GRL-PCIE5-CEM-RXA User Guide and MOI
Rev7.0
© Granite River Labs 2022 Version 7.0, June 2022. Updated 06.29.2022
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
INTRODUCTION
11
2
RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS
12
2.1
E
QUIPMENT
R
EQUIREMENTS
..................................................................................................
12
2.2
S
OFTWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
....................................................................................................
14
3
SETTING UP GRL-PCIE5-CEM-RXA AUTOMATION SOFTWARE
15
3.1
D
OWNLOAD
GRL-PCIE5-CEM-RXA
S
OFTWARE
.......................................................................
15
3.2
L
AUNCH AND
S
ET
U
P
S
OFTWARE
............................................................................................
15
3.3
P
RE
-C
ONFIGURE
S
OFTWARE
B
EFORE
C
ALIBRATION
/T
ESTING
......................................................
18
3.3.1
Enter Test Session Information ............................................................................... 18
4
CALIBRATING USING GRL-PCIE5-CEM-RXA SOFTWARE
19
4.1
S
ET
U
P
A
UTOMATED
R
X
C
ALIBRATION FOR
TP3
........................................................................
20
4.1.1
TP3 Calibration Setup with Tektronix ATI Based Oscilloscope .............................. 20
4.2
S
ET
U
P
A
UTOMATED
R
X
C
ALIBRATION FOR
TP2
........................................................................
22
4.2.1
Connect Equipment for System Board Calibration ................................................ 22
4.2.2
Connect Equipment for Add-In Card Calibration .................................................... 24
4.3
S
ET
M
EASUREMENT
C
ONDITIONS
............................................................................................
25
4.4
S
ET
U
P
C
ALIBRATION
R
EQUIREMENTS
.....................................................................................
26
4.4.1
Setup Tab ................................................................................................................. 26
4.5
S
ELECT
PCI
E
CEM
5.0
R
X
C
ALIBRATION
..................................................................................
27
4.5.1
Select to Perform TP3 Calibration ........................................................................... 27
4.5.2
Select to Perform Long Channel TP2 Calibration ................................................... 27
4.6
C
ONFIGURE
C
ALIBRATION
P
ARAMETERS
...................................................................................
28
4.7
C
ONFIGURE
C
ALIBRATION
T
ARGET
V
ALUES
...............................................................................
31
4.8
R
UN
A
UTOMATION
C
ALIBRATION
.............................................................................................
32
5
TESTING USING GRL-PCIE5-CEM-RXA SOFTWARE
34
5.1
O
VERVIEW OF
DUT
T
X
P
RESET
T
EST
.......................................................................................
34
5.1.1
Add-In Card Tx Preset Test at 32.0 GT/s .................................................................. 34
5.2
O
VERVIEW OF
DUT
I
NITIAL
T
X
E
QUALIZATION
T
EST
...................................................................
35
5.2.1
Add-In Card Initial Tx Equalization Test at 32.0 GT/s ............................................. 35
5.3
O
VERVIEW OF
DUT
T
X
L
INK
E
QUALIZATION
R
ESPONSE
T
EST
.......................................................
35
5.3.1
System Board Tx Link Equalization Response Test at 32.0 GT/s ............................ 36