I2C/SMBus VIP

I2C/SMBus Verification IP provides an smart way to verify the I2C/SMBus bi-directional two-wire bus. The SmartDV's I2C/SMBus Verification IP is fully compliant with version 2.1 of the Philip's I2C-Bus Specification and SMBus 2.0 Specification and provides the following features.

I2C/SMBus VIP is supported for VMM, RVM, AVM, OVM and non-standard verification env

 

Features

  • Supports standard, fast, and high speed operations.
  • Full I2C Master and Slave functionality.
  • Supports packet error checking for SMBus mode
  • Supports ARP sequence for SMBus mode
  • Operates as a Master, Slave, or both.
  • Monitor, Detects and notifies the testbench of all protocol and timing errors.
  • Supports all I2C clocking speeds
  • 7b/10b configurable slave address
  • Compares read data with expected results
  • Bus-accurate timing
  • Various kind of Master and Slave errors generation
  • Glitch monitor and injection.
  • Supports timeouts forcing and handling in SMBus mode
  • Callbacks in master and slave for various events.
  • Status counters for various events in bus.
  • Benefits

  • Faster testbench development and more complete verification of I2C/SMBus designs.
  • Easy to use command interface simplifies testbench control and configuration of Master and Slave.
  • Simplifies results analysis.
  • Runs in every major simulation environment.
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    I2C Verification Env

    SmartDV's I2C/SMBus Verification env contains following.

    • Complete Verilog or OpenVera or SystemVerilog source code of I2C/SMBus Monitor, Slave, Master.
    • Complete regression suite containing all the I2C/SMBus testcases.
    • Examples's showing how to connect various components, and usage of Master, Slave and Monitor.
    • Detailed documentation of all class, task and function's used in verification env.
    • Documentation also contains User's Guide and Release notes.




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