1. The Moving Pixel Company
MPhyView
Disassembly and Protocol
Decode Software for
TDS70k Scopes
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April 2010
Scott Silver
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2. MPhyView Acquire MPhy traffic with an oscilloscope Decode Disassemble
Display protocol
Software package
Runs on scope or external PC
We recommend external PC
Hardware key
Demo mode with pre-captured files
Relatively inexpensive
What users need NOW
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3. MPhyView Version 1.0 features DigRF 1.00 protocol supported 1-4 lanes
Any speed (up to 6 Gbps/lane)
Type 2 links
Automatic switching between HS and LS mode
Very powerful presentation
Version 1.0 limitations
No specialized triggering
One lane possible but scope severely limited in capability
Type 1 link not supported
Not required for DigRF
Customers for Type 1?
Long sleep times – no record compression
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4. MPhyView Acquire Get the data from the scope Threshold Find bits
Align channels
Decode
Remove 10b-8b code
Deserialize into bytes
Disassemble
Show all salient packet details
Present
Powerful cursors
Amazing shortcuts w/shortcut menu
Stunning searches and Intuitive filter operations
Highly user-configurable
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5. MPhyView Basic screen – cursors, resized small
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6. MPhyView Many columns, bottom menu minimized
Multiple simultaneous data formats:
hex, symbolic, 8b10b
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7. MPhyView
Shortcut Help Menu
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8. MPhyView View types – aligned symbol Also time relative to cursor
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9. MPhyView View types – unaligned symbol 10nS mis-alignment
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10. MPhyView
View types – unaligned bit
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11. MPhyView Higher Level Protocol in Columns Def; CRC checking, too!
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12. MPhyView Filtering for headers and protocol decode
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13. MPhyView Filtering for headers and protocol decode, continued
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14. MPhyView
“Quick Show” filtering
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15. MPhyView
“Quick Show” filtering – notice the filter fields are filled in and the display includes only the records of interest.
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16. MPhyView
Now expand back around the one of interest with Ctl-D (or via the menu)
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17. MPhyView Expand back result – now we can see what preceded it.
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