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JTAG Defined | An Introduction to JTAG

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What is JTAG JTAG is an acronym that stands for “Joint Test Action Group”. The group was a consortium of vendors focused on problems found when testing electronic circuit boards. Key members included: TI, Intel and others. JTAG is the informal name often used to describe the standard that resulted from the work of this [...]

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Boundary Scan Test

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What is Boundary Scan Test? Boundary Scan Testing  was created to test printed circuit boards for interconnect errors such as: shorts, opens and stuck-at faults that are typically caused by problems in the manufacturing process. Boundary Scan can also be used to test devices such as: RAM, FLASH and Logic  functionally. How Does  Boundary Scan [...]

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ARM JTAG Pinout

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This page contains information on the commonly used connectors and pin outs for JTAG Boundary Scan testing and debug of hardware employing the ARM family of processors. If you do not see the pin out you are looking for, please request it in the comments section. ARM 20 Pin Connector Pin Out This is a header commonly [...]

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JTAG Tools Video

This video is an introduction to the 3 tools that comprise the XJTAG product line. The first tool is called XJAnalyser – XJAnalyser helps you to bring up prototype hardware and to trouble shoot bad boards in a manufacturing environment. The tool provides a graphical view of of any JTAG enabled device on you board [...]

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JTAG Test Video

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This video is an introduction to the JTAG test development environment called XJDeveloper. XJDeveloper is where you can create tests for all the ICs on your board and produce a file that you can run on the production floor. XJDeveloper is streamlined to help you configure your board by answering a few simple questions about [...]

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Board Debug Video

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This video is an introduction to our board debug and bring up tool called XJAnalyser. XJAnalyser helps you to bring up prototype hardware and to trouble shoot bad boards in a manufacturing environment. The tool provides a graphical view of of any JTAG enabled device on you board and allows you to interact with it. [...]

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Boundary Scan Basics

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This article reflects the questions that I hear most often from people who are new to Boundary Scan. It should give you a good practical overview of the technology. WIN A FREE BOUNDARY SCAN BOOK (over $100.00 value!) – I plan to keep adding to this post over time so please submit any questions that [...]

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JTAG IEEE Standards: IEEE 1149.1, IEEE 1149.6, IEEE 1149.7

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  JTAG Standards Welcome to this introduction to three key JTAG Standards. These standards are the most active and commonly used and of most practical value for anyone who wants to employ JTAG Boundary SCAN tools today. At the end of this post we will provide links to additional detail on each of these specifications. [...]

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What is Boundary Scan JTAG

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  What do the terms: JTAG, Boundary Scan and IEEE 1149.1 mean? You have probably heard the terms: Boundary Scan JTAG IEEE 1149.1 But what do they mean and how did they come about? This post and video answers that question. Some History JTAG is an acronym for Joint Test Action Group. This group was [...]

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JTAG Test

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What is JTAG Testing Testing with JTAG allows you to test printed circuit boards for manufacturing defects, functional failures and even program and configure devices like FPGAs, CPLDs and FLASH. So Why Use Boundary Scan Testing? The key advantage of JTAG test over other test methods is that it requires a minimum number of test [...]

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Prototype Circuit Board

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Prototype Printed Circuit Boards are early versions of electronic circuits. The first revisions of these boards usually have errors and require debug and test. Electronic product manufactures (OEMs) typically send the files produced by their schematic capture package to a circuit board FAB or Prototype house for to be built. Often so-called quick turn PCB [...]

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Boundary Scan Software

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Boundary Scan Software is used to test printed circuit boards in electronic products such as cell phones, medical device and communication systems. Boundary Scan Software uses a  Boundary Scan Hardware interface to communicate with a Unit Under Test or UUT. You can use Boundary Scan software to: Bring up Prototype circuit boards Configure Programmable devices [...]

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ARM JTAG Boundary Scan

ARM JTAG Test  Support for ARM: ARM7, ARM9, ARM11, ARM Cortex We support the ARM family of processors with our JTAG FLASH/Hardware Device Programming and JTAG Test  tools. In fact, ARM Ltd uses our JTAG Test tools to test their evaluation boards and emulation systems! Our JTAG Test System: XJAnalyser , can be used to bring [...]

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JTAG Pinout FPGA

JTAG  Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Pin out – “Standard (CES)” This standard configuration is typically used for FPGA (such as Xilinx) JTAG programming adapters. You can create a pinout to use our JTAG system using the description below. Pin Number                Signal name                  Signal Description 1                                      TCK                                   Test Clock Signal 2                                    Ground                             Ground 3                                    TDI                                     [...]

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JTAG Pinouts and Connectors for PowerPC

This page contains details on PowerPC JTAG Connector Pinouts. These Pinouts can be used to interface a JTAG ICE or Boundary Scan test Device to your PowerPC board PowerPC 52XX, 74XX, 7XX, 82XX, 83XX, 85XX JTAG Pin Signal Name 1 1  TDO JTAG Test Data Out 2 2 Not Used (QACK -7XX only) 3 3 [...]

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JTAG Pinout Xilinx Cable IV

The pin out below is for the 14-pin Xilinx Cable IV. Our XJLink can be used in place of this cable to program and configure Xilinx FPGAs and it can also be used to provide complete boundary scan testing for your board. 1 VGND   2 VREF 3 GND    4 TMS 5 GND    6 TCK 7 GND    8 [...]

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JTAG Connector Pinout

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This page is a resource for JTAG connectors.  These connectors are commonly used to interface Boundary SCAN tools or JTAG Emulators to a system under test. A common JTAG interface will have 4 or 5 standard signals (TDI, TDO, TMS, TCK, TRST) and some number of optional pins depending on the device. There is no [...]

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JTAG Pinout Altera ByteBlaster II

The Altera ByteBlaster II pin out is shown below. The JTAG signal are show along with there pin numbers. Our XJLink JTAG controller hardware fully supports this pin out as well as many other standard programming and confoiguration cabled. Since our  XJLink controller can replace the BYteBlaster II cable For additional information on the cable, [...]

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Boundary Scan

What is Boundary Scan What is Boundary-Scan and what is it used for? Boundary Scan is a technology used to test, program and debug printed circuit boards (PCBs). Boundary Scan is often used to increase overall board test coverage by complementing traditional test methods like In-Circuit Test (ICT) and Automated Optical Inspection (AOI). Let’s begin [...]

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JTAG Boundary-Scan Vs. JTAG Emulation (ICE)

One question that I often hear is: “What’s difference between JTAG Boundary-Scan Test and JTAG Emulation or a JTAG ICE?” First off, these two methods share common functions such as: hardware bring-up, device programming and even some basic hardware test functionality. The big difference is that test systems are designed to do extensive hardware testing [...]

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Design for Test (DFT)

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When designing new hardware that employs Ball Grid Array (BGA) devices or other surface mount technologies, it is critical to adhere to design for test (DFT) guidelines. Provided that you have JTAG enabled devices on your board, DFT guidelines allow you to design your board in such a way that the highest possible percentage of [...]

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