By David Maliniak, March 19, 2010
The IEEE 1149.7 JTAG standard retains backward compatibility with the previous 1149.1 standard, but adds new features that bring it into the present and ready it for future generations of device architectures.
By Staff, April 02, 2009
The company’s Java Board Test Environment consists of the free Eclipse development environment, using the latest Ganymede release, the latest JRE from Sun Microsystems...
By Louis E. Frenzel, September 11, 2008
In 1990, the IEEE ratified the 1149.1 standard known as boundary scan. Developed by the Joint Task Action Group (JTAG), it was created to help solve the overwhelming testing problems caused by ever-increasing larger-scale ICs and densely packed multila
By Louis E. Frenzel, April 17, 2007
JTAG boundary-scan capability is widely used to test ICs, pc boards ,and equipment. It saves time and ensures that even the most complex devices work as intended. Also, boundary-scan hardware and software are widely used in automatic test equipment (ATE)
By William Wong, February 28, 2006
NetBurner’s MOD5213 is based on a Freescale MCF5213 32-bit Coldfire microcontroller. The microcontroller is at home on a small PCB that plugs into a standard 40-pin DIP socket. An on-board oscillator and voltage regulator means a developer need only suppl
By William Wong, May 13, 2005
Atmel microcontrollers address a wide range of application areas. Bill checks out a pair of development kits for Atmel’s AVR and Arm7 microcontrollers.
By William Wong, November 08, 2004
Bill found that Macraigor Systems’ usbSprite is slightly larger than a postage stamp but provides full-featured JTAG debugging. Good things still come in small packages.
By David Maliniak, February 02, 2004
Complex system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs with multiple embedded processors and IP blocks present difficult debug challenges. First Silicon Solutions' (FS2) Multi-Core Embedded Debug (MED) system extends the JTAG infrastructure to create a new class of...
By Roger Allan, February 02, 2004
The NetUSB-1149.1/E high-performance, intelligent boundary-scan JTAG controller can be connected either to a user's PC via the high-speed USB 2.0 or a 10/100BaseT Ethernet local-area network (LAN) interface. Devised by Corelis, the controller also...
By Dave Bursky, October 01, 2001
System-on-a-chip (SoC) designs have emerged as system-critical solutions to reduce size, complexity, power, and cost. Additionally, technology improvements over the last few years have allowed SoC solutions to grow more complex. Relatively...
By Ray Weiss, October 01, 2001
The PowerPC started out as a RISC challenger to the PC's XC86, developed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola. It lost that race, but it has become a major RISC for ICs, ASSPs, and cores. PowerPCs have a large embedded base in printers, telecom, control, and...
USB + JTAG + DSP = Debugging Tool From Electronic Warfare Associates, the compact Blackhawk JTAG emulator plugs into a standard PC USB port. The Blackhawk draws all power through the USB connection. It handles the...
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