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gyuunyuu
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5 years ago
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What is the limit on signals in signal tap II

The byte blaster cables have a data limit. Signal Tap requires that data be transmitted through the byte blaster on every single trigger event. How do we know how much bandwidth signal tap is using...
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    5 years ago

    Again, using a state-based trigger or other options I mentioned, you can capture data from multiple subsequent events before the logic analyzer stops, limited by the size of the buffer.

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gyuunyuu
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5 years ago

This means there is a weakness since the logic will not look for another trigger event until the current data has been pushed out to the computer. This means that certain trigger conditions can get ignored by it if they occur too soon.

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5 years ago

Again, using a state-based trigger or other options I mentioned, you can capture data from multiple subsequent events before the logic analyzer stops, limited by the size of the buffer.