I3C Protocol Validation Suite & Services

I3C Protocol Validation Suite & Services

DATA SHEET
Download Datasheet - I3C Protocol Validation Suite Specifications

Product Details

  • Overview
  • Functional Coverage ​
  • Parametric Coverage
  • Features
  • FAQ
Overview

MIPI I3C® is a scalable, medium-speed, utility, and control bus interface for connecting peripherals to an application processor, streamlining integration, and improving cost efficiencies. It gives developers unprecedented opportunities to craft innovative designs for any mobile product—from smartphones to wearables, to systems in automobiles.


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 I3C 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 MIPI I3C protocol. The tool can also validate the device’s tolerance to and recovery from a variety of I3C faults & exceptions and provides a comprehensive set of reports. Users have claimed that using this automated solution for I3C Validation has brought down the test time/ validation time from a few weeks to a couple of days.  ​

Functional Coverage ​
Parametric Coverage
Features
FAQ
Peek and Poke GUI for interactive debug of the I3C interface. This helps to exercise and debug the I3C communication manually. User can configure any allowed timing/voltage parameters to debug the transactions. ​
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Peek and Poke GUI for interactive debug of the I3C interface. This helps to exercise and debug the I3C communication manually. User can configure any allowed timing/voltage parameters to debug the transactions. ​
Peek and Poke GUI for interactive debug of the I3C interface. This helps to exercise and debug the I3C communication manually. User can configure any allowed timing/voltage parameters to debug the transactions. ​
Automated Test Screen which is used to execute the test created and generate the compliance report​

Technical Documentation

Soliton’s I3C 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 MIPI I3C® 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 I3C Validation Suite Software compatible with Windows OS (Win 10)
For more details, download the datasheet.
Download Datasheet - I3C Protocol Validation Suite Specifications

Hardware

Soliton’s I3C Validation suite is based on the NI – PXI Platform and the NI part configuration lists the hardware required to perform the validation

The solution also needs a custom Interposer Board for signal conditioning purposes.

The DUT can be connected through the Berg Connector​
The DUT can be connected through the Berg Connector​

Support & Training

For any queries, contact us at pvs.support@solitontech.com. We will respond within 1 Business day.

 

TYPICAL USER BASE FOR I3C 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 I3C interface
  • Semiconductor Chip Manufacturers making I3C Devices
  • Conformance Test Suite (CTS) for I3C devices
  • Companies making Sensors/chips used for IoT, Mobile Ecosystems like smartphones, wearables, etc., and Automotive ecosystems. These companies need to adhere to and test against the MIPI I3C® specification
  • Companies making devices that need to adhere to and test against the JESD82-511, JESD301-1, JESD302-1, JESD300-5 and JESD303-1 specification standards which includes specs for the I3C interface. (PMIC 5000, PMIC 5010, PMIC 5100, DDR5, TS511x)

 

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