Agilent/Keysight P5551A
Agilent / Keysight Embedded Test Systems.
- Model
- Agilent / Keysight P5551A
- Calibration
- Available on request
- Price
- $12,590
- Status
- In stock
- RFQ ref
- P5551A
This unit
The Agilent/Keysight P5551A is a PCIe 5.0 Protocol Exerciser for testing and validating PCIe designs across all major protocol generations. It emulates both PCIe root complex and endpoint devices, enabling comprehensive verification and debug of PCIe implementations. The instrument supports PCIe 1.0 through 5.0 standards with data rates from 2.5 GT/s (Gen1) to 32 GT/s (Gen5), accommodating lane widths of x4, x8, and x16.
Technical Specifications
Protocol Support- PCIe 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 standards
- Data rates: 2.5 GT/s to 32 GT/s
- Lane configurations: x4, x8, x16
- Automated link training to 32 GT/s
- Speed change capability from 2.5 GT/s to maximum supported speed
- PCIe 5.0 link training bypass support Electrical Characteristics
- Follows all PCIe 5.0 electrical specifications
- Trigger Output: 50 Ω impedance, VOH 2.4 V, VOL 0.55 V, 2.4 V amplitude (open), 1.2 V amplitude (50 Ω load), 120 nS pulse width
- Trigger Input: Maximum 3.0 V, VIH 2.0 V Environmental
- Operating temperature: +5 °C to +35 °C
- Installation category II, pollution degree 2 (indoor use)
Key Features
- Single add-in-card design with improved signal integrity
- Configurable signal integrity characteristics for variable test environments
- Precise power management stimulus for L0, L0s, and L1 substates
- Integrated low-noise power supply with auxiliary PCIe power for high-power endpoints
- Over 100 built-in LTSSM test cases
- LTSSM state machine control and support (all states except L2 and Loopback)
- Lane reversal and polarity detection
- Scalable flow control support
- Traffic generation via GUI or automated scripts (C# and Python APIs)
Interfaces and Connectors
- Power input connector
- USB 3.0
- Two SMA(f) connectors (trigger in/out)
- PCIe edge connector (width configurable per lane width)
Typical Applications
- Root complex and endpoint device emulation for PCIe design validation
- Link training and protocol compliance testing
- Power state management verification
- Signal integrity characterization and optimization
- LTSSM behavior validation across PCIe generations
Agilent / Keysight P5551A — Repair & Calibration Service
Aumictech offers NIST-traceable calibration and repair for the Agilent / Keysight P5551A. Calibration covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. All calibrations ship with a NIST-traceable certificate. Turnaround is typically 1–3 business days after receipt.
Common Agilent / Keysight P5551A faults: power supply failure (cRIO-9073/9074), C-series slot connector wear, PXI chassis fan failure, GPIB interface failure on VXI controllers, BIOS/EEPROM corruption. NI CompactRIO most common faults are power supply failure on older cRIO-9073/9074 chassis and C-series module slot connector wear from repeated hot-swap cycles. PXI chassis fan failure is the most common wear item — chassis fans are field-replaceable. VXI embedded controllers most commonly develop EEPROM corruption and GPIB interface failure.
Agilent / Keysight P5551A price
This Agilent / Keysight P5551A is listed at $12,590. Calibration is available separately from $450. Contact us for volume pricing or if you need multiple units.
Agilent / Keysight P5551A calibration cost
NIST-traceable calibration for the Agilent / Keysight P5551A is $450 (standard — pass/fail certificate and calibration sticker) or $650 (full measured data at every test point, reference standards documented, traceability chain included). Calibration for this instrument covers analog input channel accuracy and offset at all gain settings, analog output accuracy, digital I/O logic threshold verification, sample rate and timing accuracy, and trigger and synchronization bus functional verification. NI CompactRIO and PXI chassis also undergo backplane trigger line integrity check.. Turnaround is 1 to 3 business days after receipt. See full calibration details →
