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Advanced Concepts
FrontRunner™
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v4.1.3, April 2012 Visionscape FrontRunner™ User’s Manual 2-25
1.
From the FrontRunner™ View menu, click Digital Soft Scope.
2.
From the DSS File menu, select Open.
3.
Select a DSS file (*.dss) and click Open.
A window similar to the one in Figure 2–12 is displayed:
FIGURE 2–12.
Digital Soft Scope Main Window
The resulting signal trace can be viewed graphically as a timing
diagram useful for analyzing I/O timing and interaction.
To modify the time slice of the trace view, adjust the slider bar located
at the top left. This changes the number of seconds per division in the
view. Adjusting the Current View slider bar to the right scrolls the view
window to display the signals in different time segments. The time
segment and the total time of the recorded signals are displayed
above this slider. A summary of transitions, or trace statistics, of each
signal can be obtained by clicking on the name of that signal in the
signal list. Clicking the right mouse button provides additional
capabilities including time measurement, zooming, redrawing, and
removal of signals. Once a signal is removed, you can add it to the
trace again by clicking on that signal name in the signal list.
One of the most useful features of the Digital Soft Scope tool is the
ability to measure signal lengths and time between transitions. A click
in the signal window enables the measuring tool, which appears as a
pair of white dotted lines that can be moved independently. When the
lines are positioned, the time difference represented by the distance