rate: Full Resolution Capture: ------------------------ Minimum: Maximum: Serial (assumes > .01 Baud, < 172 sec. between bits/bytes) RS232: SYNC: Serial (assumes > 1.5K Baud, < 655 us. between bits/bytes) ...
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... Final note: the data is compressed in real-time with dedicated hardware and is NEVER fully de-compressed (which could result in data files much larger the available hard-drive capacities). DigiView software transfers the entire compressed data buffer from the hardware to internal PC memory in compressed form. This allows us to transfer the entire buffer in about 1 second. The waveform display routines fetch only enough data from the compressed buffer to fill the viewable portion of the display screen and even that is compressed ...
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... Sample Rate Channels Sample Count Samples @ 100 Mhz Samples @ 200 Mhz Samples @ 400 Mhz Raw Memory Trigger position Trigger Sequencers DV1-100 DV3100 USB USB 1.1 12 Mbps <.5 Watt < 2.5W 100 MHz(10ns) 100 MHz(10ns) 18 Varies with data due to Varies with data due to ...
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... Trigger Pass Count Trigger Output Sources External Trigger Output Threshold Circuits Threshold Range Threshold Accuracy Maximum voltage (Continuous, all channels) Impedance © 2010 TechTools DV1-100 DV3100 2 Standard 8 Universal Configuration: Each can be configured as: • • Pattern Edge Detect (18 bit AND: (18 bit OR: rising, ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Anti-static protection GCP (Ground current Protection, ground lead to +- voltage) Size (LxWxH) Materials Buffer Size DV1-100 DV3100 Yes No 4.1" x 2.6" x .9" 4.75" x 2.8" x .75" ABS Plastic Extruded Aluminum Fixed: 100% Selectable 1-100% DV3400 Yes Yes Yes Yes +-12 Volts +-12 Volts 5.0" ...
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Index - ! - !DEF < - < > - > bit Slave Address 67 10-bit ...
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... DigiView User's Guide capture buffer 7 Capturing Data 51 CBUS 67 CDROM 2 Center Line 48 Changing the Signal Color 7 Changing the Signal order 7 Channel Monitor 44 Channel Selection 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 circular queue 51 Clear 55 Clear All Button 92 Click and drag to marquee 61 CLK 20, 22 Clock Edge ...
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Export To 91 Exported Data Example 92, 94, 95 Exporting 91 Exporting All Signal Data 92 Exporting from List Windows Exporting from Table Windows - Framing Error 67 FALLING EDGE 24 Field Separator ...
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... DigiView User's Guide Local Search Mark the match point 70 Marker Selection 47 Marker Tack 57 marker visibility 47 Markers 57 Marque to Zoom 55 Marquee Zoom 55, 61 Master Address 67 MASTR 67 Match 74 match circuits 28 Match Duration 77 Match Pattern Format 70, 77 Match Point 73, 74, 76, 79, 81 match sequence 73 Match Type ...
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Required Disk Space 91 Reserved Bus Address 67 Reserved Codes 67 Reset Colors 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 Reset Custom to Theme 47 Reset Row Heights 48 Reset Signal Colors 47 Reset Slave 67 resistor color-code order 5 ...
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... Trigger Selection Editor 42 Trigger Thresholds 44 Triggers 7, 24 Troubleshooting Understanding DigiView Compression USB Drivers 2 user preferences Using Cursors Using Link Groups Using the same channels in multiple definitions - V - Value or Sequence Vertical Lines Viewing the Data as Graphical Waveforms Viewing the Data in Time-Relative Columns ...
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