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Part Number: DS280DF810 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DS250DF410 Tool/software: Introduction:
One common debug question when using TI's 25G/28G is why is the PRBS generator not working? This FAQ will review the key criteria for the retimer PRBS…
Part Number: TUSB211A Tool/software: In order to perform eye-diagram testing, the TUSB211A and other USB 2.0 redrivers must first detect the scope termination after power on or reset. Once termination has been detected, then the redriver will enable…
Part Number: DS280DF810 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: DS250DF210 , DS250DF230 , DS250DF410 , DS250DF810 , Tool/software: TI has several retimers in its 25/28G retimer product family. This FAQ breaks down some of the key differences between TI's 25/28G…
Part Number: DS280DF810 Tool/software: When implementing a signal conditioning device in a system, one design consideration is the device power consumption. In order to address this design consideration, it's valuable to understand how to calculate the…
Part Number: TUSB522P Tool/software: The USB3 redriver is meant to recover signal loss from a lossy channel. The redriver is best placed near the end of the channel. For example, in a motherboard application, the redriver is best placed closer to the…
Part Number: TUSB8041A Tool/software: Cascading USB hubs means to connect a root USB hub to the next tier which has another one or more hubs and few other devices and carrying forth in multiple tiers of hubs and devices . The USB standard specifies the…
Part Number: LMH1297
Tool/software:
SDI and Ethernet retimers provide a feature to capture:
1). HEO/VEO indicating horizontal and vertical eye opening
2). Additionally one can capture post equalized eye diagram as well.
Attached file discusses these…
Part Number: DP83826E Tool/software: MSE/SNR can be determined via Reg 0x225. Please note that this is an extended register and needs 4-step extended register access to read appropriate values.
Once the hex value is obtained, convert to decimal and compare…
Part Number: DS320PR810 Other Parts Discussed in Thread: SN75LVPE5412 , Tool/software: Could I disable the equalization of a TI PCIe redriver by setting the EQ index to 0?