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UART Protocol Validation Suite - Specifications* Datasheet - UART Protocol Validation Suite
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Product Details
- Overview
- Functional Coverage
- Parametric Coverage
- Features
- FAQ
Overview
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 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 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.
Functional Coverage
MODES
- Simplex
- Half Duplex
- Full Duplex
FUNCTIONAL TESTS
- Write 1 Byte
- Read 1 Byte
- Write N Bytes
- Read N Bytes
- Report Packet Error Detection
- Baud Rate Error Detection
PROTOCOL FEATURES
- Configure Parity
- Start Bit
- Stop bit
- MSB / LSB Bit Ordering
- MSB / LSB Byte Ordering
- Generate Break Condition and Reset
FAULT TESTS
- Frame Error – Missing Start/Stop Bit
- Parity Error – Send Invalid Parity Bit
- Add extra bits
- Skip bits
- Induce Glitch/Spike
- Send invalid Data
Parametric Coverage
Timing Parameters
- Baud Rate – 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200 bits/s
- Idle time between two UART packets
Electrical IO Parameters
- VIH High-Level Input Voltage
Features
Features of RFFE Protocol Validation
- Simple, Flexible, Modular, and Light Bench Setup
- Easy to use UART Protocol Exerciser and Debugger to perform various UART transactions with controllable timings/voltage levels
- Protocol compliance testing with zero coding
- Comprehensive reporting feature to report the test pass/fail reports
- Reproduce failure cases in a few clicks
- Easy to build and test custom device-specific tests
- Automation Capability from external programming environment/automation frameworks like LabVIEW, C#, Python, TestStand, etc
- Leverage Soliton’s experience in protocol validation and debugging
FAQ
What kind of engagement models is offered for UART Validation?
We offer 2 engagement models. In the First mode, the user can purchase a license of the UART Slave Validation Suite and do the validation inhouse. In the second mode, the user can send us 3 DUT's, we will do the validation and send the test reports in 3 working days.
Do I always need to test for full UART compliance?
No, this is not always the case. If your customer has a very narrow use case, or your chip’s UART IP is the same as a previously tested chip, then it is possible that you do not need the extensive validation that our service/suite provides.
Can't I build a home-grown solution instead?
While this is certainly an option, we expect that it will take a highly experienced automation engineer between 3-6 months to create the first version of a similar tool. To create a robust and flexible tool takes experience, and we have been improving this tool over the last 3 years since release. We believe it is worth the cost to skip the learning curve and avail of our comprehensive report or validation suite.
What else can I do with NI's PXI chassis/modules?
The 6570 module is a general-purpose programmable pattern generator and acquisition device with deep memory. It can be programmed using LabVIEW or other programming languages to emulate any synchronous digital protocol with 5ns resolution and 39ps line skewing resolution. NI’s PXI chassis supports high bandwidth and synchronization-friendly control and read back from a huge variety of digital, analog, and special-purpose modules in a compact form factor.
Whether the tool can be readily used for validation?
Yes, The tool comes with readily available test scripts which can be used for validation after entering the device-specific details
Can I build custom tests on top of UART protocol?
The tool comes with a flexible test editor that allows the user to create custom test cases using the UART functions provided
Technical Documentation
Soliton’s UART Slave 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 Slave Validation Suite Software compatible with Windows OS (Win 10)
For more details, download the datasheet
UART Protocol Validation Suite - Specifications* Datasheet - UART Protocol Validation Suite
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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 Solution also contains a Soliton Interposer Board for signal conditioning purposes. The Connection Details of the board is given below
Support & Training
For any queries, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 1 Business day
*Please note that this product is in the alpha stage.