Frequently Asked Questions B46

Agilent’s FPGA dynamic probe provides greater
real-time measurement productivity for logic
analysis based validation of FPGAs and the
surrounding system. The tool features:
• Increased visibility —Traditional logic analyzer
probes limit engineers to measuring signals at the
periphery of the FPGA. With Agilent’s FPGA
dynamic probe, engineers are able to measure up to
128 internal FPGA signals for each external FPGA
pin dedicated to debug.
• Faster probing changes — Agilent’s FPGA dynamic
probe enables your design team to move probe
points internal to the FPGA with a mouse click —
without any design changes and without any
changes to the timing of your design.
• Automatic setup of the logic analyzer — The FPGA
dynamic probe maps internal signal names from
your FPGA design tool to your logic analyzer. The
signal-naming capability of the Agilent FPGA probe
eliminates mistakes and saves you the time it would
take to manually set up signal and bus names and
logic analyzer connections, providing a significant
advantage over logic analyzers without this
capability.