===== ValiFrame A-PHY Module ===== ======================================================================================================================= 1.1 [released 2024-03-13] ======================================================================================================================= 1.1.0.21 [available 2024-03-13] pre-requisite Windows 10 (64 bit), English, version 1809 or newer pre-requisite Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or newer pre-requisite Keysight IO Libraries Suite 18.1 or newer pre-requisite Total Phase aardvark driver pre-requisite Valens APHY Host v2.0.20 supported Microsoft Excel rev. 2021, English supported Keysight Infiniium UXR-Series System Software rev. 11.52.00001 supported Keysight M8195A Firmware and SFP rev. 4.2.2.0 new Pre-compliance release for A-PHY Compliant noise generation and BER test. new Added Fast transient noise amplitude calibration for profile 2 noise profile. new Added Fast transient noise frequency calibration for profile 2 noise profile. new Added RFI noise amplitude calibration for profile 2 noise profile. new Added BER RX test. new Added support for de-embedding touchstone files. new Added support for the A-PHY CLI as defined in the A-PHY working group CTS v0.9 r07. new Implemented loading and saving of noise waveforms. new Implemented a new Car Noise algorithim for faster waveform calculation. information RX BER test is pre-compliance only and requires DUTs to implement CLI interface as detailed in the CTS Annex. information This release includes the RX BER test. This test is available in expert mode only and does not include compliance reports. information Profile 2 Gear 4 and Gear 5 is untested due to this mode being unsupported by the Valens EVK. information This release targets CTS v0.9 which is still in development. information This release was tested only with Valens EVK and only the internal registers. ACMD registers were not tested due to lack of access. information BER test monitors the number of packets transmitted instead of number of packets received to ensure that the LP has sent the total number of packets required for the BER test. This is in contrast to the CTS v0.9 r07 (CTS in development). known issue Read-Write access to Valens VA7031 and VA7044 over I2C might fail due to port locking on the EVK. known issue The symbol of 'infinity' is inconsistant within the BER test report. ======================================================================================================================= 1.0 [released 2022-09-30] ======================================================================================================================= 1.0.0.11 [available 2022-10-06] pre-requisite Windows 10 (64 bit), English, version 1809 or newer pre-requisite Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 or newer pre-requisite Keysight IO Libraries Suite 18.1 or newer supported Microsoft Office Excel 2016, English supported UXR Infiniium 11.30.00406 supported AWG M8195A FW rev. 4.1.0.0 new Pre-compliance release for A-PHY noise generation. information This release only facilitates generation of noise signals. Calibrations and automated tests are excluded. information Accurate noise generation based on the procedure parameters requires multiple calibrations and de-embedding of the noise injection fixture. These calibrations are not included in the software. known issue Distortions and attenuations in certain low-frequency (< 1MHz) and high-frequency signals (> 4 GHz). These require ENIS compensation and de-embedding of the fixture. known issue High AWG amplitude results in signal distortions when the noise injection fixture is connected. This requires de-embedding of the fixture. known issue Low frequency spectrum of the environmental noise shows a decline if the fixture is connected. The PSD of the resultant signal should still be below the expected specification level. known issue Visible value of the parameter Blank duration is rounded up by 10 us. known issue Procedure report displays the initial value of the parameter AWG amplitude and not the final value.