MDIO Protocol Exerciser and Analyzer

MDIO Protocol Analyzer (PGY-MDIO-EX-PD) are the Protocol Analyzers with multiple features to capture and debug communication between host and design under test. PGY-MDIO-EX-PD is the leading instrument that enables the design and test engineers to test the respective MDIO designs for their specifications by configuring the PGY-MDIO-EX-PD as Master/Slave, generating MDIO traffic and decoding the MDIO protocol decode packets.

MDIO also called Management Data Input/Output, or MDIO, is a 2-wire serial bus that is used to manage physical layer devices in media access controllers (MACs) in Gigabit Ethernet equipment. The management of these PHYs is based on the access and modification of their various registers.

Datasheet

PGY-MDIO-EX-PD is the leading instrument that enables the design and test engineers to test the MDIO designs for its specifications by configuring PGY-MDIO-EX-PD as master/slave, generating MDIO traffic with error injection capability and decoding MDIO Protocol packets.

Features
The product features are as follows:

Supports MDIO speeds of up to 25MHz
Ability to configure it as Master or Slave
Simultaneously generate MDIO traffic and Protocol decode of the Bus
MDIO Master and Slaves
Support for MDIO Clause 22 & 45
Variable MDIO data speeds and Duty cycle
Continuous streaming of protocol data to the host computer to provide a large buffer
A timing diagram of Protocol decoded bus
Listing view of Protocol activity
Ability to write exerciser script to combine multiple data frame generation at different data speeds
USB 2.0/3.0 host computer interface
API support for automation in Python or C++

Multi-Domain view

Multidomain View provides the complete view of MDIO Protocol activity in a single GUI. Users can easily set up the analyzer to generate MDIO traffic using a GUI or script. Users can capture Protocol activity at a specific event and decode the transition between Master and Slave. The decoded results can be viewed in the timing diagram and Protocol listing window with autocorrelation. This comprehensive view of information makes it the industry’s best, offering an easy-to-use solution to debug the MDIO protocol activity.

Exerciser

PGY-MDIO-EX-PD supports MDIO traffic generation using GUI and Script. Users can generate simple traffic generation using the GUI to test the DUT. Script-based GUI provides flexibility to emulate the complete expected traffic in the real world including error injections. In this sample script user can generate MDIO traffic as below:

Script line #1: Set system Frequency 25MHz, CLK to DATA delay to 0ns, Duty cycle 50%, System inter message gap to 0us
Script line #3: WRITE
Script line #4: WRITE
Script line #5: READ
Script line #6: READ
Script line #7: WRITE

Timing Diagram and Protocol Listing View

The timing view provides the plot of MDC and MDIO signals with a bus diagram. Overlaying of Protocol bits on the digital timing waveform will help easy debugging of Protocol decoded data. Cursor and Zoom features will make it convenient to analyze Protocol in the timing diagram for any timings errors.

The protocol window provides the decoded packet information in each state and all packet details with error info in the packet. The selected frame in the Protocol listing window will be autocorrelated in the timing view to view the timing information of the packet.

Setup View

PGY-MDIO-EX-PD supports both Clause 22 and Clause 45. Users can set this in the setup view according to their preference.

MDIO Specifications

MDIO-Specifications Table

Ordering Information

PGY-MDIO-EX-PD MDIO Exerciser and Protocol Analyzer

Deliverables for PGY-MDIO-EX-PD

PGY- MDIO-EX-PD Unit
USB 3.0 cable
PGY- MDIO-EX-PD Software in CD
12V DC adapter
Flying lead probe cable with female connector to connect to DUT

Warranty Information

Hardware Warranty – 2 years
Software and Firmware Warranty – 1 year
Probes (covered under warranty for any manufacturing defect) – 6 months