MSO5000HD-I3C

MSO5000HD-I3C – I3C Protocol Decode Option

🔗 Debug High-Speed Embedded Communication with the MSO5000HD

The UNI-T MSO5000HD Series oscilloscope is designed for embedded developers pushing performance boundaries. With up to 1 GHz analog bandwidth, 5 GSa/s sampling, and deep 500 Mpts memory, it’s an ideal platform for next-generation protocol analysis. The MSO5000HD-I3C unlocks real-time decode and advanced trigger support for I3C, the modern two-wire interface that replaces legacy I²C in high-speed sensor and peripheral networks.

I3C (developed by the MIPI Alliance) provides higher bandwidth, in-band interrupts, dynamic address assignment, and better power efficiency—all of which introduce new debugging challenges that this decode option is built to solve.

🔍 Key Capabilities

• Decode I3C master and slave traffic in real time

• Identify dynamic address assignment, Common Command Codes (CCC), and High Data Rate (HDR) modes

• Trigger on specific device addresses, message types, or payload contents

• Event table for browsing I3C transactions with timestamps and protocol fields

• Link physical waveform characteristics (e.g., rise time or glitches) with protocol-layer issues

• Search and filter complex captures for repeated or anomalous sequences

🧠 Benefits of MSO5000HD-I3C

• Next-Gen Sensor Network Debugging
  Ideal for high-performance wearables, smartphones, and IoT devices using dynamic bus configurations.

• Correlate Physical and Protocol Layers
  I3C's speed and complexity demand visibility into both voltage transitions and protocol content—only possible with a scope-based decoder.

• No Guesswork with HDR and CCC
  Quickly visualize command structure and response, especially during early hardware bring-up or multi-device negotiation.

🛠️ Ideal Applications

• Debugging advanced sensors, MEMS, and IMUs

• Mobile device firmware and embedded OS development

• Smart appliances and low-power embedded systems

• IoT platforms using I3C instead of I2C

• Interoperability testing between I2C and I3C nodes

🔗 Bundle Availability

The MSO5000HD-I3C decode option is included in:

• ✅ MSO5000HD-BND – the complete protocol bundle for the MSO5000HD series

Bundle details here:

• MSO5000HD-BND product page →

🧩 Optional Unlockable Software Features – MSO5000HD Series

🔌 Protocol Decode Options

These licenses unlock triggering and decoding for specific digital protocols:

• MSO5000HD-CANFD – CAN FD (Flexible Data Rate)

• MSO5000HD-CANXL – CAN XL (next-generation automotive network)

• MSO5000HD-FLEX – FlexRay (time-deterministic automotive bus)

• MSO5000HD-SENT – SENT (Single Edge Nibble Transmission, used for sensors)

• MSO5000HD-AUDIO – I2S, Left Justified (LJ), Right Justified (RJ), and TDM audio protocols

• MSO5000HD-ARINC429 – ARINC 429 (aerospace serial bus)

• MSO5000HD-MIL1553 – MIL-STD-1553B (military avionics bus)

• MSO5000HD-MANCH – Manchester encoding protocol

• MSO5000HD-1WIRE – 1-WIRE protocol

• MSO5000HD-I3C – I3C (improved two-wire interface for embedded systems)

⚠️ RS232, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and LIN are included as standard and require no license.

📈 Power Analysis

MSO5000HD-PWR – Unlocks the oscilloscope’s integrated power analysis features for evaluating:

• Power quality

• Harmonic distortion

• Rds(on), switching loss

• Safe operating area

• Slew rate, ripple, transient response, and efficiency

🎛️ Function Generator & Bode Plot

MSO5000HD-AWG – Enables the dual-channel 50 MHz arbitrary waveform generator

• Used for signal injection, loop testing, and frequency response analysis

• Required for full use of the Bode Plot mode

⏱️ Timing Analysis

MSO5000HD-TIME – Unlocks the Time Sequence Analyzer

• Measures setup/hold time, edge detection, amplitude, and pulse width

• Supports test report export for buses such as I2C, SPI, CAN, and I2S

📶 Bandwidth Upgrade

Bandwidth unlocks are available to upgrade lower-tier models to higher bandwidth tiers:

• Example: Upgrade 350 MHz model to 500 MHz or 1 GHz