Jeff Good idea. Besides, your approach is easy to set up because it doesn't need extra equipments. I will use the persistent mode to catch. Somehow, your link below doesn't work. Can you send me the waveform screen shots? Pete's approach is quite different. I do have a realtime scope with 13 Ghz bandwidth and 20 Gs/S. The sample rate might be low if I want to have pico second resolution. But it worths a try. Thanks for all the valuable suggestions. Jinhua On May 1, 2014, at 10:20 PM, "Loyer, Jeff" <jeff.loyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The way I've dealt with this issue was to develop the "TDR Tug Test" (TTT for > short :)). The key is to put the TDR in infinite persistence mode while you > tug (or beat) on the offending hardware. You'll capture the TDR waveform > jumping at the open even though it happens very quickly. > Sample waveforms are available at the link below. Note that in this case I > daisy-chained the various pins through a connector so the exact open location > varied, but you should get the idea. I also had the TDT waveform captured, > but that's not essential. > https://www.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v‹6d638a616470759c9e > > Have fun, > Jeff Loyer > > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jinhua Chen > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 5:54 AM > To: SI-List > Subject: [SI-LIST] TDR with single event trigger > > Hi, experts > > I am troubleshooting an interconnect issue. The symptom is intermittent open > when mechanical force is applied (hit by a stick etc.). TDR is a good tool to > pin point the exact location of open. But this intermittent issue only last > for micro seconds. TDR today has continuous trigger. It can't catch the > single event. Does any one know how to trigger TDR with single event? Or any > other tools to pin point the physical location of intermittent open? > > Thanks! > > Jinhua Chen------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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<mailto:si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> with > 'help' in the Subject field > > > List forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 forum is accessible at: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > 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 forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu