Version 11.0
June 2011
This file contains information to introduce you to the LabVIEW 2011 Jitter Analysis Toolkit. This file also contains important information about the toolkit, including system requirements, installation instructions, and known issues.
Accessing the Toolkit and Help
The LabVIEW Jitter Analysis Toolkit provides a library of VIs optimized for performing high-throughput, automated jitter, eye diagram, and phase-noise measurements. The toolkit is hardware-independent and can be used with NI high-speed and high-resolution digitizers as well as third-party oscilloscopes and digitizers.
In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the Jitter Analysis Toolkit has the following requirements:
Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes, which are available in your LabVIEW software kit or on the National Instruments Web site, for additional system requirements and supported operating systems for LabVIEW 2011 and related service packs.
You can install all of your LabVIEW products—including the Jitter Analysis Toolkit—using the LabVIEW Platform DVDs. You can find installation instructions for the toolkit along with activation instructions in the following locations:
To request additional LabVIEW Platform DVDs, refer to the National Instruments Web site.
Note: If you purchased this product with an NI Software Suite or NI Product Bundle, use the installation media that shipped with your purchase to install this product.
To access the Jitter Analysis Toolkit VIs, select View»Functions Palette from the block diagram in LabVIEW and navigate to the Addons»Jitter Analysis palette. You also can right-click any blank space on the block diagram to display the Functions palette.
Refer to the Toolkits»Jitter Analysis VIs book on the Contents tab of the LabVIEW Help for more information about the Jitter Analysis Toolkit.
Refer to the labview\examples\Jitter Analysis directory for LabVIEW examples for the Jitter Analysis Toolkit. You can modify an example VI to fit an application, or you can copy and paste from one or more examples into a VI that you create.
You can access the software and documentation known issues list online. Refer to the LabVIEW Toolkits Known Issues Web site for an up-to-date list of any known issues in the Jitter Analysis Toolkit.
Copyright
© 2011 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.
For copyright notices, conditions, and disclaimers, including information regarding certain third-party components used in the LabVIEW Jitter Analysis Toolkit, refer to the Copyright topic of the LabVIEW Help.
Trademarks
LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI, ni.com, the National Instruments corporate logo, and the Eagle logo are trademarks of National Instruments Corporation. Refer to the Trademark Information at ni.com/trademarks for other National Instruments trademarks.
Other product and company names mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
Patents
For patents covering the National Instruments products/technology, refer to the appropriate location: Help»Patents in your software, the patents.txt file on your media, or the National Instruments Patent Notice at ni.com/patents.