Questions and answers:
- What new product is Teledyne LeCroy introducing? An automated compliance test option for the Automotive SerDes Alliance (ASA) Motion Link (ML) v1.1 specification.
- What is the purpose of SerDes devices in autonomous vehicles? They transfer large amounts of sensor and camera data to an in-vehicle processor, which generates instructions for autonomous operation.
- What hardware supports Teledyne LeCroy’s QPHY2-ASA compliance test software? The WaveMaster 8000HD oscilloscope series, offering up to 65 GHz bandwidth and 12-bit resolution.
CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. – Teledyne LeCroy in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., is introducing the automated compliance test and measurement option for the Automotive Serdes Alliance (ASA) Motion Link (ML) v1.1 specification for data transfer in autonomous vehicles.
Serializer/deserializer (SerDes) devices transfer large amounts of data in one direction and are for transferring information from a network of sensors and cameras to an in-vehicle processing unit. After that, the device creates instruction sets necessary for autonomous vehicle operation.
Several competing automotive SerDes standards are vying for primacy, including ASA’s ML, MIPI’s A-PHY and Analog Device/OpenGMSL’s Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSLTM). Teledyne LeCroy is involved with all those standard-setting organizations.
Competing standards
Teledyne LeCroy’s QPHY2-ASA compliance test software for ASA Motion Link v1.1 benefits from Teledyne LeCroy’s and early ASA ML standards committee and plugfest involvement.
The compliance test software anticipates testing requirements based on what ASA member companies are in the process of finalizing and is available early in the ASA ML v1.1 adoption curve.
The QPHY2-ASA software is supported on high-resolution high-bandwidth oscilloscopes – the WaveMaster 8000HD series – which provides as much as 65 GHz of bandwidth with 12 bits of resolution for current automotive SerDes baud rates and provides capabilities to test future, faster baud rates as ASA ML continues to evolve.
For more information contact Teledyne LeCroy online at www.teledynelecroy.com/serialdata/in-vehicle-networks#ee.
