Electronic Design

8B/10B Encoding

With the PCI fabric bridge, the transmitted data exits from the PCI interface through logic that converts it into the StarGen protocol. That converted format is then processed by a cyclic redundant ...
Embedded

Troubleshoot and verify 8b/10b encoded signals with a real-time oscilloscope

Few serial technologies have become more widely adopted than 8b/10b coding, which is now used in standards like PCI-Express, Serial ATA, SAS, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, FireWire, MIPI M-PHY, HDMI, ...
EDN

How to turn every FPGA LVDS pair into a complete SERDES solution

Just a couple of days ago as I pen these words, I was chatting with Bryan Hoyer from Align Engineering. After slaving away for years in their secret underground bunker, these little rapscallions have ...
Electronic Design

R&S RTO oscilloscope decodes 8b/10b buses

Rohde & Schwarz has expanded the application field of its R&S RTO oscilloscope by adding an option to decode and analyze 8b/10b encoded interfaces up to 6.25 Gb/s. The new software option’s full ...
EDN

A/D Converter Makers Address Signaling Noise Issues With LVDS Output Converters

Analog-to-digital converter (A/D converter) sample rates have been increasing steadily for years to accommodate newer bandwidth hungry applications in communication, instrumentation, and consumer ...