GOEPEL Offers Entry-Level Boundary Scan Bundle
February 15, 2013. GOEPEL electronic said it now provides a special JTAG/boundary-scan package for beginners or for users with cost-sensitive projects. PicoTAP Designer Studio is a complete boundary-scan test system including hardware and software and offering a favorable price-performance-ratio. In addition to a mixed-signal I/O module, the bundle contains what the vendor calls the world’s smallest boundary-scan controller, PicoTAP, which is powered via USB and can be plugged directly into the I/O module.
“Many interested parties have asked for a low-cost boundary-scan starter package covering quite a number of applications. Our PicoTAP Designer Studio reflects these demands impressively,” said Stefan Meissner, spokesman for GOEPEL electronic GmbH. “Given that the bundle is able to cover a multitude of boundary-scan applications—for instance, prototype hardware debugging or interconnection test between BGA components—it suits the design stage as well as small batch production. Furthermore, it presents an interesting solution for respective projects at universities and polytechnic colleges.”
The hardware/software bundle contains a PicoTAP controller, an FXT-96/A CION Module, and a SYSTEM CASCON Basic/SX Development Station. Because of the included CION I/O module, analog and digital peripheral ports can also be tested. Additionally, relays and optical I/O functions are available to flexibly optimize test coverage.
The bundle’s performance level can be extended from pure test (base version) to additional applications such as memory and cluster test or in-system programming of small flash memories and PLDs. Numerous hardware and software options are available, so that the test unit’s performance may grow with the application. Price starts at $5,000 for the base version. GOEPEL will be exhibiting at IPC APEX EXPO February 19-21 in San Diego.