GRL Nova-S03: Sideband Emulator & Analyzer for HDMI®, DisplayPort & DP Over USB-C®

3-in-1 solution for electrical compliance and interoperability testing

Nova-S03 is GRL’s HDMI, DisplayPort, and DP Over USB-C® side band emulator solution designed for engineers with demanding side band test requirements. An all-in-one solution, the Nova-S03 design validation tool makes it easy for engineers to test HDMI, DisplayPort, and DP Over USB-C electrical compliance and sideband signals without toggling between multiple instruments. 

Key Features

• Nova-S03 (GRL-EMU-ALL) consists of GRL-EMU-HDMI, GRL-EMU-DP, and GRL-EMU-DPC. The sideband feature support is as follows: 
  • HDMI sideband features supported by GRL-EMU-HDMI:
    
    • HDMI 1.4 (TMDS), HDMI 2.x (TMDS) and HDMI 2.x (FRL) sideband specifications. 
    • HDMI DDC sink emulation.
    • HDMI source DDC data reading
    • STD: E-DDC, E-EDID, DisplayID, CEA-861-D
    • Responds to EDID data request within a few microseconds
    • Supports on-demand setting for EDID/SCDCS/FRL reg data
    • Data sequence transaction logging
    • API support for test customization
    • Single box sideband solution for HDMI test Id 7-3 and 7-25.
  • DisplayPort sideband features supported by GRL-EMU-DP:
    
    • DP 1.4 and DP 2.x sideband specifications. 
    • Aux communication emulation
    • Support for on-demand setting for EDID/DPCD reg. data
    • Link capability & status
    • EDID support
    • Sink events notification
  • DP Over USB-C sideband features supported by GRL-EMU-DPC:
    
    • USB-C sideband specifications
    • Aux communication emulation
    • Aux data transaction logging
    • SBU lane emulation
    • Link capability & status
    • PD communication handling
    • PD custom VDM message handling
    • PD sniffer
    • SBU line sniffer
    • DP ALT mode emulation

• API Support
  • Open API enables customized control with customers' own software: C#, NI Test stand, and Python.

• User-friendly and requires minimal training
  • Easy to operate and understand test status without different app learning.
  • Testing for less than a few seconds for a single setup. 
  • Easy to recall analysis based on detailed test results.

• An all-in-one, comprehensive solution
  • Space-effective solution allows the user to run long-duration tests with ease
  • Easy automation combined with embedded Ethernet control and APIs
  • Cost-effective and powerful thanks to multi technology capability

GRL-EMU-ALL: GRL Sideband Emulator with support for HDMI, DisplayPort and USB Side Band Emulator and Analyzer (includes GRL-EMU-HDMI, GRL-EMU-DP and GRL-EMU-DPC)

GRL-EMU-HDMI: GRL Sideband Emulator with support for HDMI DDC, EDID, SCDC Emulator and Analyzer including support for FRL

GRL-EMU-DP: GRL Sideband Emulator with support for DisplayPort Aux Emulator and Analyzer

GRL-EMU-DPC: GRL Sideband Emulator with support for DP Over USB-C sideband Emulator and Analyzer

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