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1. 92 3 18 HDQ 97 3 19 1 Wire 102 BD Tr E ee 106 3 21 Encoder 108 3 22 USB1 1 110 3 23 SMBus 113 3 24 PMBUS 117 3 25 PWM 121 3 26 VCD File to PG s Waveform 123 Chapter 4 Note 4 4 4 4 4 44 424247 2 126 4 1 Hardware 127 4 2 Software 128 Chapter 5 Miscellaneous 129 5 1 Troubleshooting 130 5 2 How to use PG_Function Command 133 5 3 How t
2. 50 3 4 27 Set Parameters 51 Synchronous Counter 53 Asynchronous Counter 56 Printer Port SPP Signal Generator 60 Serial Port RS232 Signal Generator 62 Ic Signal Generator 65 Acute Technology Inc a Copyright 2011 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 10 Binary File to Waveform 69 3 11 Text File to Waveform 71 3 12 Load from LA s Waveform 71 3 13 Altera s Waveform to PG s Waveform 78 3 14 Batch Out 80 3 15 SPlI 82 3 16 LIN 84 3 17 CAN
3. 37 3 4 14 Decompose Labels 37 3 4 15 Waveform File 38 3 4 16 Print Waveform 38 3 4 17 Zoom In 40 3 4 18 Zoom Out 40 3 4 19 Drag Mode and Point Mode 41 3 4 20 Edit Waveform 41 3 4 21 Low Level High Level and Invert 41 3 4 22 Clock 42 3 4 23 Input Bus Data 43 3 4 24 Command Setting 45 3 4 25 Waveform Check 49 3 4 26 Run and Stop Run
4. 23 3 2 System Property 24 3 3 PG Base Frequency Setting 25 3 4 Wave Editor 26 BAM TA ee ee 28 BAD Wye tint eis e ac cr 28 A Oa 29 3 4 4 Move Insert Quick Combine Labels 31 3 4 5 Label Menu and Label Select 32 Ae Adeo 34 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2011 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 4 7 Add Bus Label 34 3 4 8 Add All Labels 35 3 4 9 Delete Label Delete All Labels 36 3 4 10 Modify Label Name 36 3 4 11 Label Property 36 3 4 12 Combine Labels 37 3 4 13 Arrange Labels
5. 59 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 7 Printer Port SPP Signal Generator E Printer SPP tool can generate SPP mode signal You may connect PG channels with Printer as Pin Define in Setup button then the text file or bit map file could be printed through the PG How to use the Printer SPP tool Programable Data Generator Mel Ea Data File C Program Files Acute LA ECARD Browse toad If you are not able to find the Logic Analyzer the checking hardware procedures described belol If it is a PCI interface card 1 Choose Control Pannel 2 Choose System 3 Choose Device Manager 4 Check if there is the Acute interface cart a Line Feed From Feed Setup fea Repeat Section Help Run Stop Exit There are two sources data to output One is to load a Printer identified file such as text bit ii map file or printer code file The other one 1s to directly type text data into text field You may also load a text file into text field then to modify it and insert LINE FEED or FORM FEED command into each end of column 60 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Pin Define x DATA 8 F800 000 OS nSTROBE Bo A nSELECTIN po nAUTOFEED fe y BUSY Event 1 2s Cancel Help Before pressing Run button to output data you have to assign channels from
6. O PES Jump to a new address pee a 1 of the LC value Jump to a new address if LC gt 0 Go to next address if Branch if Event Jump to a new address if receive SE Else 144 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments go to next address LC Loop Count pet Loop Count 269535 of oet Event Set event to be a trigger WE Wait Event Stop for waiting event receive Clk It is a machine cycle reference to the Base Frequency There are several internal registers in the PG RT REX RC and ROE They are controlled by PG_Function command PG_Function is 12 Bits command set Pa Function lzZPi se seitacwse aBite s6 ae MOV KRl xAX Move the LSB of the PG Ponction into RE aa 2 XX MOV RH AA Move the LSB of the PG Function into RA E oo RT is a 16 bits width register it can be separated two 8 bits width 145 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments register RL and RH MOV RL 16h Insert 16h in the RL MOV RH 00h Insert 0h in the RH Is equal to MOV RT 016h PG_Function commands told the internal register pointer of the PG to work according to the command you give Show the detail of the PG_Function as below NP No Operation NP No Operation will affect nothing The action is the same as MCU and CPU NP means New Address Address 1 JP Jump JP Jump will affect the output flow Ex
7. 1 I S Channel 106 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Set T S output Channel The default is SCK Channel 0 WS Channel 1 SD Channel 2 2 Width Set T S data width 16 bits 20bits 24 bits included 3 I S Clock Set I S clock 4 I S Data Set I S Data L 75F5 R 5C75 means left data is Ox75F5 right data is OxSC75 L DD35 R 6501 means left data is OxDD35 right data is Ox65D1 5 Export Save the I S data to text file 6 Import Load the I S data text file 7 Sample Generate the I S data sample 8 Note the I S signal is basic format 107 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 21 Encoder Encode Encad There are four encoder options to select they are NRZI Manchester Thomas Manchester IEEE 802 3 Differential Manchester NRZI 1010011100 Manchester IEEE 802 3 pi IUN pi piterential EHHE EHH Manchester How to use Encoder Programmable Data Generator E xj Encoder Channel Setting Data J5 anian Moda is Am 1 Encoder Channel Setting Select the channel to output the signal 2 Transmission Mode 108 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments MSB or LSB 3 Encoder Option NRZI Manchester Thomas Manchester IEEE 802 3 Differential Manchester 4 Data Rate It s rate to generate 1 bit
8. E E ie Event 1 if Event 2 i Event 3 f Eu iF E tf Eyi oF E fc Et rE or E oF Evant f Keyboard Event Output Enable HEX Start End Time TINS Refer to the photo as above you will see we set Event as an external event This example is that I use another PG as an external signal source we called it PG2 And the other is PG1 You must connect PGI EV1 pin with PG2 CHO pin and PG2 output the 137 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments waveform as an external event as below photo Programmable Data Generator C Documents and Settings Owner 2 fl BER SER WESE external E pgu ioj xi Dae NE a eN E 30 Start End Time 9 786 ns INS If Event doesn t happen PG1 will output the waveform repetitiously from the address 20 to the address 60 and PGI will jump to new address 70 when Event happened 5 3 How to use text editor tool to edit PG vector file PGV Programmable Data Generator PG in brief it can read not only PG Waveform File PGW but also PG Vector File PGV You can use any text editor software to edit the PG Vector File by yourself and the contest of PG Vector File is the data and PG command We ll explain the format of PG Vector File and 7 PG commands include NP No Operation JP Jump LP Loop BE Branch if Event LC Loop Count SE Set Event and WE Set Event 138 Acute Technology Inc
9. i awrs xt Read Avrite C Read Write Data Hex f10h 2ah 3ch 41h 5dh 65h Note please pay attention to the format of the Data Hex every data must be separated by a space and hexadecimal format 3 Dev Device a Run Output the signal of the 1 wire list once b Stop Stop the output c Repeat Output the signal of the 1 wire list continually 4 Help a Contents On line help about the 1 wire 5 Channel a Select the channel to output 6 Speed a Standard speed 15kbps b Overdrive speed 111kbps 105 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 20 T S ae I S or Inter IC Sound or Integrated Interchip Sound is an electrical serial bus interface standard used for connecting digital audio devices together It is most commonly used to carry PCM information between the CD transport and the DAC in a CD player The bus consists of at least three lines 1 Bit clock line 2 Word clock line also called word select line 3 And at least one multiplexed data line How to use T S tool Programmable Data Generator al Export Import Sample L SF5 R SC75 L DD35 R 65D1 125 Channel _ 12S Data Hex SCK 0 TE o Help Exit Fue Repeat Run Stop The pattern generator will output the signal according to the I S Data You could edit the list by yourself Every row means I S data
10. 6 7 8 9 A 15 25 35 AE SS AE 3 8 LP ch oo WO HT 42 43 UN 45 46 47 48 49 Once you choose Add Bus Label a dialogue box as the above will show up The box includes Label Name Group Type Bus Elements Channel and Color Please follow these procedures to create the new bus label 1 To fill the name of the bus label in Label Name column 2 Choose Group Type There are five radixes available HEX DEC OCT BIN or ASC 34 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 Choose Channels to compose the bus from the lowest bit to the highest bit For instance If there are four channels 19 18 17 and 16 within the bus label then you have to choose 16 first then 17 18 and 19 You can not choose gray colored channels since they are already created 4 Choose Color 5 Press OK button then finish the setup There are two special function buttons on the right of the screen one is All On the other is All Off All On means all available channels in the Channel area will be moved to the Bus Elements area and All Off means the opposite action that all channels in Bus Elements will be moved to Channel For insert the channel into and between two channels within the Bus Elements you may move the Indicator which is above the Bus Signals to the place between the two channels and choose Channel 3 4 8 Add All Labels Add All Labels will name all channel
11. Copyright 2012 INPUTS PG Function DATA ASSIGN DATA 3 0 RADIX AUTO FREQUENCY 1000 Hz SINTERVAL 1ms PATTERN 8FFh Oh 0 2FFh Oh 1 900h Oh 2 000h Oh 3 000h Oh 4 000h Oh 5 000h Oh 6 000h Oh 7 000h Oh 8 000h Oh 9 000h Oh 10 000h 1h 11 000h 2h 12 000h 3h 13 000h 4h 14 000h 5h 15 000h 6h 16 000h Th 17 139 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments e Remark MOV RL 255 MOV RH 255 OE 65535 F j Remark START PATTERN Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments We ll explain the PG Vector File sample that it is a 4 bits width 1 KHz synchronous counter as above INPUT PG_Function DATA Decide the signal name Every signal name separates by a space and if the signal is the bus signal Group you can use sign to express for example A 3 0 means A3 A2 Al AO 4 signals Note PG Function is a keyword don t use PG Function as your signal name It means you ll use PG_Function command in your pattern here ASSIGN DATA 3 0 It indicates that which channel your signal output It means DATAO CH 00 DATA1 CH 01 DATA2 CH 02 DATA3 CH 03 140 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments RADIX AUTO Set the bus group radix If the value in PATTERN section follows with radix ID h d 0 b the RADIX should
12. High Level t Invert Clock ii or Input Bus Data 2 only available in bus label to modify the waveform 8 Click the right button of the mouse within the marked waveform area in order to 97 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments cut copy paste or undo the waveform 9 Connect the PG s ground line to the tested circuit ground line 10 Connect the probes to the tested circuits according to the order of channel field number 11 Click Run to output these wave patterns 3 4 1 Field Adjustment The field width in the Wave Editor screen is adjustable these fields include Label Channel Value and Waveform There are three vertical Field Splitters among the above mentioned four fields you may change these fields width by dragging any field splitter to the left or right while pressing the mouse s left button on the field splitter Note Some fields may be scrolled out of the PC screen when the field splitter is being dragged to the right You may enlarge Wave Editor screen in order to see all fields and easily modify any field width 3 4 2 Definitions 1 Label Labels can be defined as numeric alphabetic underscore _ or yet their length cannot be over 31 characteristics bytes 2 PG1000 2000 Channel POD order from left to right 28g Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Pod A CH 00 CH 09 Pod B CH 1
13. JP 35 means to jump a new address 35 without any condition 816h means that insert the value 22 16h into the RL register 200h means that insert the value 0 into the RH register 100h means that jump the new address RT 12 22 12 10 146 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator Untitled J f z oj x em A E NE a NEE E A 18 PG_Function DATA BRO GOOCOCOCOCGOGE Ml a ha dL r b I Maake ooo ine in LP Loop LP Loop is similar with JP The different is that JP requires no condition but LP is a condition jump decided by LC There is a register in PG called LC Loop Counter To set LC 32 will write 32 into Loop Counter The LC legal value is 2 65536 It is illegal value about 0 and 1 Note Here is the different with most CPU and MCU Now we can use the LP command after setting the LC value The waveform output flow run across the LP command will reduce 1 of the LC Ex Set LC 32 in address 3 4 set LP 16 in address 23 25 1 Run along address to LP 16 and then reduce 1 of the LC LC LC 1 2 Check the LC at address 25 3 If LC 0 New Address Next Address 26 4 If LC gt 0 New Address 16 Note If the LC 0 already and run across the LP reduce the LC will Acute Technology Inc 147 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments cause unrespectable flow 200h means that
14. Uh ee Run Stop S pan epea Clock Rate 100 KHz Aie Help Exit ceee e S SE Delete Packet 10 R ACK L 34 ACK H 2F ACK F Insert Packet Modify Packet Delete All Packets Export Import SMBUS Packet ORS Content WW ACK CMD 20 ACK L 34 ACK H 2F ACK Sr ADDR 10 R ACK L 34 ACK H 2F ACK PEC 93 NACK P a Delete Packet Delete the selected packet b Insert Packet Insert a new packet after selected packet c Modify Packet Modify the selected packet d Delete All Packets Delete all packets in the list e Export Export the content of the list to a text file f Import Import the text file saved by the program 2 Run 116 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Output the signal according to the list 3 Stop Stop the signal 4 Repeat Repeat to output the signal 3 24 PMBUS FRaiBus z rus The Power Management Bus PMBus is a variant of the System Management Bus SMBus which is targeted at digital management of power supplies Like SMBus it is a relatively slow speed two wire communications protocol based on PC Unlike either of those standards it defines a substantial number of domain specific commands rather than just saying how to communicate using commands defined by the reader How to use PMBus tool 117 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable DataGenerator aT PMBus
15. a Be PG_Function CH 68 CH 11 11 Programmable Data Generator f q amp 3 No commands are allowed within 4 clocks after the OE command Continue checking o 0 A y ANEN dl m T l h Thal h ma oai ry 12 l A Start End Time 156 ns INS You can push the button Waveform Check to check it is correct that the time interval of the command 2 Set Event SE 1 and Wait Event WE 1 SE 1 and WE 1 mean that PG will do something when some event happened 7 P es Acute PC based T amp M Instruments is S QQ LA MEM S 7R B E onana setn xil 11 Command PG_ Function SE 1 Set Event CH 90 Address E CH 1 Loop Count Pa eee el Event Invert CH 83 Event 1 CH 84 Event 2 CH 05 f Event 3 HE ie Event 1 or Event 2 CH 87 C Event 1 oi i CH 88 i en PAE biki C Event 7 or Eveni oF Evant CH 10 Keyboard Event CH 11 Wutout Enahle HEN Y rer s j C Enable fo HE ty J i Cancel Help ruaa EC Hark Duration 266 ns Start 866 ns End 1 us Time 150 ns IKS uf ae mm x x l Command Address eS P Loop Count PE EONA ae E e a i Cancel Help ar tart End Time 7696 ns INS Refer to the photo as above push the button Run and you will find that PG doesn t work until you push the lt space gt keyboard of your PC Because we set that only keyboard event happened and then PG r
16. o NDATA 4 Calculate PO P1 NDATA C Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random Goto Sleep Data Field Random Wake up frame Delimiter 4 Bits CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced TSYNBRK i Bits iti aie CHECKSUM Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 j Add Insert Modify Delete Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 3E PO 1 P1 1 NDATA 14 Data bd 60 2f 6a 27 45 c9 3b 45 c3 a2 1e 2d c7 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments A Bits Modify maybe you want to correct some frame of the long LIN List You can use the function Modify We make an example as below you want to modify the second item of the LIN List a Highlight the item you want to modify b Insert the value c Push the button Modify You can refer to the two photos as below to tell their differences 90 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK 13 Bits TSYNDEL 1 Bits Identifer Field IDENTIFER Hex FS PARITY PO fi P1 o NDATA 4 Calculate PO P1 NDATA CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced AC Calculate CHECKSUM C Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random 4 Bits Goto Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 j Data Field Add I
17. 6 Data 20 al f 52 50 a9 56 15 CAC 7845 CRC Deli 1 ACK 0 IM 4 REMOTE 29 ID 1714172 RTR 1 DLC 5 CRC 3008 CAC Deli 1 ACK 1 IM 3 cee Add Insert Modify and Delete refer to LIN instruction The CAN generator will generate the ERROR FRAME when you insert wrong CRC CRC delimiter We take CRC ERROR for an example 1 Generate IDENTIFER 0x611 by random 94 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 Check the radio button DATA FRAME and STANDARD FRAME 3 Generate DLC 8 Data Ox9F 0x1E 0xB8 0x6A 0x09 0x79 OxEE 0x30 4 Push the button Calc CRC CRC 0x4f80 I change wrong CRC value to Ox4f81 5 Push the button Add Programmable Data Generator O OZO OSOS jojxi Baud Rate 400 K bps 11Bits C 29Bits CAN High 0 IDENTIFER 611 CHECK ID Random Ng E 1 CAN_Low Data Frame Remote Frame RTR jo CAN Signal List Field DLC 8 Random JE jet Add Insert Modify Delete Data DI D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D D8 a Me mie El o E Expori Import It occurs CRC Error PG will output Error Frame Yes Active Error No Passive Error Data Remote Frame CRC Field Hex ACK Bit E Intermission IM E CAN Signal List Stuffing M Repeat Help Exit The program will show CRC ERROR message you can choose Active Error Passive Error
18. 8 bits 1 Byte But if you choose 9 15Bits the program will read the data and output with 16 bits 2 Byte and the rest bits part not enough 16Bits will be mask If you choose output data by random the maximum data is 7FFF It means it s useless if you choose Data Bits 17 24Bits If you choose output data by edit and the data 1s 16 bit value as like 4a75h but you choose Data Bits 8 bits You will see the output data is 75h The format of data by edit Hex Format 2a 45 lc 673 1 572 SPI Generator also can output the data of Bin file in Hex format and Txt file in ASCII format 3 16 LIN Li It s more important that how to control the transmissions of the internal electricity signal of the car as the growth of the vehicle market CAN and LIN are the main protocols g4 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments on the applications LIN BUS plays a key role that costs down opposite the CAN BUS It applies to control the low speed peripheral device of the vehicle like car door car window and so on How to use LIN tool Programmable Data Generator F m Dj x m e Message Frame i CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Synch Break Field Classic Enhanced TSYNBRK PB i Bits pF Calculate CHECKSUM TSYNDEL 6 Bits C Wake up Frame Identifer Field IDENTIFER Hex 3A 2 Random 4 Bits PARITY P0 o P1 fi NDATA 8 Calculate
19. PO P1 NDATA Data Field PR C Go to Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 B Add Insert Modify Delete DB gt Random re see eT Leme Run Sto Hel MV Repeat LIN List Export Import Fur Pn p E Wake up delimeter Message TBRK 15 TDEL 6 ID 3A PO 0 P1 1 NDATA 8 Data 65 18 1D 7C 73 83 26 DB CKSUM ef Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 2F PO 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 Data CD 64 5C 26 CKSUM 4b Go to Sleep Wake up frame Delimiter 4 Bits A complete LIN signal is divided into two parts HEADER and RESPONSE SYNCH BREAK FIELD SYNCH FIELD and IDENTIFER combine to the HEADER DATA FIELD and CHECKSUM FIELD combine to the RESPONSE SYNCH BREAK FIELD is also divided into two parts they are TSYNBRK and TS YNDEL synchronization delimiter According to the protocol of LIN TSYNBRK must be larger than 12 bits and TSYNDEL must be equal to 1 bit or larger than 1 bit You can input the value by yourself of course and don t worry about the problem of the invalid value you input because the program will notify you with a message g5 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments SYNCH FIELD is a hexadecimal value 0x55 and it s fixed This program doesn t show the information about the SYNCH FIELD IDENTIFER FIELD is combined with 6 bits width IDENTIFER and 2 bits parity PO and P1 All that only you do is push the button
20. Setup pin define box and connect them with Printer first Don t forget to connect Ground line Pinter pin definition refers to Note There are Data 7 0 nStrobe nSelectIn nAutoFeed and Busy channels in PG Except the Busy is input signal the others are output signal So the Busy can be assigned to Event_1l Event_2 or Event_3 channel These 3 Event channels will acknowledge PG for controlled the data output The tool output data through Data 7 0 nStrobe nSelectIn and nAutoFeed channels and stop after the Busy active high from Printer And it will output again when the Busy active low If the output data size is over PG s memory size the tool will ask you to check Section item for partial outputting these data You may also check the Repeat item for printing more copy After you finished these setting as above pressing the Run button will output these data You may find an active wave icon under the left bottom to indicate the output status To click the Stop button will stop output Acute Technology Inc 61 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Note Printer pin define Data 7 0 Pin 9 2 Nstrobe Pin 1 NselectIn Pin 17 NautoFeed Pin 14 Busy Pin 11 Ground Pin 25 18 3 8 Serial Port RS232 Signal Generator Al This tool can generate RS232 protocol and output standard RS232 signal voltage You may connect PG with RS232 device directly without other driver How to us
21. To click the Stop button will stop output Acute Technology Inc 70 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 11 Text File to Waveform Text file is a vector format conformed by the PGV structure of PG Editor You may edit the file using any text editor software and then to load the file by the tool and convert it into Wave Editor PGV PG Vector File structure The PGV file has two modes as Time Stamp and No Time Stamp There are several section keywords to construct PGV file INPUTS UNIT INTERVAL FREQUENCY PATTERN ASSIGN and RADIX You may see two examples following behind these keywords 1 INPUTS To set output signal label name For tested device PG output channels are input signals to them An empty space between each signal label is necessary Labels can be defined as numeric alphabetic underscore _ yet their length cannot be over 31 characteristics bytes The sign and are used for bus label Ex Bus consisted of 4 channels can be defined as A 3 0 It means A3 A2 Al AO labels Note the PG_Function is a special keyword If the PG_Function defines in INPUTS section it means that the PATTERN section include PG command sets 2 ASSIGN The section keyword is to assign real channels for INPUTS labels INPUTS A 3 0 ASSIGN A 3 0 6 11 It means A3 CH8 A2 CH9 Al CH10 AO CH11 71 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp
22. a list of the command order to communicate between master device and slave device 1 Wire protocol is usually applied to the communication of the EEPROM 102 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Waveform Legend Resistor pull up Slave The least significant bit of command or data byte is transmitted first and there are two kinds of transmission rate standard speed and overdrive speed How to use 1 Wire tool 103 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator oj x _File F Edit E Dev 5 Help H sa bla S a x Ss crae o2 speed fisions e aaa ANTUNA E SS SSS SSS SSS The pattern generator will output the signal according to the 1 Wire List You could edit the list by yourself Every row means 1 wire command set 1 File a Export Save the 1 wire list to a text file b Import Load the 1 wire list text file 2 Edit a Add new item Add a new item to the 1 wire list b Delete the selected item Delete the selected item in the 1 wire list c Append new item to the selected item Append a new item to the selected item in the 1 wire list d Modify the selected item Modify the selected item in the 1 wire list 104 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments e DeleteAll Delete the entire item in the 1 wire list SS
23. be AUTO Ex When the RADIX is AUTO the pattern 35 35d and 35h 53d are different Set the RADIX to HEX the pattern 35 and 35h are equal When RADIX sets to DEC the pattern 35h will treat as 35d The 5 kinds of RADIX as AUTO depending on radix ID HEX Hexadecimal DEC Decimal OCT Octal BIN Binary In AUTO mode the value with radix ID in PATTERN section h is hexadecimal value o is octal value and b is binary value The empty radix ID value will treat as decimal value FREQUENCY 1000 Hz It means PG clock frequency is 1000 Hz Acute Technology Inc 141 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments PATTERN The section keyword is the head of waveform pattern There are two areas in the section time scale called Time Stamp and wave data using gt to separate the two areas In No Time Stamp mode Time Stamp can be removed The time scale is increased INTERVAL or FREQUENCY column by column Only one section keyword of INTERVAL and FREQUENCY can be chose in No Time Stamp mode In Time Stamp mode the time scale accord with Time Stamp time unit accord with UNIT value and these wave data describe what these INPUTS digital patterns are See Time Stamp example as below INPUTS PG_Function DATA ASSIGN DATA 3 0 RADIX AUTO UNIT ms PATTERN 0 0 gt 8FFh Oh 1 0 gt 2FFh Oh 2 0 gt 900h Oh 10 0 gt 000h Oh 11 0 gt 000h 1h 12 0 gt 000h 2h 13 0 gt 000h 3h
24. ee GroupType HEX Cancel Help To set the basic parameter of a signal label you may pop up the label menu and choose Property Or move the mouse to the label then double click the left button The two ways both can show up the Label Setting dialogue box for modifying label parameters It can set 36 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments either single signal label or bus label There are three items in the box Label Name Group Type and Color The Group Type is set the radix for display of signal value HEX DEC OCT BIN and ASC If click the Property while some labels are selected the Label Name will be gray and forbid to modify because these labels name are different The Group Type also becomes gray when these labels group type defined as different radix 3 4 12 Combine Labels There are two ways to combine labels Quick Combine Labels and Combine Labels Quick Combine Labels please refer to Move Insert and Quick Combine Labels section Combine Labels structure is similar with Add All Labels but Channel in the dialogue box only display these labels which are selected in the label field 3 4 13 Arrange Labels You can use Arrange Labels to arrange the bus labels order from LSB to MSB The dialogue box outline and operation rule is similar with Combine Labels and Add All Labels 3 4 14 Decompose Labels To decompose labels Bus you just move the mouse to the
25. gt Loop to New Address Branch If Event Event Invert z Set Loop Count Cancel Help Cancel Help Fig 1 Fig 2 G Event 14 z set Event Wait for Event C Event 2 C Event 3 C Event 3 C Event 1 or Event 2 C Event 1 or Event 2 C Event 1 or Event 3 C Event 1 or Event 3 C Event 2 or Event 3 C Event 2 or Event 3 C Event 1 or Event 2 or Evant 3 C Event 1 or Event 2 or Evant 3 C Keyboard Event C Keyboard Event The Fig 1 is original outline The Fig 2 pop up command list outline To choose one command in the list and click OK you will see the command name in the PG_Functin channel How to clear the PG_Function to be NP No Operation You may highlight an area in the PG_Function channel that you want to clear and then click Command 48 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Setting button If you want to clear all of PG_Function to be NP No Operation you can use Channel cursor to highlight whole PG_Function channel and click Command Setting button too A warning message will pop up Clear the command of mark area To click Yes will clear all command You can refer to the details of the PG_Function as below website address How to use PG Function Command 3 4 25 Waveform Check v There are some commands settings rules must conform It is recommended to make a check by clicking the Waveform Check button to reduce some unexpected situation The main ch
26. in BIOS setting screen Note refer to Troubleshooting chapter 2 1 3 PG Peripheral Installation 1 Connect the flat cable lines of PG s signal isolation amplifier pod see Page 6 Equipment with PG mainframe Make sure to match these lines in their respective 13 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments alphabetic order E g A A B B etc 2 Connect one end of the signal connector line 10Pins with the signal isolation amplifier pod and the other end with probes 3 Connect one end of the signal connector s ground line 2 pins with the signal isolation amplifier pod and the other end with a probe 1 pin is enough 4 Connect the ground line probe red remark with the ground line of the measurement target object 5 Connect the signal connector probe with the measurement target object 2 2 Installation Procedures Pocket PG 1 Turn on the power of your PC and enter Windows system When you insert the 14 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments installation CD you may see an Auto Installation screen please cancel it first 2 Connect the USB cable to the Pocket PG and your PC or Notebook computer 3 Windows will find a USB device automatically and enter the hardware wizard Add New Hardware Vyizard 4 Choose Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Item to find the proper driver au
27. insert 0 into the RH register 401h means that insert 3 1 2 3 loop count range 2 65536 into the RC register 148 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 16 bits width loj x H IHW CLE WTA e LF JL sar JUL w S cls SE Set Event There are 4 events of PG included 3 external events Event_1 Event_2 Event_3 and 1 internal event Keyboard Event The PG interlaces the 4 events to be 16 conditions for controlling the output flow These 16 conditions will be saved into the Event register of PG 1 Keyboard Event 2 Event_1 3 Event_2 4 Event_3 5 Event_1 or Event 2 6 Event_1 or Event_ 3 Acute Technology Inc 149 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 7 Event_2 or Event_3 8 Event_1 or Event_2 or Event_3 Note PKPG series possess 2 external events Event_1 Event_2 and 1 internal event Keyboard Event The others 8 conditions are the inverse of these 8 items If Event registers set as above 8 conditions PG will detect these event channels and compare with Event register To get the same value will set the Flag Register Event bit of PG to be true state If got the different value then set the bit to be false state Nevertheless invert conditions will detect these event channels and compare with Event register To get the same value will set the Flag Register Event bit to be false state Got the different value wi
28. later to save captured data as PGW format Refer to LA Viewer manual 77 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 13 Altera s Waveform to PG s Waveform iS hiera ay It is more popular to implement products by FPGA and PLD in these days Many engineers use FPGA and PLD to be a control circuit For time to market these chip s vendors provide many software tool to assist and emulate FPGA and PLD development How to verify these chips function by real signal after design in It is not enough for just simulated by software only You may use PG to generate FPGA and PLD input labels signal and feed them into these chips then capture signals by Acute LA form these chip s output The verification model is wonderful for you because it will save so many simulation times and reflect the real various responses Not virtual simulation by software only but it 1s also a real chip working result The model also can apply in IC test system circuit verification others similar condition test and so on Most software simulation provides testing model by waveform file and vector file These existing testing models you may convert them into PG Wave Editor and real output these testing patterns According to so many testing models for simulation we will continually provide various tools for different models conversion 72 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M I
29. program 3 10 Binary File to Waveform oo p The tool can take any type file as binary code to output How to use the Binary File to Waveform tool 69 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments aix Data Width Bytes 1 Output width Bits e Start Channel jo Frequency E H Mrz Repeat Section Help Run Stop 1 Data Width Bytes The width unit is Byte According to the value the tool will take 1 or more bytes each time from a file Ex A file size 1024Bytes setting Data Width 2Bytes Then the tool will take 2Bytes for 512 times from the file into Output Buffer 2 Output Width Bits This is the output channel width The value sets from 1 to Data Width x8 bits Note 2 Data Width 2 Byte 16 bits 3 Start Channel Assign the LSB output channel of the tool Ex Start Channel 5 Data Width 6 then the tool output channels are 10 9 8 7 6 and 5 Channel 10 is MSB and channel 5 is LSB 4 Frequency It is the output frequency If the frequency is1OMHz then the tool will output 1 data each 100ns interval If the output data is over PG memory size the tool will ask you to check the Section item for partial outputting these data You may also check the Repeat item for repeating output After you finished these setting as above pressing the Run button will output these data You may find an active wave icon under the left bottom to indicate the output status
30. the time scale by adjust Custom Frequency for your requirement To check the Repeat and Wait Key Before Run items in the dialogue box will add command sets in PG_Function channels The Repeat item is for repeating output and the Wait Key Before Run item is for starting output after received a hot key event You may check the both items for production line auto testing requirement Waiting for the hot key event which is easy pressed a key by operator the tool will output the same pattern to each target device 3 14 Batch Out ea The Batch Output can output a great deal of files by once it supports the format of file that 1s edited by Wave Editor extend file name is PGW or PGV It offers a convenient function that you can enter Interval for each file and check Loop Always to output all files repetitively It helps your measure or test automatically and let your experiment simply How to use the Batch output tool g0 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator j DADocuments PGyY testForBatch ctSyncentPkpg5Bits pc D Documents PGY_ testForBatch c testl pov x Add File Hemove Hemove All Up ie EEA iad irri EA koa Guu Interval for each file 1000 ms M Loop Always Exit First push Add File to select the files you want to output if you want to output two files or above you can push Up or Down to make the order file
31. 0 CH 19 Pod C CH 20 CH 29 PG x050 only Pod D CH 30 CH 39 PG x050 only Pod E CH 40 CH 49 PG x050 only Extended Pod Event_1 Event_2 Event_3 RS232 Outl RS232 Out2 RS232_In1 RS232_In2 I C Clock I C Data Clock_ In1 Clock_In2 Clock_Out 3 Pocket PG Channel POD order from the Left to the Right Standard Output Channels CH 00 CH 15 Function Channels EV1 EV2 CKI and CKO EV 1 Event 1 Input Channel EV2 Event 2 Input Channel CKI External Clock Input CKO Internal Clock Output 3 4 3 Cursor 1 ite Point is the cursor either to highlight waveform area within the waveform field or to set up Address Stamp position In order to mark waveform area you need to drag the mouse use Te icon while pressing its left button within the 29 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments waveform field until all the desired waveform area is highlighted Then you may either use the Wave Edit Button 7 i 22 in x to change their state or use the right button of the mouse to copy the marked waveform area When the Point moves the status field on the bottom of the screen will display the timing of the Address Stamp Once waveform highlighted the status field will display the start and the end timing scale and the whole marked waveform area s time period Another way of marking the waveform is to double click the left button of the mouse within
32. 14 0 gt 000h 4h 15 0 gt 000h 5h 16 0 gt 000h 6h 142 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 17 0 gt 000h 7h 18 0 gt 000h 8h 19 0 gt 000h 9h 20 0 gt 000h Ah 21 0 gt 000h Bh 22 0 gt 000h Ch 23 0 gt 816h Dh 24 0 gt 200h Eh 25 0 gt 100h Fh 26 0 gt 000h Oh There is a main difference between No Time Stamp example and Time Stamp example In No Time Stamp example FREQUENCY 1000 Hz or INTERVAL Ims means that every interval of the data sample point is 1 KHz or Ims In Time Stamp example UNIT ms means the unit of every Time Stamp 000h Oh 10 START PATTERN 000h th 11 000h 2h 12 000h 3h 13 There is an extract from No Time Stamp example it indicates that the tenth data sample point is Oh Hex the eleventh data sample point 1s 1h Hex the twelfth data sample point is 2h Hex and the thirteenth data sample point is 3h Hex Every interval of the data sample point is 1 KHz or I ms Acute Technology Inc 143 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 0 0 gt 8FFh Oh 1 0 gt 2FFh Oh 2 0 gt 900h Oh 10 0 gt 000h Oh 11 0 gt 000h th 12 0 gt 000h 2h Here is another extract from Time Stamp example it means that the data is Oh Hex when O ms Ims 2 10 ms the data is 1h Hex when 11 ms the data is 2h Hex when 12 ms Note 8FFh 2FFh 900h 816h 200h 100h is PG_Function command We will explain them later PG_Function
33. 2 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments _ Programmable Data Generator Untitled Ioj x ea enay A HEPI 21 g PG_Function DATA SS Gf i ee ees eee en eee ee ee Se O O SA T en ASS OS ST ft ee BE Branch If Event The BE Branch If Event command is similar with LP Because they are both condition jump LP jumps by LC condition BE jumps by Event bit state When PG flow run across BE command the PG will jump to BE address if the Event bit 1 It will go to next address when the Event bit 0 000h Oh 00010 80Dh 1h 00011 MOV RL 13 200h 2h 00012 MOV RH O 500h 3h 00013 BE 13 000h 4h 00014 PG_Function 12Bits ABits MSB 8Bits LSB Jump to the new address of the REX Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 153 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 80Dh means that insert 13 ODh into the RL register 200h means that insert 0 into the RH register 500h means that jump to the new address in the REX register _ Programmable Data Generator Untitled De SQQ 4 VHF R Re R There is a PG_ Function command OE Output Enable it s only used in PKPG series 8FFh Oh 00000 MOV RL 255 2FFh Oh 00001 MOV RH 255 900h Oh 00002 OE 65535 000h Oh 00003 000h Oh 00004 Acute Technology Inc 154 Ca opyright 2012 Acu
34. 7 Every line must be ended with the sign and every data must be separated with the sign When you finished editing I C signal contest pressing the button Edit OK and Run will output PC signal pressing the button Cancel can reedit the C signal You can see the sample when you press the button Sample PG2020 or PG2050 could select Default out or Custom out When you select Default out and transmit the I C signal from Extended Pod I2CC clock and I2CD data pins It will support Open Collector If you select Custom out and you could decide which channel of the PG output the rc signal but it doesn t support Open Collector Note PKPG series PKPG2016 PKPG2116 PKPG2116 only select Custom out 1 Custom Out a SCL I C clock b SDA C data c Wait Event EV1 If check this item PG will not output signal until EV1 pin has a pulse inputed 2 File Setting a SaveFile Save the content as a text file b OpenFile Load the text file 3 I C Address Set I C Address mode 4 TC Speed bit s 68 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Set C clock 5 Edit Section Hex a Sample Show the C samples b Clear Clear the content of Edit Section c Convert It will convert as I C waveform on Wave Edit d Repaet Output I C signal repeatedly e Run amp Stop Output I C signal amp Stop I C signal 6 Help Call on line help 7 Exit Exit the
35. 7 6 and oe Channel 10 is MSB and channel 5 is LSB 6 Frequency It is the counter frequency If the counter frequency is10MHz then the counter will increase by Increment after 100ns 7 Delay Time Asynchronous counter delay a fix time from LSB channel to MSB channel Ex Counter frequency 10MHz Delay Time 1 10 The channel 1 will delay 10ns to output after channel 0 58 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments The counter can output a serial number It is also allowed to repeat output these data by check the Repeat item Section function is illegal in the Asynch Counter There is 64K bits memory depth per channel of PG default But this tool will take 30 bits for system flow control And enable Repeat function will reduce half memory size in the tool So there are two kinds of effective output memory size as 64K 30 65536 30 65506 at non check Repeat mode and 64K 30 2 65536 30 2 32753 at check Repeat mode When the count range setting over the memory limitation it will pop up a warning message After you finished these setting as above pressing Run button will output these data You may find an active wave icon under the left bottom to indicate the output status To click the Stop button will stop output Ex Asynchronous Counter Width 3 Start 0 End 7 Increment 1 Frequency l10MHz Delay Time 1 10 Start Channel 0 The output result CH 1 loUns Kions CH 8
36. 8 CH 11 CH 12 CH 13 CH 14 CH 15 Too oon E Y riv irae Start End Time 666 ns INS 3 4 24 Command Setting E There is one label name PG_Function in waveform field cannot be deleted You may set PG_Function command to control the waveform output flow There are 7 command instructions as NP No Operation JP Jump LP Loop BE Branch if Event LC Loop Count SE Set Event and WE Wait Event Clk It is a machine cycle reference to the Base Frequency OE Only for Pocket PG use s eo e O Jump to a new address Reduce 1 of the LC value Jump to a new address 1f LC gt 0 Go to next address if LC 0 45 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Branch if Event Jump to a new address if receive SE Else go to next address Loop Count Set Loop Count 2 65536 Stop for waiting Event received Output Enable Enable PG channels output 1 NP No Operation will affect nothing The action is the same as MCU and CPU NP means New Address Address 1 2 JP Jump will effect the output flow Ex JP 35 means to jump a new address 35 without any condition 3 LP Loop is similar with JP The different is that JP requires no condition but LP is a condition jump decided by LC There is a register in Acute PG called LC Loop Counter To set will write 32 into Loop Counter The LC legal value is 2 65536 It is illegal value about O an
37. 9 Level 2 to reflect CH 20 to CH 49 Pocket PG series 24 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments only provide output level 1 adjustable function 3 3 PG Base Frequency Setting PG works as the base frequency of internal clock generator Which can generate 2 kinds of frequency integer frequency and fraction frequency and own 4 level 10 based frequency divider The integer frequency includes 1 OOMHz 80MHz 50MHz 40MHz and 100KHz 1OOMHz divided by the frequency divider can generate 1OMHz IMHz 100KHz and 1OKHz It is similar to 830MHz generated 8MHz 800KHz 80KHz and SKHz etc The fraction frequency has 2 range one is from 15MHz to 75MHz with 100KHz interval fine tuned for generating 1SMHz 15 1MHz 15 2MHz through to 74 9MHz and 75MHz the other one is from 1 25MHz to 15MHz with 50KHz interval fine tuned for generating 1 25MHz 1 3MHz 1 35MHz through to 14 95MHz and 15MHz The 4 levels 10 based frequency divider still works in the fraction frequency Hence from 15MHz to 75MHz with 1OOKHz fine tuned divides by 10 will generate 1 51MHz 1 52MHz and 1 53MHz through to 7 49MHz and 7 5MHz It seems complexity for adjusting frequency But PG EDITOR will help you to solve the setting If you set an error frequency PG EDITOR will suggest a nearby value for you 25 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 4 Wave Editor Wave Editor provid
38. 9 PGx050 ch00 to ch49 e Upper case and lower case alphabet is different for INPUTS signal label name Ex Data 7 0 And data 7 0 Are two different bus labels So in the INPUTS and ASSIGN section label name and alphabetical case have to accord There are Repeat and Wait Key Before Run items in the dialogue box To check these items will add commands into PG_Function channels The Custom Frequency item is just for No Time Stamp mode In this mode the Base Frequency Setting accords with FREQUENCY or INTERVAL value You may check the item and adjust value to instead of INTERVAL The Base Frequency Setting will load the default 1OMHz value while FREQUENCY INTERVAL and Custom Frequency are all not assigned Example for Time Stamp mode INPUTS Reset KeyPulseAck CmdWrite data 7 0 CmdClkIn Clk100K AdjClkIn2 AdjClkInI AddrClkIn Radix HEX UNIT ns PATTERN 0 0 gt 0000000000 40 0 gt 1000000000 50 0 gt 1000100000 100 0 gt 1000200000 150 0 gt 1000300000 74 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 200 0 gt 1000400000 250 0 gt 10005 00000 300 0 gt 1000600000 350 0 gt 1000700000 400 0 gt 1000800000 450 0 gt 1000900000 500 0 gt 1000A 00000 550 0 gt 1000B 00000 600 0 gt 1000C 00000 650 0 gt 1000D 00000 700 0 gt LOO 0E 00000 730 0 gt 1000F 00000 800 0 gt 1001000000 850 0 gt 100 TL 00000 900 0 gt 1001200000 950 0 gt 1001300000 Example for No Time Stamp mode Acute PC based T amp M Instruments I
39. Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 4 1 Hardware 1 While connecting the PG with the target system please Do Not connect the output channel with Ground or VCC because doing so shall damage the signal isolation amplifier pod 2 Please Do Not use any power adapter provided by companies other than Acute to connect the PG power since our power adapter fits into the PG power need Otherwise unexpected damage to the PG or its parts may be done 3 At least one ground line of the signal isolation amplifier pod should be connected to the target system If the noise or cross talk occurs from the measured waveform you may need to connect one more ground line to the target system to improve the quality of the measurement 4 Though the five signal isolation amplifier pods are marked A B C D and E they are all the same and they are interchangeable Nevertheless it is recommended that Do Not Change these pods to avoid unnecessary errors in the channel numbering However Extended Pod is a special signal isolation amplifier pod please Do Not plug it into either Pod A B C D or E s connector or vice versa otherwise the PG can be damaged 5 The connectors of the PG mainframe and its interface card are the same as that of the printer cable yet Do Not connect printer cable to the PG or its interface card otherwise unexpected damage can be done Also please use cables provided by Acute Technology to ensure PG works smoothly 6
40. Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Data field D1 D8 will active according to the DLC value After you insert the IDENTIFER DLC and Data push the button Calc CRC the program will calculate the CRC value Insert the CRC Delimiter ACKnowledge and Intermission You can generate the Intermission by random and CRC Delimiter must be 1 and ACKnowledge must be 0 or 1 Choose the CAN BUS speed and the channels of CAN_HIGH and CAN_LOW and then push the button Add it will add the CAN BUS frame into the CAN Signal List We take an example as below I want to transmit 4 CAN BUS frame 2 DATA FRAME 2 REMOTE FRAME Refer to the photo as below Programmable Data Generator ioj x Data Remote Frame Baud Rate 400 K bps C 11Bits 29Bits CAN_High JE IDENTIFER 114172 CHECK ID Random _Hig E CAN Low fo RTR g CAN Signal List Field Add Insert Modify Delete File Export f Import Export Import Il Bit Stuffing M Repeat Data Frame Remote Frame DLC ES Random Data D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 _D6 _D D6 E a CRC Field Hex 3008 CRC Delimiter ja ACK Bit 1 Calc cRC Intermission IM 4 Random bits Stop Help Exit CAN Signal List DATA 11 ID 69a RTR 0 DLC 4 Data 22 92 19 71 CAC bbf CRC Deli 1 ACK 0 IM 4 REMOTE 11 ID 6c2 RTR 1 DLC 5 CRC fdb CAC Deli 1 ACK 1 IM 4 DATA 29 ID 1714466 RTR 0 DLC
41. Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Table of contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 1 What is programmable data generator 2 1 2 Equipments 3 1 3 Specifications 5 1 4 System Requirement 9 Chapter 2 _Installation 10 2 1 Installation Procedures PG1000 2000 11 2 2 Installation Procedures Pocket PG 14 2 3 Driver Installation 17 2 4 Software Installation PG Editor 19 2 5 BIOS setup for Printer port 20 2 6 Questions 21 Chapter3 Operation 22 3 1 PG Editor Tools List 23 System Property
42. C based T amp M Instruments Internal External Clock Logic Not External Clock Mode External Clock Input Channels 2 Channels in Extended POD Data Flow Control Wait for Event Branch If command POD A E 1 5v 5 5v 255 scales Output Type Extended POD UART I C UART Baud Rate 110 256K Standard 64k bits Memory Depth per channel Big size model 512k bits Event External Event Threshold TTL Level Operating Temperature 5 C 45 C 41 F 113 F Temperature Storage Temperature 40 C 75 C 40 F 167 F Operating System Windows 95 98 NT ME 2000 XP Software Features Save amp Load Waveform Dimensions Length x Width x Height mm 197 x 147 x 42 mm 6 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 3 2 Pocket PG 7 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Internal External Clock External Operation Clock Logic Not And External Clock Input 1 Channel ch 18 Data Flow Control Wait for Event Branch If command 5v 3 3v 3V 2 8V 2 5V 2 lv 1 8v 1 5v H Output Type 1 Z output voltage 2 Data Skew lt 3ns 256K Bytes 2M Bytes Total Memory Size 64kb ch 512kb ch Memory Depth in vectors Internal Event Hot Key External Event Channel 2 ch 16 ch 17 External Event Mode Events Not Or External Event Threshold Same as output channel Operating T
43. Calc PO P1 NDATA the program will calculate PO P1 and NDATA automatically NDATA is numbers of the data you want to output We take an example as below IDENTIFER Ox2F we push the button Calc PO P1 NDATA to calculate PO 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 NDATA 4 means you must insert 4 8 bit width data or generate the data by random Programmable Data Generator ii 5 x m e Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK mB i Bits fT Calculate CHECKSUM TSYNDEL ti Bits mC Wake up Frame Identifer Field z Wake up delimeter IDENTIFER Hex 2F Random A PARITY PO i PI o NDATA 4 Calculate P0 P1 NDATA C Data Field carat Go to Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 Add Insert Modify Delete zi Random er LIN List i ff Export Import Sata ae n Stop Help V Repeat CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic Enhanced Bits Note because of the NDATA 4 the number of data you input must be 4 if the number of the data is large than 4 the program only will select 4 front data Only IDENTIFER is 0x3E or Ox3F is an exception the program will output all of the data you insert 26 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator o x m Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK 13 Bits TSYNDEL 1 Bits Identifer Field PARITY PO i P1 fi NDATA Calculate PO P1 NDATA Dat
44. Data Rate ija z a The menu will show up when push the right button of the mouse Export Import a Add New Packet Add a new packet to USB1 1 Output list b Delete Packet Delete the selected packet c Insert Packet Insert a new packet behind the selected packet d Modify Packet Modify the selected packet e Sample Acute Technology Inc 111 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Show a USB1 1 signal sample f Delete All Packets Delete all packets 1n the list g Export Save the content of the list as a text file h Import Open the text file The program will show the dialog box as blow when you select the item Add New Packet Insert Packet or Modify Packet It will calculate the USB1 1 crc5 or crc16 automatically according to the value you input x PID SOF JK Frame Number JAG Cancel Address 4 Repeat It will output the USB1 1 signal repetitively Note All the values you input must be hexadecimal 112 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 23 SMBus SMBus shibus The System Management Bus abbreviated to SMBus or SMB is a simple ShiBlus two wire bus derived from PC and used for communication with low bandwidth devices on a motherboard especially power related chips such as a laptop s rechargeable battery subsystem The SMBus was defined by Intel in 1995 It carries clock
45. EPP 1 7 As above ECP EPP 1 7 As above ECP Bi direction Less efficient than EPP Bi direction As above ECP Not compatible with some computers ECP SPP As above SPP As above 20 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 6 Questions If you have any problems concerning the installation please refer to the Troubleshooting in Chapter 5 Our home page 1s www acute com tw There is frequently updated information of our products logic analyzer programmable data generator latest software FAQs etc Should you still have any questions or suggestions to our products please feel free to contact us by e mail at service acute com tw 21 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Chapter 3 Operation 272 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 3 1 PG Editor Tools List System Property Programmable Data Generator J Wave Editor mcript an Jur Text File to Waveform Binary File to Wavefornn LIN LAN PRABU FRABu PRABUS PMBUS SMBus 5MiBus SMBus MEU a aH name Counter Asame Counter Frinter FF LF Load from LA s Wa nr Altera s Waveform Sa 1 Wire Taina gt HDQ CO E M YCD File to Pas Waw gl Batch Output e 138 Fal Acute PC based T amp M Instruments SEE TC aC Wind b Pari VYHOL Wavefom Encode E
46. If got the different value then set the bit to be false state Nevertheless invert conditions will detect these event channels and compare with Event register To get the same value will set the Flag Register Event bit to be false State Got the different value will set the Event bit to be true state There are two command sets actions depending on the Event bit one is WE Wait Event the other one is BE Branch If Event The WE command will stop the PG 47 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments flow at the address and do not go to the next address until Event bit 1 5 The BE Branch If Event command is similar with LP Because they both are condition jump LP jumps by LC condition BE jumps by Event bit state When PG flow run across BE command the PG will jump to BE address if the Event bit 1 It will go to next address when the Event bit 0 How to Set the PG_Function Command You have to choose Point Cursor before setting PG_Function command Moving the Point Cursor to the address that you want to put command there and clicking the left button of the mouse a red line of the Address Stamp will appear in the waveform field 2 The Command Setting button will be effective in this situation To press the button will pop up a dialogue box as below Command Setting EJ Command Setting x Command Command SE 1 Set Event lt j fe i iE z Jump to Hew Add Loop toum 2
47. Insert the PG mainframe into a lower disk slot if possible since the PG needs to be connected to cables otherwise it may cause inconvenience while you are using other PC peripherals such as CD ROM driver or floppy disk driver placed below it 7 If the probes provided by the PG package do not fit properly into the target system s Acute Technology Inc 127 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments pins you can contact us for other probes 8 The Pocket PG provides 8 output voltage levels for user requirements Please pay attention to check the target circuit voltage levels to avoid damage to the circuit and the Pocket PG 9 The Pocket PG communicates with the PC through the USB interface Make sure that the USB cable is stable and plugged in securely 4 2 Software 1 It is necessary to finish the driver setup before launching the application otherwise the application will enter the demo mode 2 Remove old drivers and applications first before you update them to the latest version 3 Please download and update the latest software from our home page at www acute com tw 128 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Chapter 5 Miscellaneous 129 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 5 1 Troubleshooting 5 1 1 PG1000 2000 1 Should Demo Mode shows when you are executing PG Editor it means the installatio
48. M Instruments INPUTS Reset ASSIGN Reset 32 It means Reset CH32 Note If there are no channels to assign to match INPUTS labels it will be assigned and arranged the order from small to big automatically The amount channels of Pocket PG limit the ASSIGN channels PG_ Function is illegal word in the section 3 UNIT This is for Time Stamp mode in PATTERN section to assign the time scale unit The legal unit is ns us and ms It is useless for No Time Stamp mode 4 INTERVAL The time scale of each column increased by the value The section keyword applies in No Time Stamp mode 5 FREQUENCY You may use FREQUENCY to instead of INTERVAL section keyword It is almost the same function but for frequency domain and applies in No Time Stamp mode too 6 RADIX To set the bus group radix If the value in PATTERN section follows with radix ID h d o b the RADIX should be set to AUTO Ex When the RADIX is AUTO the pattern 35 35d and 35h 53d are different Set the RADIX to HEX the pattern 35 and 35h are equal When RADIX sets to DEC the pattern 35h will treat as 35d The 5 kinds of RADIX as AUTO depending on radix ID 79 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments HEX Hexadecimal DEC Decimal OCT Octal BIN Binary In AUTO mode the value with radix ID in PATTERN section h is hexadecimal value o is octal value and b is binary value The empty ra
49. NPUTS Reset KeyPulseAck CmdWrite data 7 0 CmdClkIn Clk100K AdjClkIn2 AdjClkIn1 AddrClkIn Radix HEX INTERVAL 12 5ns oOFREQUENCY 8MHz UNIT ns PATTERN 75 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 0000000000 1000000000 1000100000 1000200000 1000300000 1000400000 1000500000 1000600000 1000700000 1000800000 1000900000 1000400000 LOO00B 00000 1000C00000 1000D00000 LOO0E00000 LO00F 00000 76 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 12 Load from LA s Waveform L If you have the Acute LA you may use LA to capture target circuit signal and save these captured data to be a LAW file By the tool it is easy to convert LAW file into PG Wave Editor Then you can edit and modify these captured data to output them again With the magic feature somebody can get unknown system signal far away from oversea and email to you for rebuilding them in your lab soon Note The tool supports that LAW file is in 64k Bytes mode only Besides caused by channels number limitation of PG the captured channels of LAW file cannot over the PG owned Ex PG2020 cannot convert LAW file over 20 captured channels PG2050 cannot convert LAW file over 50 channels It can generate PGW file format by LA Viewer Acute LA application software after version 1 5 If you have Acute LA series and want to use PGW file please download ver 1 5 or
50. PI Settings Data width la SPISCLK fi M bos Number of Data jo Random Data Output MSB LSB C File Output File Format Bin Txt Browse Edit Format f HEX ASCII Random Only Support HEX Format Generate SFI Data Clear M Repeat Run Stop Exit Help Eonvert Example First all you must select channels for SPI default CHO clock CH1 chip select CH2 data You could fill Chip Select and Clock Latch Data setting according to your measurement In the Data Bits Setup setting you must decide SPI clock frequency default 1MHz MSB and LSB means the data s HIWORD or LOWORD order to output Let us take lah 8 Data Bits MSB for example and 58h 8 Data Bits LSB Number of Data will show the number of data you edit by yourself or generate by random g3 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments If you use random way to generate data you can choose the way to get number of data by random or by manual If you check Repeat SPI Generator will output the data continuously if do not SPI Generator will output the data only once There is an important point that it only generates the Hex format data by random way There is an 8 24 Bits range for the combo box ctrl Data Bits If you load a file to generate SPI data and use 8 bits to read file the program will read the data and output with
51. R 332 CHECK ID Random Ng a CAN_Low 1 Data Frame Remote Frame RTR o CAN Signal List Field pic fa Random a Remon Add Insert Modify Delete Data D1 D2 D3 D4 _D5 D6 D D8 ad 5a 44 23 ot B m File Export Import CRC Field Hex M Repeat Exit i B It occurs Form Error PG will output Error Frametves Active Error No Passive Error t Stuffing ACK Bit Bin ADA Help Intermission l ha CAN Signal List 96 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments ojx Data f Remote Frame Baud Rate 400 K bps 11Bits C 29Bits CAN High TE IDENTIFER 332 CHECK ID Random 19 CAN Low 1 RTR g CAN Signal List Field Add Insert Modify Delete File Export Import Data Frame C Remote Frame DLC Ja Random Data D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 _D _D8 ee P foe fe ii Beenie CRC Field Hex 1023 CRC Delimiter jo as ACK Bit o 0 Calc CRC Em Bit Stuffing M Repeat Intermission IM E Random bits Run Stop Help Exit CAN Signal List DATA 11 ID 332 RTR 0 DLC 4 Data ad 5a 44 23 CAC 1023 CAC Deli 0 Form Error Active Error CRE Delimiter Export and Import refer to LIN instruction 3 18 HDQ Hga HDQ protocol was made by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Corp it s applied to battery monitor products 7 Bit Address 3 B
52. S Packet x Packet Content S ADDR 10 W ACK CMD 20 ACK L 30 ACK H 40 ACK PEC B3 ACK Sr ADDR 10 W ACK CMD lt a Delete Packet 120 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Delete the selected packet b Insert Packet Insert a new packet after selected packet c Modify Packet Modify the selected packet d Delete All Packets Delete all packets in the list e Export Export the content of the list to a text file f Import Import the text file saved by the program 2 Run Output the signal according to the list 3 Stop Stop the signal 4 Repeat Repeat to output the signal 3 25 PWM Art Pulse width modulation PWM is a commonly used technique for controlling power to inertial electrical devices made practical by modern electronic power switches 121 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments How to use PWM tool Programmable Data Generator 0 x File Path PO Sper Output Channel 1 Output Channel 2 Channel D z Channel 1 B Duty Cycle Sto Duty Cycle muk L Jn Fur Stop IHE Frequency 100 4 KHz M Repeat Help Exit PWM tool not only generate 2 different duty cycle PWM signals at the same time but also save the waveform in form of the text format PGV 1 PWM Output Channel Set PWM Output Channel 1 2 number and duty cycle 2 PWM Frequency Set the PWM frequ
53. Setting Group command protocol without PEC X Address Command Data 10 20 4 Extension 30 PMECLE J PMEDATA 1 Clock 100 3 Tia ie Repeat The pattern generator will output the signal according to the List You could edit the list by yourself Every row means PMBus packet 1 PMBus Setting There are 10 kinds of the PMBus packet they are Group command protocol without PEC Group command protocol with PEC Extended command read byte protocol Extended command read byte protocol with PEC Extended command write byte protocol Extended command write byte protocol with PEC Extended command read word protocol Extended command read word protocol with PEC Extended command write word protocol and Extended command write word protocol with PEC Please refer to the PMBus Specification Revision 1 1 about the details of the PMBus packet We need to choose the packet format the program will respond according to the packet format We take the packet format Group command protocol with PEC for instance 118 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments One Or More Data Bytes gt t fi i 8 4 DEVICE 1 9 anness WAcommocone jaf vowoamare onoare jaf weet Prem i 7 ff DEVICE ones WIA commana cone COMMAND comunoconez jA LOW OANA BYTE ate HGH DATATE DATA ere A em P j DEVICE N P fooness WIA Commayoco
54. Y in Address 0 10 bit Convert I2C Speed bits Run Help 100 k bns Repeat 1S s C TC I C is one of serial protocol That is developed from Philips Co Only two bus lines are required a serial clock line SCL and a serial data line SDA Open Collector serial 7 bits 8 bit 10 bit oriented for PG2020 or PG2050 that collocates the Extended Pod I2CC and I2CD pins The tool of I C generator has 7 Bits 8 Bits 10 Bits and you can decide the data rate by yourself It is output only There are two output modes to select Default Out and Custom Out If you select Custom Out you can decide which channel that SCL and SDA outputs but it will not support Open Collector only you select Default Out and use PG2020 or PG2050 collocates the Extended Pod I2CC clock and I2CD data pins will support Open Collector You could edit the I C signal contest by yourself Show the format as below 7 bits Address Acute Technology Inc 66 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Aw 12 D 10 20 30 Ar 3f D 0 Aw 46 D 21 3a A 25 D 0 0 0 A 7f D 0 A sc D 21 3a Aw 12C D 10 20 30 Aw 23f D 4c Ar 18a D 0 0 A means I C address and D means I C data A 25 D 10 20 30 67 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments It means that I C signal transmits the data 0x10 0x20 0x30 to the slave device address 0x25 0x26 0x2
55. a Field CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced Calculate CHECKSUM Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random 4 Bits C Goto Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 B Add Insert Modify Delete Al gt Random LIN List i ff Export import a cea n Stop Help V Repeat Here is an example that IDENTIFER is Ox3E and generate 10 data by random you also can insert the data by yourself of course Note it s only generate 0 20 data by random CHECKSUM FIELD is the last field of the MESSAGE FIELD you can check the radio button Classic LIN version 2 0 before or Enhanced LIN version 2 0 after Finally you must decide the LIN output speed and which channel do you select Push the button Add the program will help you add this frame into LIN List The program will output the LIN signal according to the contents of the LIN List Insert Modify and Delete will help you modify the LIN List We will explain the 4 function Add Insert Modify and Delete as below Add will add the frame you want to output into the LIN List order by order Let s make an example I let PG send a LIN MESSAGE FRAME and then go to sleep wake up and another LIN g7 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments MESSAGE FRAME order by order Show the procedure of the software setting as below 1 C
56. are Application Installation 2 Second situation for Plug amp Play PnP e PCI Windows OS NT except e USB Windows OS Please jump to Step a 3 Third situation none PnP driver is requirement Printer Port Windows 2000 e Printer Port Windows XP Please jump to Step g a After hardware installation finished please turn on your PC s power and start to enter Windows operation system b Insert the installation disk into CD ROM drive c In entering Windows OS period it will show a message about finding a new device Please follow OS indication to do next step d When OS asks to install the device driver please indicate CD ROM drive e If you cannot install the driver well please refer to Trouble Shooting section or 17 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments f visit the FAQ page of our web site You may also contact us directly g If you install the driver successfully you will find the Acute PC based Instrument item in the Device Manager Congratulation please jump to Software Application Installation h Please operate the Step a b and then back to the next i Double click Add Remove Hardware at Control Panel j Choose the Add a Device item k Windows OS will try to search a popular known hardware after the Step i done but no one can use l Please choose Add a new device m Then select the hardware by yourself n C
57. bus label then click the right button of the mouse and choose Decompose Labels in pop up label menu These decomposed labels will be renamed E g A bus named XA consists of 4 labels be decomposed will become 4 labels named as XA 3 XA 2 XA 1 XA O 37 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 4 15 Waveform File These waveforms edited by Wave Editor can be saved as a file I There are two kinds of file format supported one extended file name is PGW waveform type the other extended file name is PGV vector type The PGW file content includes labels name waveform PG function and some parameters It is unique for PG Editor only The PGV file is a text format file You may edit it by any text editor software like Notepad PE2 etc Please refer to the structure of PGV format in the Text File to Waveform section The PGW format is different with Acute LA s LAW file But we provide a tool to translate LAW file into PGW file Please refer to the Load from LA s Waveform section 3 4 16 Print Waveform Printer Name HP LaserJet SP SHP PostScript Range Perprotional amp Fit to Paper C Fit to Horz 1ze C Fit to Uert Size Custom Size Horz size 1 Uert size jion pa zj Grid Size No Grid OK cancel Help f All Selected Channel Wark Area Option Color or Gray Scale To Clipboard Output to BHP file 1 Printer
58. d 1 Note Here is the different with most CPU and MCU Now we can use the LP command after setting the LC value The waveform output flow run across the LP command will reduce 1 of the LC Ex Set in address 3 4 set in address 23 25 a Run along address to LP 16 and then reduce of the LC LC LC 1 b Check the LC at address 25 c If LC 0 New Address Next Address 26 d If LC gt 0 New Address 16 Note If the LC 0 already and run across the LP reduce the LC will cause 46 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments unrespectable flow 4 SE Set Event There are 4 events of PG included 3 external events Event_1 Event_2 Event_3 and 1 internal event Keyboard Event The PG interlaces the 4 events to be 16 conditions for controlling the output flow These 16 conditions will be saved into the Event register of PG a Keyboard Event b Event_1 c Event_2 d Event_ 3 e Event_1 or Event_2 f Event_1 or Event_3 g Event_2 or Event_3 h Event_1 or Event_2 or Event_3 Note There are only 3 events of Pocket PG Keyboard Event Event_1 and Event_2 interlacing totally 8 conditions for controlling the output flow The others 8 conditions are the inverse of these 8 items If Event registers set as above 8 conditions PG will detect these event channels and compare with Event register To get the same value will set the Flag Register Event bit of PG to be true state
59. data and instructions and is based on Philips IC serial bus protocol Its clock frequency range is 10 kHz to 100 kHz Its voltage levels and timings are more strictly defined than those of PC but devices belonging to the two systems are often successfully mixed on the same bus How to use SMBus tool JEA SMBCLK os smeDaT 1 pem Repeat Clock Rate 100 4 KHz E Help Exit The pattern generator will output the signal according to the List You could edit the list by 113 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments yourself Every row means SMBus packet 1 SMBus Setting There are 21 kinds of the SMBus packet they are Quick command protocol Send byte protocol Send byte protocol with PEC Receive byte protocol Receive byte protocol with PEC Write byte protocol Write Word Protocol Write byte protocol with PEC Write Word Protocol with PEC Read Byte Protocol Read byte protocol with PEC Read word protocol Read word protocol with PEC Process Call Process Call with PEC Block Write Block Write with PEC Block Read Block Read with PEC Block Write Block Read Process Call and Block Write Block Read Process Call with PEC Please refer to the SMBus Specification version 2 0 about the details of the SMBus packet We need to choose the packet format the program will respond according to the packet format We take the packet format Process Call with PEC fo
60. data value 5 Sample Generate the correct format data Refer to the photo as above 109 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 22 USB1 1 USB Universal Serial Bus was created by a core group of companies that consisted of Intel Compaq Microsoft Digital IBM Northern Telecom NEC and AT amp T USB Standard Interface Pin Name Cable color Description 1 VCC Red 5 2 ie White Data 3 D Green Data 4 GND Black Ground How to use USB1 1 tool Programmable Data Generatot F 2m USB1 1 Channel USB1 1 Output SOF 200 SYNC SETUP 1 DATAO USB1 1 Data Rate ACK SOF 289 b The pattern generator will output the signal according to the USB1 1 Output You could edit the list by yourself Every row means USB1 1 packet 110 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 USB1 1 Channel Set pattern generator channel as USB1 1 D and D pins 2 USB1 1 Data Rate Set the data rate of the pattern generator default 12MHz 3 USB1 1 Output Edit the USB1 1 packet pattern generator will output the signal by the order of the list from up to down Programmable Data Generator i l Ioj x USB1 1 Channel WISB1 1 Output SE FRAME NUMBER ADDRESS Odd Mew Packet Delete Packet Insert Packet Modify Packet Sample Delete All Packets USBL 1
61. ditor it means the installation ran into problems If this occurs try the following procedures a b Check the driver state in device manager Confirm that you are using the latest PG Editor version You have to reboot your PC after installation is finished You can download the latest version at Acute s web site http www Acute com tw If the driver does not exist in device manager unplug and re plug the USB cable and check the driver state again If the driver is still absent in device manager you should reboot your PC again After performing the above steps without the correct driver appearing notice if another driver which is not for the PG loads in device manager when you unplug and re plug the USB cable If this occurs please contact us 2 If the waveform is not outputted properly when the Pocket PG is running try the following procedures a Confirm that the grippers are properly connected to the signal connector lines b Confirm that the signal connector lines are properly connected to the Pocket PG main frame c Confirm that the grippers are properly connected to the target circuit 131 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments d Check the signal at the target circuit end You can switch another channel and gripper to the same target point to identify whether the problem lies in the target system or the Pocket PG e Run Ou
62. dix ID value will treat as decimal value 7 PATTERN The section keyword is the head of waveform pattern There are two areas in the section time scale called Time Stamp and wave data using gt to separate the two areas In No Time Stamp mode Time Stamp can be removed The time scale is increased INTERVAL or FREQUENCY column by column Only one section keyword of INTERVAL and FREQUENCY can be chose in No Time Stamp mode In Time Stamp mode the time scale accord with Time Stamp time unit accord with UNIT value and these wave data describe what these INPUTS digital patterns are See Example Note e Itis necessary to use semicolon to end of each section All of data behind the PATTERN section keyword will treat as output contents Just put one semicolon in the end of the section e Upper case and lower case alphabet is the same for section keyword Each section keyword has to insert a space in front of contents Each content has to insert a space too No space between Assign Channels Number Ex 3 5 6 or 7 0 e You may write some comments just put in front of and behind them You may also put in front of comments which will treat as comment from to the end 73 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments of the column These comments will affect nothing e INPUTS and ASSIGN channels are limited by the PG output channels Ex PGx020 ch00 to ch1
63. dragging the mouse to and between any two destined labels Insert a Label mode Or you may combine a label with another label bus by dragging the label to and on top of the targeted label bus Combine a Label mode However if you want to move or combine more than one label at once you need to select highlight these labels bus and then move them all together either Insert Labels or Combine Labels When you combine 2 labels bus together the name of the combined bus label name will remain the same as the name of the static channel before the combinations The ordering of the combined bus will start from the static channel LSB to the moving channel MSB For example Move label D1 to combine with label DO the combined bus label name will be DO Then label DO is BitO and label D1 is Bit1 Move bus label A 2 0 To combine with bus label D 2 0 the combined bus label name will be D 2 0 Then from MSB to LSB it will be in order like A2 Al AO D2 D1 and DO When combining labels all selected labels will be merged in sequence order manner to the new combined label a Insert a Label S Combine a Label lt Insert Labels ia Combine Labels 3 4 5 Label Menu and Label Select 32 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments To pop up Label Menu you have to move the mouse to Label field and click the right button of the mouse The Label Menu items are enabling or disable sta
64. e running situation the State field will display the active waveform icon for indication If you want to stop the PG you may click Stop Run button to stop it Note In before Run and after Stop Run situation the output impedance of PG is at Hi Z 50 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments High Impedance state So if your tested device cannot work fine in the situation you have to insert SE and WE command to solve it 3 4 27 Set Parameters FreqUnit Button System Parameter Setting xX Base Frequency Setting Hode Internal Frequency hrez Period 1 us Event Hot Key space Cursor Change 1 i second Cancel Help E3 There are 2 items in the dialogue box The first one is Base Frequency Setting The 5 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments second is Event Hot Key setting To adjust Base Frequency you may pull down Mode menu first to choose Internal External or Mixed Frequency source then fill out the value in Frequency If the warning message pop up it means the frequency you filled cannot be generated by PG The warning message also recommends default nearby value to instead of yours Click Yes to get the default nearby value of PG System Parameter Setting x Base Frequency Setting Mode Internal Internal Frequency f equency eK Period Internal amp CKI1
65. e the RS232 tool 62 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Buad Rate z Parity None sis Data Bits s Stop Bits f Output Port fa Data Format ASC X l Synchronous Channel fe Data File c Program Files Acute LA ECARD Browse Load If you are not able to find the Logic Analyzer the checking hardware procedures described belo f it is a PCI interface card Choose Control Pannell Choose System Choose Device Manager A Da Mi h ig Repeat M Section Help ER Run Stop 1 Baud Rate From 110 to 256000 2 Parity None Odd Even Mark Space 3 Data Bits 4 7 4 Stop Bits e eae 5 Output Port PG s Extended Pod provides two RS232 port You may choose one or two port to output The two ports can output in Both mode and Different mode 6 Synchronous Channel Acute Technology Inc 63 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Assign a mapping channel from POD A E to synchronous output RS232 signal The standard POD output the same data as RS232 port signal but voltage level different 7 Data format There are 5 formats to describe output signal BIN OCT DEC HEX ASC These formats describe by text mode BIN is binary format OCT is octal format DEC is decimal format and HEX is hexadecimal format The 4 formats must insert Carriage Return and New Line in each data E
66. eckpoint of this function is address interval from one command to the others especially in jump command sets The check rules list as below JP Jump LP Loop and BE Branch If Event It must keep NP at least 3 address interval in front of and behind these commands E g command located in the address 12 The JP occupies 3 address at 12 13 and 14 The 3 NP must exist in front of and behind JP at 9 10 11 and 15 16 17 It cannot put any others command in this area It is also forbidden to put command set at 27 28 29 and 31 32 33 area And jumping to the new address is not allowed over the whole address range AQ Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments LC Loop Count SE Set Event and WE Wait Event command sets can put into PG_Function channel continually without NP interval Waveform Check will detect unexpected command showed as XX 3 4 26 Run and Stop Run Ea After finished waveform check and reported no errors you may click Run button to output these data PC will take 0 5 1 second to transform these data into PG through PCI or Parallel or USB port The tip of running PG is to empty front area of waveform field to inserted Set Keyboard Event and Wait Event command After you click Run icon the PG will stop at WE address Now you can enable the target device to the best tested situation and then press the Hot Key to output the PG data immediately When the PG in th
67. emperature 5 C 45 C 41 F 113 F Temperature Storage Temperature 40 C 75 C 40 F 167 F Data Skew lt 2ns Dimensions 117 x 72 x 20 mm Length x Width x Height mm When the Output Type is set to 5V the actual level is 75mV less than that of the USB power rail PKPG 2016 2116 Internal Operation Clock 1 OOMHz 1Hz PKPG2116 Internal Operation Clock 200MHz 10Hz eK PKPG 2016 2116 External Operation Clock lt 75 MHz PKPG2116 External Operation Clock lt 200 MHz g Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 4 System Requirement 1 4 1 PG1000 2000 e PC INTEL 486 or above or compatibles gt Pentium 100 or above recommended e One PCI bus slot for internal mode e 8M bytes RAM or above IM bytes or above hard disk drive e CD ROM drive for installation e 640x480 or above VGA display 800x600 or 1024x768 recommended 101 keyboard Win95 keyboard recommended e 2 or 3 buttons mouse e Printer port for external mode e USB port optional for external mode 9 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments e Printer optional e Windows 95 98 ME 2000 NT XP 7 operation system 1 4 2 PkPG2000 e PC INTEL 486 or above or compatibles gt Pentium 100 or above recommended e 32M bytes RAM or more e 5M bytes or more available on hard disk drive e CD ROM drive for in
68. ency default 1OOKHz 3 Export Export the PWM waveform 4 Run Output the PWM waveform 5 Stop Stop the PWM output 6 Help Show the user manual 7 Exit 122 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Exit the tool 8 Repeat Repeat to output the signal 3 26 VCD File to PG s Waveform YED ir Value change dump VCD is an ASCII based format for dumpfiles generated by 123 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments EDA logic simulation tools How to use VCD File to PG s Waveform tool Programmable Data Generator Oj x VCD File Browse Load Cancel Loading onver ance E M Wait Key Before Run P VCD File to PG s Waveform tool can translate the VCD file into PG s waveform 1 Browse Browse the VCD file 2 Load Load the VCD file 3 Cancel Loading Cancel the loading of VCD file 4 Repeat Repeat to output the waveform 5 Wait Key Before Run 124 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Add the keyboard event SPACE at the front of waveform after translation 6 Convert Translate the VCD file into PG s waveform 7 Cancel Exit the tool 8 Help Show the user manual 125 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Chapter 4 Note 126 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012
69. es a friendly working environment to easily draw the waveform Hereby Wave Editor you may draw any preferred output digital waveform directly Wave Editor includes many quick ways of drawing waveform e g clock waveform or counter wavetorm etc How to use the Wave Editor tool 26 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Field Splitters Wave Edit Button Address Stamp Tool Bar i Waveform Field Programable Data Generitor of x D eala ajl n E a e ad Fa w Su AE A WE rm eae eee eee een a aa eae eee eens es PG Function CmdWrite o Jr Ty J Gu mT n 86 n L z _ Ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee CmdClkIn x C1k106K 42 AdjClkIn2 qe AdjClkIni E AddrClkIn ook Pl a KeyPulseack ual F End Time 3 5 IHS Label Field Value Field Status Smooth Enable Channel Field 1 Double click Wave Editor 2 2 Set up Base Frequency in Set Parameter icon of Tool Bar 3 Move the mouse to the Label field and click the right button of the mouse then Label Menu will pop up 4 Choose Add Label in the pop up menu a dialogue box will show 5 Define Label Name Channel and Color 6 Repeat procedure 3 4 and 5 till all labels are set up 7 Mark one waveform area within the waveform field by dragging the left button of the mouse and clicking Low Level lt r
70. finally push the button Add Show the software setting as below Programmable Data Generator ioj xj Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK 13 Bits TSYNDEL 1 Bits Identifer Field IDENTIFER Hex 3E 4 PARITY PO fi P1 fi NDATA Calculate PO P1 NDATA CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced f6 Calculate CHECKSUM C Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random A Bits C Goto Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 5 Data Field Random i Insert Modify Delete l zl UN List OOOO Export Import 2a aur BR Pun ap BEI m M Repeat Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 2F PO 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 Data 5d 35 d5 4b CKSUM 4c Go to Sleep Wake up frame Delimiter 4 Bits Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 3E P0 1 P1 1 NDATA 14 Data bd 60 2f 6a 27 45 c9 3b 45 c3 a2 le 2d e8 Insert you can insert the frame into the LIN List by using the function Insert We make an example as below I want to insert another message frame into the LIN List of the example above The program will insert it after the item you highlighted with the PC mouse Show the result as below you will see a message frame that IDENTIFER Ox1A g9 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Programmable Data Generator Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNDEL 1 Bits Identifer Field IDENTIFER Hex 1a PARITY PO fi P1
71. grammable logic device PLD and field programmable gate array FPGA simulation waveform transformation software this should easily transform drawn waveform or Test Vector into real waveform in order to verify PLD and FPGA 9 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 2 Equipments 1 2 1 PG1000 2000 1 PG1000 2000 mainframe Signal isolation amplifier pod Extended Signal isolation pod ele rpo ooo i rvoe zarem user ans able opion for USB 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 for PG internal mode connect with PC for PG external mode connect with PC You may choose either internal mode by PCI card or external mode by parallel port To purchase USB2Printer cable you may also connect with PC through USB port Please see 3 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Chapter 2 BIOS Setup for Printer Port 1 2 2 Pocket PG BE a Grund roete oo a sowo O ossasaasn o a i 4 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 3 Specifications 1 3 1 PG1000 2000 Power Source Internal External Static Power Dissipation Max Power Dissipation Internal External Number of Output Channels Operation Clock System PC Power Adapter 12V 2 4W lt 12W PCI card Parallel Port USB optional 20 50 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute P
72. heck the radio button Message Frame 2 Insert the IDENTIFER 0x2F 3 Push the button Calculate PO P1 NDATA and the NDATA 4 4 Push the button Random to generate the data of course you can also insert it by yourself But there is a format of the data you must follow the rule as below 5d 35 d5 4b 5 Push the button Calculate CHECKSUM and I check the radio button Classic 6 Push the button Add Show the software setting as below zjx Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK 13 Bits TSYNDEL 1 Bits Identifer Field IDENTIFER He gt 2F 4 PARITY PO i P1 o NDATA 4 Calculate PO P1 NDATA CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced AC Calculate CHECKSUM C Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random A Bits Goto Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 Data Field Add Insert Modify Delete Random gi S T Mnh Run Sto Hel V Repeat LIN List Export Import E Run 1 A Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 2F PO 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 Data 5d 35 d5 4b CKSUM 4c 7 Check the radio button Go to Sleep and then push the button Add gg Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 8 Check the radio button Wake up and then push the button Add 9 Check the radio button Message Frame and insert the IDENTIFER 0x3E then repeat 1 4
73. hoose Other devices at Windows 2000 choose Display all devices at Windows XP it will take a long time please patient o Click Have Disk p Indicate directory to the root of CD ROM q Choose Acute EPP amp ISA Interface Driver Jump to Step e 18 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 4 Software Installation PG Editor 1 Insert the installation CD into CD ROM drive 2 Find and run the Setup E XE file in the installation disk from My Computer 3 Follow the instructions of the installation program 4 Start installing the PG Editor software 5 Once the installation 1s completed you will find the PG Editor icon PG in Desktop and Programs You may click the icon twice to start PG Editor 6 If it enters Demo Mode while you launch PG Editor it means some problems happen in your software installation Then please refer to Troubleshooting in Chapter 5 19 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 5 BIOS setup for Printer port There are many specifications for parallel port printer port The followings list various parallel modes that BIOS support Please set up according to the priority order manner in order to achieve the most efficiency for PG EPP 1 9 Best efficiency recommended ECP EPP 1 9 As above EPP Could be EPP 1 9 or EPP 1 7 EPP 1 7 Less efficient than EPP 1 9 SPP
74. ion 1 Counter Width Bits The maximum width of the counter depends on PG model Ex PG2020 width is 20 bits PG2050 width is 50 bits The default value of Start O and End Max width will load in launching Sync Counter Ex To set a counter Width 5 then The Start value will be 0 End value will be 31 2 1 This is default value and you may change them also 2 Start The Start value is the beginning of the counter You may click the scroll bar to 57 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments change the value If the value is over the maximum count range the real Start will get the modulus from Start divided by maximum count value Ex The Start 45 and counter Width 5 then The real Start value treated by PG2000 is 13 45 2 3 End It is similar setting with Start but for the ending of the counter When the Increment value is not 1 the counter may count over the End value In this situation the counter will return and increase continually It cannot stop until count to End value Ex The Start 0 End 7 and Increment 3 then The counter output 0 3 6 1 4 7 4 Increment The setting way is similar with above Increment means the counter increase by the value It is legal to set a negative value for a down counter 5 Start Channel To assign the LSB output channel of the counter Ex Start Channel 5 counter Width 6 then The counter output channels are 10 9 8
75. it Data There are two kinds format of data width 8 bits width data and 16 bits width data in HQD protocol They are called HDQ8 protocol and HDQ16 protocol their register address is 7 bits width address A typical HDQ cycle is composed of break 7 bits width address 1 bit width R W and 8 bits width data or 16 bits width data The least significant bit of command or data byte is transmitted first Command and data bytes consist of a stream of bits that have a maximum transmission rate of 5Kbits s 97 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments How to use HDQ tool Programmable Data Generator er O x HBOS HDQI6 P HDO Output List Address HEX eh 4 2 Data HEX 39 4 Read Write Write Read ol wl sl ai wl 10h 11h 12h a Channel 0 a M Repeat IAL Spite Transmission rate 5 y K bits s Run Stop Help Exit The pattern generator will output the signal according to the HDQ Output List You could edit the list by yourself Every row in the list indicates a HDQ cycle we take a HDQ cycle address 41h and write bit HDQ8 and data 20h for an example You could follow the steps as below 1 Push the button HDQ8 default 2 Fill the Address edit item 41h and Data edit item 20h and check the Write 3 Push the button Add new item in the Tools section Refer to the graph as below Programmable Data Generator I
76. le then each pixel means lus 4 4 us Hence when the waveform is Zoom out you will see the waveform narrowed Note The base point is the Address Stamp of the waveform field whenever the waveform is either 40 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments zoomed in or zoomed out Factors of Zoom out include 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 and 2048 When the Zoom out button s factor is 2048 the button s color turns gray and it can t be zoomed out any further until you press the Zoom in button 3 4 19 Drag Mode and Point Mode amia Drag mode and Point mode are exclusive of each other You just move Point cursor quickly then the Point cursor will change to be Drag cursor automatically When you stop the Drag cursor for a while it will restore to Point cursor The cursor transformation depends on its moving and stop time gap You can change it as your favorite speed at Set Parameter Cursor Change column 3 4 20 Edit Waveform To edit waveform may use Low Level High Level Invert Clock and Input Bus Data buttons within tool bar Besides you may copy cut and paste to modify waveform In the mark of highlight area to click right button of the mouse will pop up a menu with these functions Which allows you to undo the previous step when you make some errors 3 4 21 Low Level High Level and Invert sti a mA Low Level High Level and Invert are all the basic function to edit wa
77. le Data Generator Push the button the program will show a dialog to let you modify the parameter of the HDQ cycle We assume that we modify the HDQ cycle to address 5Ah data 24h 25h 26h Read bits and HDQ16 I Modify Note Input a space key between the data Show the result 101 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments cia HDOQ16 HDO Output List Address HEX 41 5 PER Data HEX 22 4 Ww Read Write Write C Read Tools o Bl SG a Channel 05 Repeat TH Au a Transmission rate 9 3 K bits s Run Stop Help Exit Export the list function will save the HDQ Output List to a text file Import the list function will load the text file that exported Channel will select the pattern generator output channel Transmission rate range 3 5K bit s to 5 5K bit s default 5K bit s Repeat select output the signal once or repeat 3 19 1 Wire 1 Wire communication protocol was developed by Dallas Semiconductor owned by Maxim This protocol allows communication of multiple chips to one host with minimal pin count The protocol is called 1 Wire because it uses 1 wire to transfer data 1 Wire architecture uses pull up resistor to pull voltage of data line at master side 1 Wire protocol defines several kinds of signals that include Reset Pulse Presence Pulse Write 1 Write 0 Read 1 and Read O to make
78. ll set the Event bit to be true state 150 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 600h means that Set Keyboard Event 601h means that Set Not Event_1 602h means that Set Not Event_2 603h means that Set Not Event_1 And Not Event_2 604h means that Set Not Event_3 605h means that Set Not Event_1 And Not Event_3 606h means that Set Not Event_2 And Not Event_3 607h means that Set Not Event_1 And Not Event_2 And Not Event_3 608h means that Set Not Keyboard event 609h means that Set Event_1 60Ah means that Set Event_2 60Bh means that Set Event_1 Or Event_2 60Ch means that Set Event_ 3 60Dh means that Set Event_1 Or Event_3 60Eh means that Set Event_2 Or Event_3 60Fh means that Set Event_1 Or Event_2 Or Event_3 There are two command sets actions depending on the Event bit one is WE Wait Event the other one is BE Branch If Event 151 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments _ Programmable Data Generator Untitled a 5 Ea cH S QQ LARHM S F RB amp Oe ae 7 o Oe Sample Wizard E l l 168 PG Function DATA WE Wait Event The WE Wait Event command will stop the PG flow at the address and do not go to the next address until Event bit 1 000h Oh 00010 700h 1h 00011 WE 000h 2h 00012 PG paused and wait event Acute Technology Inc 152 Copyright 201
79. n runs into problems Then please try the following procedures a b Check if the PG power is connected properly Check if the cable between the interface card and the PG is connected properly If you use Internal Mode please find if there is a PG in the System Devices Manager of Control Panel If not it means the PG interface card is not connected please turn off your PC power and plug the interface card into the PCI slot or another slot properly If you use External Mode check the PC BIOS if printer setup is in EPP mode Please refer to BIOS Setup for Printer Port section Turn on the PC restart Windows and PG Editor If the problem still cannot be resolved please contact us 2 If the waveform is not outputted properly while being run please try the following procedures a b Check if the probes are properly connected to the signal connector lines Check if signal connector lines are properly connected to the signal isolation amplifier pod Check if the probes are properly connected to the target system Check the signal at the target circuit end You can switch another channel and Acute Technology Inc 130 Copyright 2012 e Acute PC based T amp M Instruments gripper to the same target point to identify whether the problem lies in the target system or the PG Run Output Waveform again 5 1 2 Pocket PG 1 Should Demo Mode shows when you are executing PG E
80. ncode Encode Encoder PG Editor provides many tools as above We will add some useful tools continually How to use these tools and what the PG Editor tools could help you Please follow us step by step By using the user friendly PG Editor software you may experience the amazing powerful PG 23 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 2 System Property Properties Language English Hodel PG2050 64K Interface EPP 1 9 Port 378h Output Level 1 5 5U Output Level 22 5 5U wW Online update at startup Cancel Help In Properties setup it is mainly to choose the language as your preference There are also two other columns within Properties Model and Interface PG series includes PG1020 2020 and PG1050 2050 PG1020 2020 is a 20 channels model PG1050 2050 is a 50 channels model Pocket PG is a 16 channels model If the PG doesn t link PC well the model will show Demo Mode There are internal mode PCI interface and external mode printer port USB port shown in Interface BIOS setup is important to using printer port interface it can be adjusted according the PC s main board and BIOS setup if BIOS setup is inappropriate then PG may work in slow speed and even disconnected Please refer to BIOS setup for Printer section PG1000 2000 and Pocket PG series provide output level adjustable function Output Level 1 to reflect CH 00 to CH 1
81. nsert Modify Delete Random Messaie TBRK Ms 2 ID 14 PO 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 Data it Go to Sleep Wake up frame Delimiter 4 Bits Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 3E P0 1 P1 1 NDATA 14 Data bd 60 2f 6a 27 45 c9 3b 45 c3 a2 1e 2d Programmable Data Generator _ 10 x Message Frame Synch Break Field TSYNBRK 15 Bits TSYNDEL 6 Bits Identifer Field IDENTIFER Hex 3A 2 PARITY PO o P1 fi NDATA fe Calculate PO P1 NDATA CHECKSUM FIELD Hex Classic C Enhanced EF Calculate CHECKSUM Wake up Frame Wake up delimeter Random 4 Bits C Goto Sleep Baud Rate 2400 bps Channel Out 0 B Data Field Random Add Insert Modify Delete x LIN List O Eponj ponja L en atop Help Repeat Message TBRK 15 TDEL 6 ID 3A PO 0 P1 1 NDATA 8 Data 65 18 1D 7C 73 83 26 DB CKSUM ef Message TBRK 13 TDEL 1 ID 2F P0 1 P1 0 NDATA 4 Data CD 64 5C 26 CKSUM 4b Go to Sleep Wake up frame Delimiter 4 Bits Delete this function will delete the item you highlighted with the PC mouse when you push the button Delete Export and Import Export will save the LIN List as text file and Import will load the text file into LIN List 9 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 17 CAN N CAN BUS Controller A
82. nsmitting the data from one node to all nodes on the CAN BUS REMOTE FRAME is similar to DATA FRAME only RTR bit is 1 different with DATA FRAME making a request that transmits the data from the other nodes on CAN BUS ERROR 92 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments FRAME means there is something wrong occurs on the CAN BUS OVERLOAD FRAME notifies all other nodes on the CAN BUS that it must take more time to process the data When you use the CAN tool you must decide which kinds of the frame do you want to select DATA FRAME or REMOTE FRAME STANDARD FRAME or EXTENDED FRAME If you choose 11 bits it means you select the STANDARD FRAME If not that means you Select 29 bits EXTENDED FRAME 11 or 29 bits indicates that which kinds of IDENTIFER you choose Let s take an example as below 10 IDENTIFER 0x5A9 select 11 bits 11 IDENTIFER Ox1F1518D select 29 bits Note when you choose 29 bits the program will separate the IDENTIFER into the 11 bits MSB value and the 18 bits LSB value If you worry about the invalid IDENTIFER you input you can push the button CHCEK ID to check your IDENTIFER or push the button Random to generate correct IDENTIFER RTR 0 when you check the radio button DATA FRAME RTR 1 when you check the radio button REMOTE FRAME Furthermore insert the DLC Data Length Code and 93 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012
83. nstruments The Altera s Waveform to PG tool converts Altera s Max Plus II waveform file to PG s PGW file The Max Plus II provides two waveform file formats Binary File SCF and Text File VEC TBL This tool supports only the Text file of vector format now If the testing model is a Binary file you have to use Create Table File refer to Max Plus II Help function to generate Text file and then load the Text file by the tool for conversion How to use the Altera s Waveform to PG tool Programable Data Generator Gl Altera Waveform Table fileg TBL C Program Files Acute demo file RE Browse Load Channel Reset KeyPulseack 1 CmdWrite data 8 18 9 CmdtlkiIn 11 C1k100kK 1 AdjClkIn2 13 AdjClkint 14 Addrtlkin 15 M Repeat M Custom Frequency fio 4 z WwW Wait Key Before Run Convert cancer Help The first step is to browse and load a Altera Max Plus II Table file you will find the signal label s name and these mapping channels number of PG listed in the loading area Because PG is an output device the tool will only convert INPUT labels of the Table file into Wave Editor The base frequency will be calculated and filled into the Custom Frequency 79 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments According to that the minimum time scale is 10ns even the Table file time scale setting smaller than 10ns it will still convert to 1Ons You may change
84. o Clipboard Some of drawing software can paste the picture easily 39 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 7 Output to BMP file This function allows you print waveform to a BMP file If you enable this item the Size button will appear for adjusting the horizontal and vertical size The Size setting is similar with paper size setting 3 4 17 Zoom In oy The waveform is displayed in units of a pixel A pixel is the inverse of the base frequency if there is no Zoom In or Zoom Out E g if the base frequency is 1MHz then each pixel is lus Zoom In of the waveform represents the inverse times of the enlargement factor When the enlargement is quadruple then each pixel means lus 4 250ns Hence when the waveform is enlarged you will see the waveform widened Note The base point is the Address Stamp of the waveform field whenever the waveform is either zoomed in or zoomed out Factors of Zoom in include 2 4 8 16 and 32 When the Zoom in button s factor is 32 the button s color turns gray and its value can t go any larger until you press the Zoom out button 3 4 18 Zoom Out The waveform is displayed in units of a pixel A pixel is the inverse of the base frequency if there is no Zoom In or Zoom Out E g if the base frequency is 1MHz then each pixel is lus Zoom out of the waveform represents the inverse times of the Zoom out factor When the compression is quadrup
85. o use text editor tool to edit PG vector file PGV 138 Acute Technology Inc ui Copyright 2011 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 1 1 What is programmable data generator Programmable data generator PG in brief is powerful of generating several kinds of digital waveforms it is a PG that runs in high speed multi channels and functions PG allows you to easily edit waveforms and output those waveforms into a testing board which should save your efforts by not to make a real circuit board You may use the Acute PG to generate any waveform no matter it 1s circuit simulation integrated circuits IC testing read only memory ROM simulation protocol simulation programming etc Common protocol and digital pattern have been built as utilities that can be easily used PG also provides many kinds of waveform editing including direct waveform drawing Text File conversion to waveform Altera waveform conversion Acute LA waveform conversion Besides it runs on Window interface and can work with a notebook Apply Acute LA you can capture unknown system output data and translate into Acute PG PG will output these data immediately Besides combining LA and PG will make an auto testing system or auto verification system Acute Technology Inc will continue to provide various commonly used pro
86. oe A coMno CODEN CODEN LOW OATABYTE DATA aE HGH OATABYTE DATA ee A Figure 3 Group Command Protocol With PEC We select Group command protocol with PEC Address 0x10 Command 0x20 Data Byte Low 0x30 and Data Byte High 0x40 Programmable Data Generator E oj xi Extension BEE pmecik o pmeoata 1 men Run Stop Clock 100 4 KHz bats Reps Help Exit 66 99 Note there must be a mark after data you input Push the button Sr to end master to slave section of the packet and then input slave to master data Data Byte Low 0x50 and Data Byte High 0x60 push the button Add List and we make a Group command protocol with PEC packet finally 119 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator ee oxi 1 PMBCLK JS PMBDATA ma epee Run Stop Clock 100 4 KHz Help Exit S ADDR 10 W ACK CMD 20 ACK L 30 ACK H 40 ACK PEC B3 ACK Sr ADDR 10 W ACK CMD 20 S means Start ADDR means Address CMD means Command W means WRITE R means READ L means Data Byte Low and H means Data Byte High in the selected item Programmable Data Generator x Extension 30 PMECLK 0 4 PMBDAT A l EG R Sto peat Repeat Clock 1002 kh e Hep exit See See a PAPO See Mee Delete Packet ADDR 10 W ACK CMD 20 Insert Packet Modify Packet Delete All Packets Export Import PMBU
87. oj x A HDO Output List Address HEX 41 4 Address Data HEX 20 4 Read Write Write C Read ol wt a wt Add new item Channel 0 5 lV Repeat son FEF Transmission rate 5 5 K bits s Stop Help Exit Add new item function will add new HDQ cycle item to the back of the present HDQ cycle item It will tell the former HDQ cycle s address R W bit and data width When they 98 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments are the same the program will show a dialog that queries you about the new data position It will add the new data to the former HDQ cycle s data section when you select Yes and add the new data to a new HDQ cycle s data section when you select No Refer to the graph as below Select Yes EE a jais HDQ Output List Address HEX 414 TRR Data HEX 2 41h A 8 20h gih Read Write Write Read Tools ELECE t ga ore 04 Repeat Game Transmission rate sdk bits s Run Stop Help Exit gii Select No Programmable Data Generator iol x A HDO Output List Address HEX TS eal Data HEX 214 4 Vern Read Write Write Read Tools El Bal 4 a cen ore 04 Repeat Fate Transmission rate 52k bits s Run Stop Help Exit ce Delete the selected item function will delete the selected HDQ cycle item 99 Acute Technology Inc Copyrigh
88. or cancel this frame I choose Active Error refer to the photo as below zix Baud Rate 400 K bps 11Bits C 29Bits CAN High 0 IDENTIFER 611 CHECK ID Random iii a 1 CAN_Low Data Frame Remote Frame RTR jo CAN Signal List Field DLC 8 Random JE rria Add Insert Modify Delete Data D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 _D 7 _D8 or le bs 6a 3 79 ee 30 File Export Import Expori Import CRC Field Hex 4f81 CRC Delimiter i Enr Intermission IM 3 Random bits Run Stop Help Exit e 3 CA Aff Data Remote Frame CAN Signal List DALA y f PTR 7 0 R ata i hf Ra 9 l a i CRC Error Active Error CRC The CAN Signal List will show the item DATA FRAME 11 bits ID 611 RTR 0 95 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments DLC 8 Data Ox9F Ox1E OxB8 Ox6A 0x09 0x79 OxEE and 0x30 CRC 0x4f81 Because CRC ERROR occurs the rest of this DATA FRAME won t transmit and next item will be Active CRC ERROR frame Furthermore show the FORM ERROR as below 1 IDENTIFER 0x332 RTR 0 DLC 4 Data OxAD Ox5A 0x44 0x23 and CRC 0x1023 2 CRC Delimiter 1 ACK 0 Intermission 4 DATA FRAME STANDARD FRAME I change CRC delimiter to 0 1t will show the FROM ERROR message aici Data f Remote Frame gt Baud Rate aoo K bps i 11Bits 2 9Bits CAN High 0 IDENTIFE
89. r instance l A 6 8 Command Code 4 8 8 8 Daehn a Eo ale Figure 5 16 Process Call with PEC We select Process Call with PEC Address 0x10 Command 0x20 Data Byte Low Ox2F and Data Byte High 0x3A 114 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments ala SMBus Setting Process Call with PEC v WRITE 7 SMBCLK Ja SMBDAT 1 mez Em Clock Rate 100 KHz 66 99 Note there must be a mark after data you input Push the button Sr to end master to slave section of the packet and then input slave to master data Data Byte Low 0x3A and Data Byte High 0x2F push the button Add List and we make a Procell Call with PEC packet finally Programmable Data Generator a Pel ES SMBus Setting Process Call with PEC v Address Command WRITE 7 Add List g 1 SMBCLK EE SMBDAT aA aes Run Stop Clock Rate 100 4 KHz Help Exit S ADDR 10 W ACK CMD 20 ACK L 34 ACK H 2F ACK Sr ADDR 10 R ACK L 34 ACK H 2F ACK F S means Start ADDR means Address CMD means Command W means WRITE R means READ L means Data Byte Low and H means Data Byte High in the selected item 115 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator ioj x SMBus Setting Process Call with PEC x Command smecik o separ
90. rea Network applies to the vehicle industry for a long time It s for the problem of the large and complicated communication line system in the car that raises the cost and increases the heavy of the car The CAN BUS theorem uses the concept of the computer network applying to the communication of the vehicle every component is just like the client end of the network It can transmit or receive the signal with one line and then controller will manage all signals and distribute them to the system If there is something wrong with the component we can find out the problem by measuring the transmission of the signal How to use CAN tool ioj I Data Remote Frame Baud Rate 400 K bps 11Bits C 29Bits CAN High 0 IDENTIFER 69a CHECK D Random 9 m 1 CAN Low Data Frame Remote Frame RTR o CAN Signal List Field DLC ja Random Add Insert Modify Delete File Export Import Export Import Data D1 D2 D3 __D4 __D5 D amp D Dt aif fe fr CRC Field Hex 6bf CRC Delimiter ja LIAL i i ACK Bit o 0 Calc cRC a M Bit Stuffing lf Repeat Intermission IM 4 Random bits Run Stop Help Exit CAN Signal List DATA 11 ID 69a RTR 0 DLC 4 Data 22 92 19 71 CRC bbt CRC Deli 1 ACK 0 IM 4 There are 4 kinds of frame on CAN BUS they are DATA FRAME REMOTE FRAME ERROR FRAME and OVERLOAD FRAME DATA FRAME is the general type of the CAN BUS tra
91. s Besides you may also appoint the counter width bits and counter frequency simply How to use the Sync Counter tool Zii Counter Width Bits IB 4 Start fo End s2767 o y Increment Moo y start Channel B y Frequency Hkz wW Repeat f Binary Code Help Section C Gray Code Run Stop 1 Counter Width Bits The maximum width of the counter depends on PG model Ex PG2020 width is 20 bits PG2050 width is 50 bits The default value of Start O and End Max width will load in launching Sync Counter Ex To set a counter Width 5 then The Start value will be 0 End value will be 3 1 2 1 This is default value and you may change them as your requirement 2 Start The Start value is the beginning of the counter You may click the scroll bar to change the value If the value is over the maximum count range the real Start will get the modulus from Start divided by maximum count value Ex The Start 45 and counter Width 5 then The real Start value treated by PG2000 is 13 45 2 3 End 54 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments It is similar setting with Start but for the ending of the counter When the Increment value is not 1 the counter may count over the End value In this situation the counter will return and increase continually The counter cannot stop until count to End value Ex The Start 0 End 7 and Increment 3
92. s Stamp So the fastest clock being generated is only in the half of base frequency Of course the Multiplied By have to set 1 to generate the fastest clock To increase the Multiplied By value will slow down the speed The value multiply by Base Clock Period is the half period of the clock The clock frequency will be 42 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments calculated and display in Frequency message Another parameter in the box is Start Value The value indicates that the begging state of the highlighted area is high or low Low state set to be 0 high state set to be 1 3 4 23 Input Bus Data Data Setting Marked Duration aqa ns Base Clock Period fons Multiplied By a Interval per count fons Counter or Group if HEX C DEC C BIH C OCT Start Value fa Increment By E Load From File 2 Cancel Help Soe To mark bus label one section at waveform field first to enable the Input Bus Data button then click it the Data Setting box will pop up as above The Marked Duration in the box indicates the time interval of highlighted area There is also an important message in the Base Clock Period to show the edited unit It is the inverse of base frequency E g if the base frequency is 10MHz then the based clock period is 1 1OMHz 100ns The Base Clock Period is also the minimum scale of moving Address Stamp Another message called Interval per coun
93. s according to Channel Field number E g PG2050 has 50 channels from CHOO to CH49 PG2020 has 20 channels from CHOO to CH19 In Add All Labels there could be a warning dialogue box shows Delete all of labels If not the same channels will be reserved This is a warning message to prevent duplication of created channels If you want to replace all existing signals press Yes otherwise press No 35 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 4 9 Delete Label Delete All Labels There are two ways to delete label The first is to delete the label s name move the mouse to the label which you want to delete or to the marked label and click the right button of the mouse A label menu shall display and then click Delete Label to delete them The second way is to delete all labels As you pop up the label menu then choose Delete All Labels all labels shall be deleted You may also press Del key to delete highlighted labels 3 4 10 Modify Label Name There are two ways to modify a label s name One is to pop up the label menu and choose Properties to change the label name The other is to pop up the label menu and choose Modify Label Name An editable dialogue box will display and then you may modify the label name Nevertheless when modifying a label name you cannot use an existing label name or more than 31 characters 3 4 11 Label Property Label Setting x Label Name ELNI
94. s output Push Remove bottom means that remove a single file pushing Remove All means that remove all files list the dialog menu You can check Interval for each file and decide interval time for each file You also can uncheck and select Manual to output files Check Loop Always will let all files you want to output circularly until you push Stop if you don t check all files will output once and stop Note when more files output you must add PG command Wait for Event WE in your waveform file PGW or PGV it tells PG the end of the file and then output next file it s important or you won t use the function Loop Always You can execute Wave Editor to command Wait for Event WE Show you the example as below Q Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 5 x Dae BS QQl LABRRR 2 7 RB 29 P amp G Function sYHCCHT TF Mark Du Start 29 us End 36 us Time 36 us INS 3 15 SPI H SPI is one of serial protocol Only three bus lines are required a serial clock line a serial chip select a serial data You could load a file extended bin or txt or fill the data you want by yourself and it could generate data by random too How to use SPI tool g2 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator t f IOl x Channel Chip Select o Clock S
95. select ey PG Editor will call Windows Printer setup you may choose a fit printer and set 32 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments portrait landscape etc 2 Range Waveform range for printing can be set as your requirement All Selected Channel and Mark Area The Selected Channel means that you selected labels with blue color in label field The Mark Area means that waveform field channels are highlighted 3 Proportion a Fit to Paper According to the paper s height and width to adjust a good proportion b Fit to Horz Size Horizontal range according to the width of paper to adjust proportion automatically Vertical range according to the user defined It will print to next paper if it is over the range c Fit to Vert Size Vertical range according to the height of paper to adjust proportion automatically Horizontal range according to the user defined d Custom Size Adjust both horizontal vertical size by user 4 Grid Size You may also print grid which set by the time interval 5 Color or Gray Scale Black White mode will print the background of waveform out white and then others out black in the paper But Color or Gray Scale will keep the original color to print To avoid illegible of printing waveform in black background paper we suggest you change the background to white when you use Color or Gray Scale 6 To Clipboard This function will output waveform t
96. stallation e 640x480 or higher VGA display 800x600 or 1024x768 recommended e 101 keyboard Win95 keyboard recommended e 2 or 3 buttons mouse e USB port e Printer optional e Windows 98 ME 2000 XP 7 operation system Chapter 2 Installation 10 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 1 Installation Procedures PG1000 2000 2 1 1 Internal Mode 1 Turn off the power of your PC and open your PC case 2 Insert the interface card into your PC s PCI bus slot and fasten the screws of the interface card 11 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Fig 1 PCI Interface Card Fig 2 PG Mainframe 4 Connect flat cable lines of the interface card to the bus on the back of the PG mainframe 5 Connect the PC power connector 5V 12V with the PG power connector at the back of the PG mainframe 2 1 2 External Mode 1 Connect your PC and PG mainframe by printer round cable You may also use USB2Printer cable to connect PC and PG 2 Plug Power Adapter into PG power connector 3 For USB interface only When we plug USB2Printer cable into PC s USB port 12 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Windows OS will find the new device Please insert driver disc for installation 4 For Parallel interface only Turn on your PC and configure printer port to EPP mode
97. t 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments iol x Programmable Data Generator Address HEX a HDQ Output List Data HEX E 8 Read Write Write Read Tools o ai 4 wl i E Channel 0 5 Repeat HA Spite Transmission rate 3 4 K bits s Run Stop Help Exit Append the new item to the selected item function append a new HDQ cycle to the back of the selected item Refer to the graph as below Programmable Data Generator Ioj xi race Heats Ps HDO Output List Address HEX 414 ee Data HEX 2 Read Write Write Read Tools oj wll o a 2 Append the new item to the selected item Channel 05 Repeat nt l n pn an mug Transmission rate 3 3 K bits s Run Stop Help Exit Programmable Data Generator E 10 x Taes HDO Output List Address HEX a4 ae RAW Data HEX 22 4 Vf Read Write Write C Read Tools o wis a u Append the new item to the selected item Channel JS Repeat apis Transmission rate 5 4 K bits s Run Stop Help Exit ie Note Append the new item to the selected item function will not show a dialog to queries you about the new data position 100 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Modify the selected item function will modify the address R W bit data width and data Refer to the graph as below ee Programmab
98. t results from the Base Clock Period multiply by the 43 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Multiplied By value You may use the Input Bus Data to generate 3 kinds of waveform Counter set Start Value and Increment By value to define a counter You may change the Group type to a proper radix you wanted 1 Ex Start Value 0 Increment By 3 The counter will be 0 3 6 2 Fixed Value it is similar with Counter The different is Increment By value 0 3 Load From File to enable Load From File and click Browse button to choose a file you want to load The file load byte to byte continually If the file size is smaller than the highlight area it will be load from the file head again till the area is full up Proar able Data Generat P L ed m DSSS 88 oe wee ee am xi Marked Duration 3 276ms5 Base Clock Period bens Multiplied By a c Interval per count bens c 3 C Counter or Group 6 a 9 C HEX C DEC C BIN C 001 c Start Value fo C Increment By E c Load From File D myproject TxtToBin 1 bin i k iv INS Start Time 6 ns 44 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Programmable Data Generator Untitled j pe x DEMS RAA Anae gt eM Re a E NP PG Function CH 66 CH 68 CH 69 CH 1
99. tInternal Event Hot kd SEKI t Internal amp CKI1 Cursor Change Second Internal amp CKT indicates that PG s internal frequency amp external clock frequency Note PKPG2016 2116 2116 has only one CKI pin and CKO Clock Output pin and PG1020 2020 1050 2050 has two CKI pins and one CKO pin Ex Set Frequency is 1MHz 52 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments System Parameter Setting x Base Frequency Setting Hode Internal Frequency f MHZ Period uo ns Event Hot Key Space Cursor Change 5 Second Cancel Help Programmable Data Generator Untitled Dl x OSHS QQ LAH FHRM R A PG_Function CH 68 Mark Duration 1 us Start 7 us End 8 us Time 7 us INS Programable Data Generator IN Can t generate this value Default nearby Event Hot Key there are 2 legal hot keys Space and Return When you press the hot key button during the output state PC will send a event to set PG Event bit 3 5 Synchronous Counter stat This tool can generate synchronous counter very quickly And it is easy to set the count of start number end number repeat counter etc According to the limitation of PG the counter can be separated to a partial section when the count range is over memory depth 53 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instrument
100. te PC based T amp M Instruments PG_Function 12Bits 8FFh means that insert 255 FFh into the RL register 2FFh means that insert 255 FFh into the RH register 900h means that enable channels output ROE IOJ x t AM X ae Command DE 3 Output Enable PG_Function DATA Hddress fe Loop Count 2 T Event Invert f Event 1 f Event 2 f Event 3 Event 1 or Event 2 C Event 7 or Event 3 f Event 2 or Event 3 f Event 7 or Event 2 or Evant 3 M Keyboard Event Output Enable Ffff HEX Cancel Help Mark Duration 3 ms Sti 155 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments PC Based Pattern Generator Manual Copyright 2012 Acute Technology Inc All Rights Reserved Acute Technology Inc Acute PC based T amp M Instruments WWW acute com tw Address 6F 7 12 Ln 609 Sec 5 Chongxin Rd Sanchong Dist New Taipei City 24159 Taiwan Tel 886 2 2999 3275 Fax 886 2 2999 3276 E mail service acute com tw 156 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012
101. te depending on some action E g Undo will be enabled after any modification in label field Otherwise Undo will be disabling Only those labels in blue color that have been selected are editable Otherwise for those labels in gray color are not editable To select a label labels as the standard procedure in Windows system by clicking the left button of the mouse on any label the label color will turn into blue If you select another label s then the blue colored label will turn into gray If you want to select many labels at once you have to keep pressed Ctrl or Shift key and click the left button of the mouse on all those labels you need Label Menu PG Function ai Undo CmdWrite data 7 8 Add Lebel I Add Bus Label Cmdtikin Delete Label C1k100K Add Al Labels fadjClkIn2 Delete All Labels AdjClkiIn1 Modify Label Name p AddrElkIn roperty 33 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 3 4 6 Add Label To create a new label you have to choose Add Label in Label Menu A dialogue box will pop up and display two options The up side Add Label has three items Label Name Channel and Color Once you finish setup and click OK button a new label will show up at the Label field The down side Add PODs allows you to create labels as POD group There are 10 channels in one POD of the PG 3 4 7 Add Bus Label Bus Elements Indicator Add Hus Label
102. the waveform area It will quickly mark the same state area of this channel When you click the left button of the mouse within the waveform field a red Address Stamp line will display As Address Stamp shows you may set up the PG Function You can also use the Address Stamp as the start point to paste a waveform There is a short blue line within the Address Stamp line representing the start point of the waveform which you want to copy cut and paste it 2 ay Drag cursor is used for moving a waveform screen You may drag the waveform screen while the cursor is within the waveform field Besides the whole waveform screen shall move as Drag 3 Channel cursor only displays at the Value field When the mouse is moved to the Value field the cursor will turn into Channel cursor automatically You may mark the channel by clicking the left button of the mouse Also you may mark 30 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments multi channels by pressing Ctrl or Shift key and clicking the left button of the mouse together 3 4 4 Move Insert Quick Combine Labels There are four kinds of modes to move a label labels These modes are Insert a Label 3 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Insert Labels Combine a Label and Combine Labels Each identified with different cursor icon when dragging the mouse You may move a label by
103. then The counter output 0 3 6 1 4 7 4 Increment The setting way is similar with above Increment means the counter increase by the value It is legal to set a negative value for a down counter 5 Start Channel To assign the LSB output channel of the counter Ex Start Channel 5 counter Width 6 then The counter output channels are 10 9 8 7 6 and su Channel 10 is MSB and channel 5 is LSB 6 Frequency It is the counter frequency If the counter frequency is10MHz then the counter will increase by Increment after 100ns 7 Binary amp Gary code Default output mode Binary code you can choose Gray Code to output The counter can output a serial number It is also allowed to repeat output these data by checking the Repeat item If the count range is over PG memory depth you may check the Section item for partial output of these data There is 64k bits memory depth per channel of PG default But this tool will take 12 bits for system flow control So the effective output memory depth is 64k 12 65536 12 65524 When the count range is over 65524 bits the counter will ask you for partial output If you click No the counter will output data and stop 55 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments at the memory bottom address 65524 But it will pop up a warning message when the Repeat is checked According to the PG memory depth limitation checking Section will make PG Edi
104. tomatically Add New Hardware VY izard 5 Choose the correct location where the driver resides If installing from CD ROM disc you should choose CD ROM drive Add New Hardware Wizard 6 Windows will find an Acute USB Interface software driver 15 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Add New Hardware Yvizard 7 Finish driver installation of the Acute USB Interface badd New Hardware Y izard 8 You may see the Acute USB Interface in Universal serial bus controller group located at Control Panel System Properties Device Manager This indicates that the Pocket PG USB interface set up is OK system Properties H Disk drives Display adapters H 5 Floppy disk controllers H 5 Hard disk controllers H E Keyboard a Monitors H S Network adapters H Other devices Ports COM amp LPT Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal serial bus controller 16 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 2 3 Driver Installation There are 3 kinds of driver installation for different PG PC interface and OS Note USB interface is not available in Windows95 98SP1 NT OS 1 First situation driver installation is unnecessary Printer Port Windows95 e Printer Port Windows98 Printer Port Windows ME e Printer Port Windows NT e PCI Windows NT Please jump to Softw
105. tor follow these steps a PC will upload 64k bits data to PG memory b PG outputs these data to the bottom of memory c PG stops output and acknowledges to PC d PC will upload the next data into PG memory again e PG Editor will repeat a d steps and stop at uploading all of data Because uploading and acknowledgment action will interrupt and stop PG the output data will delay and discontinue during this period So please understand your tested device feature to decide the Section item should be checked or not After you finished these setting as above pressing Run button will output these data You may find an active wave icon under the left bottom to indicate the output status To click the Stop button will stop output 3 6 Asynchronous Counter Acute Technology Inc 56 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Tai Asynchronous counter is a ripple counter This tool can generate it very quickly The tool is easy to set the count of start number end number repeat counter etc According to memory limitation of PG the counter can be separated to a partial section when the count range is over memory depth You may also appoint the counter width bits frequency and delay time simply How to use the Async Counter tool Programable Data Generator mfe Fa Counter Width Bits E Start ed End fies Increment Aoo y Start Channel Be Frequency he 0 Hm Delay Time a70 si WwW Repeat M Sect
106. tput Waveform again 3 If while using the Wave Editor tool to generate a digital pattern there is no signal out or unexpected data out run the Waveform Check to find embedded errors or check the Base Frequency Setting mode by pressing Set Parameter Don t forget to set OE commands to enable channel output Acute Technology Inc 132 Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments 5 2 How to use PG_Function Command 1 Output Enable OE 3 Output Enable is only used by the PKPG series and is not supported by PG series OxFFFF means that enable PKPG 16 data pins to output OxOOOF means that enable PKPG CH 00 CH 03 4 data pins to output and set the other rest data pins Hi Z OxFOOO means that enable PKPG CH 12 CH 15 4 data pins to output and set the other rest data pins Hi Z OE 3 number 3 means this command must use 3 time intervals Note No commands are allowed within 4 clocks after the OE command PKPG series PKPG2016 PKPG2116 PKPG2116 P ries PG1020 PG PG2020 PG2 133 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments IOJ x x lol HTN CLK DATA Tl 4 Jul E Command 0E 3 Output Enable g Loop Count 2 mit 9 pi l r ie a Event 7 or Event 2 m m m ce keyboard Event Output Enable Fffff HEX Cancel Help Jz Start End Time 268 ns INS p a E m F
107. uns PG will always wait if no keyboard event happens You can choose lt space gt or lt enter gt as a keyboard event Acute PC based T amp M Instruments loj x 0 4 QQ LABR TBS S FH wT 14 I 1 I Tl 1 Base Frequency Setting i Mode Internal Frequency Z uuz Period g Event Hot Key Space Cursor Change Cancel Start End Time 908 ns IHS Bfconmendseting ea Command JP 3 Jump to New Address fiddress loop Count i W nt Wan a a a a Pale I Fouhosed Event KPUDOArO Event Start End Time 186 ns INS PG will output the waveform repetitiously from address 10 to address 26 until you push the button Stop Run and PG will stop 4 Set Loop Count LC 3 and Loop to New Address LP 3 Loop to New Address mean that you can configure the times of the PG output the waveform Refer to the photo as below Acute PC based T amp M Instruments loj x Programmable Data Generator C Documents and Settings Owner S H BE amp SERWESEVLC amp LP pgw EELE 16 Time 850 ns PG will output the waveform three times 5 Branch If Event BE 3 Branch If Event means PG will jump to new address you set when some event happened Refer to the photo as below Progran o x D S M S CT le x Command 38 BE 3 Branch If Event gt F PG_ Function l CH 68 Address yo
108. veform When some of waveform is highlighted the three buttons become red for effective If you press the Low Level button the highlighted area will all change to low level If the highlighted area is bus label the bus value will become 0 If you press the High Level button the highlighted area will all change to high level If the highlighted area is bus label 41 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments the bus value will become the biggest value E g A bus composed by 8 channels The biggest value is 255 OFFh The Invert button is for inverting the channel state high state changes to low low state changes to high bus value will become the 1 s complement 3 4 22 Clock set Clock x Hark Start fons Hark End hates S Base Clock Period 200ms Multiplied By fo Start Ualue ja A Frequency 2 502 Cancel Help LE p The first step to set clock is that you must highlight an area in waveform field to effect the Clock button While you press Clock button the above menu box will pop up There is Mark Start Mark End message in the box to indicate the highlighted area There is also an important message Base Clock Period to show the resolution of edit unit The based clock period is the inverse of base frequency E g if the base frequency is l OMHz then the based clock period unit is 1 10MHz 100ns The based clock period is also the minimum scale of moving Addres
109. x BIN format to generate 1 2 3 00000001 00000010 00000011 If you choose ASC format the Carriage Return and New Line does not require anymore Every text and character will be outputted There are two sources data to output One is to load a file the other one is to directly type text data into text field You may also auto load a text file into text field and then to modify it Because data code stop code and parity code setting issue the PG memory mapping is different in these different cases If the output data is over PG memory size the tool will ask you to check the Section item for partial outputting these data You may also check the Repeat item for repeating output After you finished these setting as above pressing the Run button will output these data You may find an active wave icon under the left bottom to indicate the output status To 64 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments click the Stop button will stop output 3 9 I C Signal Generator 65 Acute Technology Inc Copyright 2012 Acute PC based T amp M Instruments Pr Programmable Data Generator C Default Cut Custom Out Edit Section Hex Custom Out Setting Sample Clear SCL Gut Channel f Aw 12 0Q 10 20 30 SDA Out Channel Ar 3t b Wait Event E 1 Aw 46 Db 71 34 File Setting Saver ile OpenFile I2 Address f F bit C F bit Addressing Include RA

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