Hi, We at TeraCross have monitored a 1Gbps bus using cables: PCB 1 [Signal Source / Connector] PCB 2 [Conncetor / Mictor / Connector] PCB 3 [Connector / Signal Destination] PCB 2 can be removed (and only a cable remains) after you finish = debugging - Shimshon Jacobi -----Original Message----- From: Gupta, Anurag x4500 [mailto:agupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 01:47 To: 'tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'weirsp@xxxxxxxxxx'; 'si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Please suggest a way to monitor high speed busses Hi all, Tom you are right- by monitoring I mean to connect it to a continuous decision circuit.... Steve / Tom, Can you recommend any passive attenuator and logic series you have had = good experience with In similar applications. Regards, Anurag Gupta -----Original Message----- From: "Tom Dagostino" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>@ROCKWELLCOLLINS=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:49 PM To: Gupta, Anurag x4500 Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] Please suggest a way to monitor high speed busses Input impedance if you mean input R is really not the issue, you need to reduce the amount of input C that the monitor has. If your application is monitor as in put a scope probe on it and see what is happening I would recommend a FET scope probe, one with less than 1 pF input C. If you mean by monitoring, connect it continuously to a decision circuit, then any low C logic gate will do the trick. And yes a low input C amplifier will work also. The key is low C. Tom Dagostino Device Modeling Division Teraspeed Consulting Group LLC 2926 SE Yamhill St. Portland, OR 97214 (503) 430-1065 tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.teraspeed.com -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gupta, Anurag x4500 Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:40 PM To: 'si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [SI-LIST] Please suggest a way to monitor high speed busses Hi all, In a design I am working on - I need to monitor the High speed PowerPC bus- Basically the transaction signals, some address and data. The basic bus speed can be 133Mhz or 166MHz. Can you please suggest a way of monitoring the signals ( digital levels are ok...) as "non intrusively" as possible- so as not to spoil the "integrity" of the bus. I was thinking in terms of some ultra-high input impedance buffers.....etc- however I am open to all suggestions..... even the wildest :-) Thanks Anurag Gupta =09 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: =20 //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu =20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu