PA-RISC information - since 1999

HP 16600/16700 Agilent Logic Analyzers

Quick Facts
Introduced 1998-2000
Period Maturity (III)
Series Scientific
CPU PA-7300LC
150 MHz
Caches 64 KB
Memory 160-256 MB
Design LASI
Drives 1 SCSI
1 FD
(1 CD)
Expansion 1-2 Emulation
1-5 Measurement
0-204 Probes
Expansion frame
I/O Fast or Ethernet
SCSI
serial
parallel
display
PS/2
I/O and control

HP 16600A and 16700A are logic analyzers with PA-RISC processors sold by HP and Agilent, based on PA-RISC HP 9000 workstation architecture from the mid-1990s. They were successors to Agilent 16500 series analyzers and used in engineering and science for measurements, logic analysis, prototyping and verification.

Agilent
16600A © HP 1998
Agilent
16700A © HP 1998

In electronics and microprocessor design, these systems were able to analyze buses (AGP, ISA, CAN, PCI, HP-PB, SCSI, USB, DIMM memory and many others) and emulate microprocessor families (ARM, IBM PowerPC, Pentium, Motorola PowerPC and MPC, CPU32, M-core, Toshiba, MIPS, Intel 960, Motorola 68000 and 88000).

All variants are based on the same 16700A or 16700B main logic board built into different chassis with system architecture related to B132L/B160L workstations with some custom I/O hardware.

Apparently, Agilent E4406A Vector Spectrum Analyzer (VSA) were also based on the same PA-RISC logic board:

Another Agilent PA-RISC product, HP 16505A Prototype Analyzer, was a standard HP 9000 712 workstation that connected to an Agilent 16500A series logic analyzer via special hardware and software.

Around 2004, Agilent moved away from PA-RISC and HP-UX to Windows and Intel.

System architecture

HP 16600 and 16700 series were an Agilent system design with individual boards:

Processors

System CPU Speed L1 cache
HP Agilent 16600A PA-7300LC PA-RISC 32-bit 150 MHz 64 KB on-chip
HP Agilent 16700A PA-7300LC PA-RISC 32-bit 150 MHz 64 KB on-chip
HP Agilent 16700B PA-7300LC PA-RISC 32-bit 150 MHz 64 KB on-chip
HP Agilent 167020A PA-7300LC PA-RISC 32-bit 150 MHz 64 KB on-chip
HP Agilent 16702B PA-7300LC PA-RISC 32-bit 150 MHz 64 KB on-chip

Chipset

Display

Input

System buses

Memory

Expansion slots

Storage

External ports

Operating systems

Pictures

Agilent 16700A Products Agilent 16700B Products Agilent 16700B Products
16700A und 16700B Products © Agilent 2001
Agilent Agilent
16702B © Agilent 2003

More detailed pictures:

Options

HP Agilent 16600 and 16700 series could be ordered with factory options.

HP Agilent 16600 and 16700 factory options
Option 16600A 16700A/16702A 16700B/16702b
001 17″ 1280x1024 monitor 17″ 1280x1024 monitor 17″ 1280x1024 monitor
003 160 MB system RAM, 4 MB video RAM 160 MB system RAM, 4 MB video RAM 256 MB system RAM, 4 MB video RAM
004 External CD-ROM drive External CD-ROM drive
008 18 GB external SCSI drive 18 GB external SCSI drive
009 External removable hard drive
010 Two 17-channel probe leads
012 Multiframe module

Documentation

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