MIPI® I3C℠ is a bus interface for interconnecting peripheral devices such as sensors to microcontrollers or applications processors. Building on the decades old I2C and SPI interfaces, MIPI I3C provides a modern, low-power, and unified interface that is manufactured using standard CMOS technology. Still using a 2-wire bus, it supports transfer speeds in excess of 10 Mbps, and it offers unique features such as dynamic master definition and dynamic addressing.

With I3C technology, we’re able to reach a much higher level of performance, albeit not without new design and validation challenges. For example, the high operating rates mean that test tools need to achieve timing resolutions in the nanosecond range while remaining cost-effective for mass deployment. What’s more, the dynamic nature of the bus creates a great deal of complexity in the associated state machines, necessitating the need for complete, hardware-based test tools. You’ll find no better I3C design and test instruments than those offered by Introspect Technology for addressing these challenges and more.

Industry Challenges

  • High operating speeds when compared to I2C
  • Complex state machines
  • SDR and HDR operating modes
  • Dynamic addressing and dynamic master selection
  • Multiple bus configurations

Introspect Capability

  • High-performance modules with nanosecond timing resolution
  • High-performance and cost-effective probing solutions
  • Device emulation of masters, slaves, or multi-mode end points
  • Passive protocol analysis (sniffing) of any I3C bus
  • Features for characterization and screening
  • PurVue Analyzer™ : Brand new I3C protocol-triggered real-time oscilloscope compatible with SV6E-X Mid-Frequency Digital Test Module, thus eliminating the need for external active probes or benchtop oscilloscopes.

Probe Products

PV2 Universal Active Probe
Probing Solution with 8 GHz Bandwidth
PV1 Active Probe
PV1 Universal Active Probe
Probing Solution with 5 GHz Bandwidth

Digital IO Test Modules

SV6E-X: SoundWire
Enabling high performance testing of SoundWire
SV6E-X with the SoundWire
SV6E-X Mid-Frequency Digital Test Module
Multi-protocol digital exerciser and analyzer with 200 MHz I/O speeds
PurVue Analyzer™
Highly Commended Embedded Real-time Oscilloscope for SV6E-X

Software Solutions

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I3C Controller
Enabling high performance testing of SoundWire
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I3C Target
Enabling high performance testing of SoundWire

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