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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Step 2. Choose the sampling mode
If you chose Timing Mode
1. Select the timing analyzer full/half channel configuration.
Typically, you can choose a half-channel configuration with faster
sampling and greater memory depth, but with half of the channels.
2. Set the sample period.
To capture signal level changes reliably, the sample period should be less
than half (many engineers prefer one-fourth) of the period of the fastest
signal you want to measure.
If you chose State Mode
1. Select the state analyzer speed configuration (if there is a configuration
option).
2. In the Clock Setup, using the Master only mode, specify which clock signal
edges from the device under test will be used as the sampling clock.