Multi-Instrument Control and Measurement at Your Fingertips
Centellax Signal Integrity Studio
Centellax Signal Integrity Studio (SIS) software allows you to easily control any number of Centellax instruments in simple remote control use or sophisticated multi-channel measurements. The base software is available free of charge (registration required for download). The Jitter tolerance measurement package is an option enabled by a software key. For ordering information or to obtain a 30-day trial key, please contact sales [at] centellax [dot] com.
Applications
- Serial data receiver characterization
- Testing devices with high SerDes counts
- Optical transceiver/transponder characterization
Product Highlights
- Intuitive set-up for Centellax instruments
- Single and Multi-lane Bit Error Rate testing
- Crosstalk susceptibility testing with active aggressor signals
- Fast and efficient parallel Jitter Tolerance testing
- Easy pattern template editor
Download and Documentation
Use the links below for the Installation Executable, Installation Instructions, and User's Guide. Please read the Installation Instructions before installing.
SIS is dependent upon low level Virtual Instrument Software Architecture (VISA), such the National Instruments (NI) VISA libraries found in the NI 488.2 installation or the Agilent I/O libraries. If the PC onto which SIS will be installed already has NI or Agilent I/O libraries installed, then they do not need to be installed again. For a link to the NI 488.2 installation, go to www.ni.com/drivers and click on the NI 488.2 link. Be sure to read the SIS Installation Guide for specifics on installing NI 488.2.
For communicating with Centellax instruments via USB, the FTDI VCP driver must be installed. If this is not automatically installed by the Windows OS via Plug And Play, it must be manually installed by the user. The FTDI VCP driver can be found at www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm.
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Software
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Use for all firmware revisions of TG1B1-A, TG1C1-A, PCB12500, PPG12500, SCS16000(J), and SSB16000 (with controller build 4780 or earlier). Click here to find controller build. |
4 Jan 2012
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17.5MB
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Software
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Use for SSB16000 with controller build 4809 or later. Click here to find controller build. |
2 Apr 2012
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17.5MB
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Release Notes
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2 Apr 2012
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152KB
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Instructions
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29 Mar 2011
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462KB
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User's Guide
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7 Feb 2012
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11MB
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Datasheet
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7 Feb 2012
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1MB
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Screenshots
Program Functionality
- Full instrument remote control
- Monitor instantaneous BER over time, measure BER over a specific period
- Measure BER across multiple error detectors (multiple channels)
- Calculate parallel (aggregated) BER across multiple channels
- View BER-measured bathtub curve (horizontal slice through eye)
Supported Instruments
- SSB32: 4-32 Gb/s Stressed Serial BERT
- SSB17: 4-17 Gb/s Stressed Serial BERT
- SCS16000 Series: 0.5-16G Stressed Clock Synthesizer
- PCB12500: 1.5-12.5 Gb/s Parallel Channel BERT
- PPG12500: 1-13 Gb/s Programmable Pattern Generator
- TG1B1-A: 0.5-12.5 Gb/s BERT
- TG1C1-A: 1.5-13.5 GHz Clock Synthesizer