Method and apparatus for analyzing serial data

An apparatus for analyzing data received from a first logic analyzer and from a second logic analyzer, the first logic analyzer capturing serial data from a serial communication channel, the second logic analyzer acquiring words of data from a first device communicating over the serial communications channel, the apparatus comprising:

• a serial analyzer, the serial analyzer receiving serial data from the first logic analyzer, the serial data comprised of a plurality of bits, the serial analyzer processing the serial data to convert the serial data into parallel words, each parallel word comprising a plurality of bits;
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• a listing tool, the listing tool receiving the parallel words and generating a first listing to be displayed on a display device, the listing tool receiving the data from the second logic analyzer and generating a second listing to be displayed on the display device.

An apparatus for analyzing serial data received from a logic analyzer, the apparatus comprising:

• means for analyzing serial data, wherein the means for analyzing serial data receives serial data from a logic analyzer, the serial data comprised of a plurality of bits, the means for analyzing serial data processing the serial data to convert the serial data into parallel words, each parallel word comprising a plurality of bits;
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• means for generating a listing, wherein said means for generating a listing receives the parallel words and generates a listing to be displayed on a display device, wherein the apparatus is capable of analyzing serial data formatted in accordance with a plurality of different communications protocols.

An apparatus for analyzing data received from a first logic analyzer and from a second logic analyzer, the first logic analyzer capturing serial data from a serial communication channel, the second logic analyzer acquiring words of data from a first device communicating over the serial communications channel, the apparatus comprising:

• means for analyzing serial data, the means for analyzing serial data receiving serial data from the first logic analyzer, the serial data comprised of a plurality of bits, the serial analyzer processing the serial data to convert the serial data into parallel words, each parallel word comprising a plurality of bits;
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• means for generating a listing, wherein the means for generating a listing receives the parallel words and generates a first listing to be displayed on a display device, and wherein the means for listing receives the data from the second logic analyzer and generates a second listing to be displayed on the display device.

A computer-readable medium having a computer program for analyzing serial data, the program comprising a code segment for determining when a serial data sample is a valid sample, the code segment detecting transitions occurring in the serial data, the transitions corresponding to changes in the serial data from a digital 1 to a digital 0 or from digital 0 to a digital 1, the code segment determining the time at which a transition in the serial data occurs and utilizing the time at which a transition occurs to calculate whether a serial data sample is a valid sample, wherein of the code segment determines that a serial data sample is a valid sample, the code segment causes the sample to be used as representative sample.