SMBus Verification IP

Truechip's SMBus Verification IP provides an effective & efficient way to verify the components interfacing with SMBus interface of an IP or SoC. Truechip's SMBus VIP is fully compliant with Rev. 3.1 of SMBus specifications. This VIP is a lightweight VIP with easy plug-and-play interface so that there is no hit on the design cycle time.

Key Benefits

• Available in native SystemVerilog (UVM/OVM/VMM) and Verilog
• Unique development methodology to ensure highest level of quality
• Availability of Compliance & Regression Test Suites
• 24X5 customer support
• Unique and customizable licensing models
• Exhaustive set of assertions and cover points with connectivity example for all the components
• Consistency of interface, installation, operation and documentation across all our VIPs

Features

• Fully compliant with Rev. 3.1 of the SMBus Specification
• Support PEC (Packet error Checking) for communication robustness.
• Support for all Bus protocols with and without PEC.
• Support for SMBus ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) for dynamically assigning a unique address to each slave device.
• Support for Clock Synchronization & Arbitration for Multi Master.
• Supports Host device (specialized master) for SMBus Host Notify protocol.
• SMBALERT# interrupt line for devices that want to trade their ability to master for a pin.
• Supports generation of transactions with UVM register model.
• Built in SMBus Bus Monitor provides extensive protocol checking.
• Supports various error injection and detection.
• Provides verification scalability using functional coverage.
• Supports timing checks in the Monitor.
• Callbacks for user-defined transfers.
• Supports transaction logging with detailed description of each transfer.
• Graphical analyser to show transactions for easy debugging

Deliverables

• SMBus Master / Slave Agent
• SMBus Monitor and Scoreboard
• Test environment and test suit
  • Basic and directed protocol tests
  • Random Tests
  • Error Scenario Tests
  • Assertions & Cover Point Tests
• Integration Guide, User Manual and Release Notes