Measuring Input Thresholds on an Existing Board
TBMG-11342
10/01/2011
- Content
A critical PECL (positive emitter-coupled logic) interface to Xilinx interface needed to be changed on an existing flight board. The new Xilinx input interface used a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) type of input, and the driver could meet its thresholds typically, but not in worst-case, according to the data sheet. The previous interface had been based on comparison with an external reference, but the CMOS input is based on comparison with an internal divider from the power supply. A way to measure what the exact input threshold was for this device for 64 inputs on a flight board was needed.
- Citation
- "Measuring Input Thresholds on an Existing Board," Mobility Engineering, October 1, 2011.