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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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Debugging the Connection Test – part 4 (Logic errors)
23 August, 2010
With the new Logic support in XJTAG, the connection test can find more errors More »
Logic in XJTAG – capabilities and limitations
9 August, 2010
We see a lot of logic components used on boards that come through our office. Most often we see buffers, bus transceivers and devices of that nature, but also plenty of the usual discrete logic chips – simple gates, decoders, encoders etc. More »
Highlights of the 2.4 Release
26 May, 2010
The latest version of XJTAG, version 2.4, is now available to customers who are in maintenance. More »
New XJTAG contact details
31 March, 2010
XJTAG has moved office. Our office move is complete and all our details are now updated on the XJTAG website, but just to make sure everyone has picked up our new contact details, here they are. More »
XJLink2 Diagnostics
8 March, 2010
TCK Termination
22 February, 2010
We all pay close attention to the termination of high speed signals, especially clock signals. However in many of the designs I see this doesn’t seem to have happened for the JTAG clock signal TCK. But TCK is a clock signal just like any other clock signal.
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Voltage Measurements with XJLink2
8 February, 2010
One of the exciting new features of XJLink2 is the ability to measure a number of voltages. Via the 20-way XJlink2 connector you can measure up to 18 different voltages. This means supply rail voltages can be measured before (and during) JTAG testing, and analogue measurements are now simple to make during your tests.
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XJLink2 Frequency Measurement
25 January, 2010
XJLink2 is the only JTAG interface that can accurately measure frequency. More »
XJLink2 button and LEDs
5 January, 2010
The new XJlink2 has a button and some LEDs, which aren’t found on most JTAG interface devices. These are simply there to make life a little simpler on a crowded workbench. Once you have a project open in XJRunner you can start testing by just pressing the button – this can be quicker than finding your mouse which has at some point almost certainly moved off the on-screen Run button. More »
The new XJLink2
14 December, 2009
The new XJLink2 USB-to-JTAG interface is beginning to make its way out to our distributors and depending on where you are is, or shortly will be, available for trial and purchase.