Voyager M480x USB4 Protocol Analyzer

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Full Support for Capturing USB4 80Gb/s Gen 4 (PAM3), Gen 3, Gen 2, plus legacy USB and Power Delivery

Capture / Analyze USB4 & USB 3.2 including PD and SBU traffic to see end-to-end host, hub, and device operation.

Up to 32GB Recording Memory

Capture long recording sessions for analysis and problem solving
  • HopID Filtering makes it easy to focus the analysis on specific paths/functions
  • USB4 Link and Protocol errors are detected and labeled
  • Non-intrusive probing to provide a true picture of power-on link training

Capture/Analyze

  • Multifunction system with optional support for USB 3.2 / USB4 traffic generation (Gen 4 Exerciser option available in future release)
  • Capture Type-C and Power Delivery protocol messages and state changes
  • Expand / Collapse transport layer for faster interpretation of USB traffic

USB4 Tunneling Support

  • Tunneled traffic can be exported to Teledyne LeCroy’s full-featured PCIe suite, Video Protocol Suite, or USB Suite for more detailed analysis.
  • For Gen-T links, the new header, framing and packet structure updates are fully supported

Flexible Hardware

The front-end of the Voyager analyzer features USB4 certified connectors that support the full 80Gb/s data rate for loss-less capture of traffic from all active links.

Voyager M480x USB4 Protocol Analyzer Front Panel
  • Native USB Type-C ports capture USB4 (Gen2, Gen3, Gen4), Thunderbolt, USB 3.2, USB 2.0 plus Power Delivery (CC) and DP AUX (alt-mode).
  • Exerciser option supports USB 2.0, 3.2 and USB4 with USB4 Gen 4 exerciser available in a future release
  • DisplayPort Tunneling Exerciser (future option)
  • LEDs indicate link speed, link width and active mode
  • Trigger In/Out
Voyager M480x USB4 Protocol Analyzer Back Panel
  • CATC Sync port for synchronized & multi-box (cascaded) recording
  • SuperSpeed 3.0 & GBe interface to host

Complete USB Test Coverage

Designed to sit in line between host and device router, the M480x will automatically detect and capture all USB Type-C signaling including USB4 Gen4x2 (80Gb/s) symmetric links, Gen3x2 (40Gb/s), Gen2x2 (20Gb/s), Gen2x1(10Gb/s); plus legacy USB speeds. Fully compatible with Thunderbolt 3, 4,& 5, the analyzer also records side-band (SBU) traffic and Power Delivery (CC) messages. Hot plug any combination of USB4 host and dock device and the Voyager system will follow the speed negotiation handshake and lock at the specified rate.

Screen capture of usb analysis software
Screen capture of usb analysis software
Screen capture of usb analysis software

The Voyager utilizes the legendary CATC Trace - the industry's de facto standard display and shows all packets labeled and interleaved in a single view. Traffic from the logical USB4 and side-band channels can be individually filtered, searched or exported from the trace. While in line, the analyzer will record and display all register reads and writes to provide an unambiguous picture of the router and path configuration process. To simplify analysis tasks, the Hop ID window allows precise hiding of extraneous traffic using Hop ID and Protocol Defined Function (PDF).

    All the logical link sub-states are recorded and displayed including SLOS patterns, training sequences and DESKEW ordered sets. During path configuration, all register Read Request / Response transactions are grouped to simplify debug of router enumeration. SBU register transactions are parsed to automatically assign protocols to Hop IDs. For Gen-T links, the new header, framing and packet structure updates are fully supported. PD handshake commands are also captured and decoded.

      USB4 tunneled traffic can be exported to Teledyne LeCroy’s full-featured PCIe suite, Video Protocol Suite, or USB Suite for more detailed decoding and analysis of encapsulated protocols. Comprehensive decoding of tunneled transactions provides a coherent view of the underlying PCIe, USB or DP application traffic within the USB4 fabric.

        HV optical probe testing GaN FET and measuring gate-drive signal and high voltage output

        Error Detection

        The Voyager M480x can detect real USB 3.2, USB4 and PD protocol errors. At the lower layers, training sequences, SCR content and CRC errors are automatically verified and flagged. Control Packet Timing is checked along with many of the USB4 logical layer timing requirements. Dozens of checks are reported for PD and USB 3.2 protocol including occupying reserved fields, invalid frame size, and correctable bit-errors.

        HV optical probe testing GaN FET and measuring gate-drive signal and high voltage output

        Measure and verify VBUS and CC voltages with Power Tracker™

        The Voyager M480x Power Tracker option monitors and displays vBus power and current graphically in a time-line format. The voltages are synchronized to trace events allowing users to verify power state transitions at the protocol and electrical layers. Separate power graphs are provided for CC and VCONN making it easy to debug logical Type-C state transitions.

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