Product Details
UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter) is an Asynchronous Serial communication protocol. The data is not synchronized with a clock instead the data bits are transmitted with a pre-defined baud rate and appended with synchronization start & stop bits. It uses a two-wire interface (Tx & Rx) to communicate between devices.
As a part of product validation, it’s important to validate the product’s conformance against the protocol specification to ensure the interoperability of the product. As the complexity of the protocol and product increases, the validation time of the protocol interfaces also increases which in turn reduces the RTM. Performing the protocol conformance testing in the traditional way needs a lot of time and effort.
Soliton’s UART Validation Suite is an off-the-shelf validation tool using NI’s PXI platform, which helps to validate the devices’ compliance with the timing and electrical specifications of the UART protocol. The tool can also validate the devices tolerance to and recovery from a variety of UART faults & exceptions and provides a comprehensive set of reports. Users have claimed that using this automated solution for UART Validation has brought down the test time/ validation time from a few weeks to a couple of days.
The high level architecture of the Soliton UART Validation Suite based on NI’s PXIe 657x Platform
Technical Documentation
Soliton’s UART Validation Suite is an off-the-shelf validation tool using NI’s PXI platform, which helps to validate the devices’ compliance with the timing and electrical specifications of the UART protocol. It contains the below components.
- NI PXIe 657x – Digital Pattern Generation Card with the PXIe Chassis setup
- Soliton PVS Interposer Board
- Oscilloscope – For performing voltage measurements
- Soliton UART Validation Suite Software compatible with Windows OS (Win 10)
Hardware
Soliton’s UART Validation suite is based on the NI – PXI Platform and the NI part configuration lists the hardware required to perform the validation
The DUT can be connected through the Berg Connector
Support & Training
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TYPICAL USER BASE FOR UART VALIDATION SUITE
- Design Engineers, Test Engineers, Post Silicon Validation Engineers, Engineering Managers, Validation Managers, Lab Managers, etc from the Semiconductor Industry
- Post Silicon validation of Chips with UART interface
- Semiconductor Chip Manufacturers making UART Devices with a Two-wire interface