Meet Besso, a unique and advanced diagnostics tool for PCIe and the latest addition to Kandou’s portfolio of innovative connectivity solutions.

Designed for high-speed debugging and deep diagnostic insights, Besso gives you an instant window into your system alongside the visualization tools to find and fix bugs faster and easier than ever before.

With increasing speeds in PCIe, SerDes, and higher bit rates, retimers are essential for maintaining signal integrity. This makes it vital to identify and resolve problems as quickly as possible to accelerate a product’s time to market.

By providing a real-time, on-chip window into links, both in lab and on the bench, Besso gives you instant access and powerful insights, allowing you to visualize any PCIe system and diagnose issues quickly, from anywhere in the world, without interrupting links. This means no black box in the lab or field and no need for expensive lab kit – just debugging at the fastest possible speeds.

“We’re very excited to unveil our latest product,” Kandou VP of Sales & Business Development, Thomas Boudrot said. “Designers know how complex, time-consuming, and costly it can be to debug a retimer – and in Besso, we have a solution.

“It is those designers, deep in the trenches of R&D, who have told us that Besso is a great debugging tool for solving problems faster and getting products to market sooner. They also see real value in having key diagnostic features integrated into one package.

“With Besso, you have a single graphical user interface that can control a retimer and perform extensive diagnostics instead of having to use different scripts and software to control it. Instead, this one, brilliant tool brings together everything you need to debug faster and accelerate time to market.

“Besso is also free and comes at no extra cost for our customers. When purchasing our Regli retimers, users will automatically gain access to the built-in diagnostic software with training and support available from our expert team.”

A feature-rich, Microsoft Windows-based platform, Besso is portable and tailor-made for rapid use in the field. Simply connect a laptop to the board via a USB cable and open the Besso app to access EyeScope and BER monitors for SerDes. Besso has TX EQ presets display and override, visualization for internal temperature sensors, and a KB900x Logic Analyzer which supports rising and falling edge triggers on multiple signals.

You will also find an RTSSM Analyzer to investigate state transition on all lanes, along with link bifurcation, training and logging capabilities, all delivered in one, integrated software package with a simple, easy-to-use user dashboard.

With headquarters in Switzerland and a global vision for the future of connectivity, Kandou has become famous for its unique, high-speed, and energy efficient chip-to-chip link solutions. Whether that’s helping to unlock USB4’s 40Gbps with our Matterhorn retimer or creating ultra-low latency chiplets with our Glasswing interconnect, our products go beyond in every way.

Our latest solution, Besso, continues this legacy of innovation with its unique approach to diagnostics; accelerating the debugging process so you can shorten timescales, improve longevity, reduce costs, and get your system operating at top speed.

Besso is currently available at no additional cost to existing Kandou customers who purchase Regli™ retimers.

For more information go to: https://www.kandou.com/products/besso/

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