Agilent Technologies 1670E Series, User Manual

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System Performance Analysis (SPA) Software
System Performance Analysis Software
System Performance Analysis Software
The System Performance Analysis (SPA) software is included as
standard software in the HP 1660E/ES/EP and 1670E-series logic
analyzers.
SPA provides you with a set of functions for performing statistical
analysis on your target system. Its functions include State Overview,
State Histogram, and Time Interval modes.
To be successful with this software, you should be familiar with the
operation of the logic analyzer.
This chapter is organized as follows:
• "What is System Performance Analysis?" outlines typical SPA applications,
and describes the operating characteristics for each SPA mode.
• "Getting started" describes how to access the SPA menus and how to select
the SPA modes and set the specifications.
• "SPA measurement processes" is a detailed description of the
measurement processes used by the SPA package. This theory of
operation explains how the SPA software samples and sorts the data from
the target system, and how the onscreen measurement values are
computed for the State Overview, State Histogram, and Time Interval
modes.
• State Overview, State Histogram, and Time Interval" leads you through the
State Overview, State Histogram, and Time Interval modes. It also tells
how to set up SPA for the three modes, how to interpret the acquired data,
and how to make measurements on specific areas of interest.
• "Using SPA with other features" tells you how to use SPA with other
features.