Welcome to the XJTAG blog
This site features regular posts from members of the XJTAG development and support team, designed to help maximise your productivity when working with XJTAG. The posts highlight particular features of the different software packages that make up the XJTAG development system or aspects of the XJEase language.
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Create your own links to Layout Viewer from XJEase
9 January, 2012
From version 2.6.2 onwards XJEase supports the printing of device, pin and net links which launch and get highlighted in Layout Viewer from XJRunner and XJDeveloper (provided there is an ODB++ netlist available for the board). More »
By Matthew Burton on 9 January, 2012 |
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Layout Viewer
19 December, 2011
If your project uses an ODB++ netlist, then you can take advantage of the Layout Viewer in both XJDeveloper and XJRunner. Layout Viewer uses the layout information in the netlist to allow you to visualise the physical location of components, pins and nets on a board. This is especially useful for visualising errors from the connection test to guide you towards the most likely location of a fault on a board. More »
By John Barton on 19 December, 2011 |
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Device Library
5 December, 2011
Version 2.6 of XJDeveloper has two exciting new features that make developing your projects easier – a library of definitions for devices and a “suggest categorisation” feature. More »
By John Barton on 5 December, 2011 |
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XJTAG version 2.6
8 November, 2011
A new major version of XJTAG – version 2.6 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. More »
By Bob Storey on 8 November, 2011 |
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The Safe bitstream
18 July, 2011
The Safe bitstream gets mentioned occasionally in our documentation and warning/error messages and this blog post attempts to shed some light on what it is and what it’s used for. More »
By Bob Storey on 18 July, 2011 |
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Programming the TI MSP430 Microcontroller
4 July, 2011
Although it has a JTAG port, the TI MSP430 microcontroller is not a boundary scan capable device. Instead of the standard boundary scan registers there is a set of registers that allow the various functions of the device to be accessed and configured. More »
By Bob Storey on 4 July, 2011 |
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XJTAG version 2.5
4 April, 2011
The latest version of XJTAG, version 2.5, is now available to customers who are in maintenance. More »
By Bob Storey on 4 April, 2011 |
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XJTAG Logic Library
20 December, 2010
From version 2.4 XJDeveloper and XJRunner support logic devices. A library of definitions for common logic devices is shipped with XJDeveloper. This post details this feature. More »
By John Barton on 20 December, 2010 |
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Categorising Devices as Logic in XJDeveloper
6 December, 2010
This post outlines how to categorise a device as a logic device in XJDeveloper and explains some of the useful features. More »
By John Barton on 6 December, 2010 |
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Design for Test Analysis in XJDeveloper 2.4 – Part 2
22 November, 2010
This post introduces the new DFT reports which are generated from the DFT analysis data. This is a feature introduced in XJTAG version 2.4.
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By Tina Chremmou on 22 November, 2010 |
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