LeCroy (www.lecroy.com) helps users understand and characterize design with the release of its SDA 740Zi, a serial data analyzer based on WavePro 7 Zi-A Series.

The four channel oscilloscope offers 4GHz bandwidth and a sampling rate of up to 20 GS/s. It also comes with a large 15.4-inch WXGA Color Display.

With double the standard memory, the SDA 740Zi-A captures more unit intervals within the eye diagram. Unlike some solutions that provide problem notifications only, the SDA 740Zi-A helps users identify the problem, placing the project back on track.

Aside from LeCroy’s QualiPHY compliance test suite, it also comes with a debugging toolset that offers users with insight into eye and jitter analysis. Equipped with this insight, users can then confidently dig deeper and identify the main cause of the problem. Its Quick View function shows the TIE Track, Eye Diagram, Jitter histogram, Bathtub Curve, Jitter Spectrum and NQ-Scale.

Meanwhile, LeCroy’s X-Stream II Architecture not only provides fast update but the fastest eye interpretation as well.

With SDA 740Zi-A, Eye and Jitter Analysis starts with an interactive flow diagram user interface guiding the user intuitively through the set up of Jitter Measurements, Eye Measurements, or both.

It also feature an 80-bit Pattern Trigger as standard, while a High-speed Pattern Trigger is offered as an option.

Its 8b/10b serial decode option offers powerful search capability that allows the SDA 740Zi-A capture waveforms that will be searched for the symbol’s user defined sequences.