Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Chad H Slaugh

Jeffrey John Haeffele

Systems and methodologies for use in signal measurement systems that acquire and store signal data in accordance with a trigger specification. In particular, the present invention is directed to a hardware resource allocator that is interposed between the signal acquisition hardware of a logic analyzer and the user interface on which a signal measurement specification model is presented to the operator. The hardware resource allocator translates the measurement requirements as specified by the user on the user interface to commands for allocation and control of the appropriate combination of hardware resources. Generally, the hardware resource allocator allocates and configures the requisite hardware resources and translates the measurement specification to hardware control data used by software drivers to program the signal acquisition hardware resources. Importantly, the hardware resource allocator separates the logic analyzer hardware from the trace measurement specification model presented to the operator on the user interface. The hardware resource allocator translates the measurement requirements provided by the user interface model to the appropriate combinations of commands and data appropriate for the signal acquisition hardware architecture.

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Chad H Slaugh