SmartDV’s SMBus Verification IP is a comprehensive solution for verifying the System Management Bus, the two-wire serial control bus derived from I2C for system and power management communication between hosts, batteries, power supplies, sensors, and peripheral devices. Fully compliant with SMBus Specification Version 3.3.1 and backward compatible with all earlier versions including 3.2, 3.1, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0, it supports complete verification of SMBus Master and Slave components across all defined commands, Address Resolution Protocol generation and response, Packet Error Checking, master/slave arbitration and clock synchronization, and block transfers up to 255 bytes.
SmartDV’s SMBus VIP supports UVM, SystemVerilog, and Verilog, and integrates seamlessly into diverse verification environments. It is simulator-independent and compatible with all leading EDA simulators, providing flexibility across simulation platforms.
With programmable clock frequency, timeout detection and generation, glitch insertion and detection, scoreboard checking, comprehensive error injection across all defined SMBus error conditions, support for multiple instantiations in complex verification environments, built-in functional coverage, and a complete test suite, SmartDV’s SMBus VIP enables verification teams to thoroughly validate SMBus interface designs for power management ICs, battery management systems, server baseboard management controllers, and any application requiring standardized low-speed system management communication.
