Introduction to Timing Analysis

Put the Analyzer into Timing Mode

 

Put the Analyzer into Timing Mode

 

When you first turn on the analyzer, the Configuration Menu is displayed with

 

Analyzer 1 set to Timing mode. This is the mode the analyzer needs to be in

 

to do timing analysis. Timing analysis uses the clock inside the analyzer to

 

sample data at consistent time intervals.

Note

If the analyzer is in Timing mode, continue on to "Change a Label Name"

 

on the next page.

If the analyzer is not in timing mode, put it in timing mode now by following the steps below.

1If you are not already in the Configuration menu, press the Config MENU key.

2In the Analyzer 1 box, highlight the field to the right of Type, and press the Select key.

3Highlight Timing in the pop-up menu, and press the Select key.

Unless your analyzer is an HP 1661 or an HP 1671, your Configuration Menu will look different than the one shown below because your analyzer has a different number of data pods.

The analyzer is in

Timing mode.

Pod A1 has arrows on the lower eight channels and the J-clock channel, indicating that transitions across the threshold voltage are occurring on these channels.

 

Putting the Analyzer into Timing Mode

Result

The analyzer is in timing mode with activity showing on the lower eight

 

channels and the J-clock channel of pod A1.

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