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About Bob Storey

Bob Storey is a developer at XJTAG. His role includes the continuing development of the automatic Connection Test and also the code which handles logic devices in XJTAG.

An easier way to run SVF or STAPL files in XJTAG projects

There are new global functions in XJTAG 3.6 which are always available to use (like the built-in Connection Test). The functions RUNSTAPL and RUNSVF allow users to run programming files without having to write any further XJEase to enable this. […]

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XJTAG version 3.6

A new major version of XJTAG – version 3.6 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]

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Custom cells in BSDL files

The JTAG standard contains definitions for various different types boundary scan cells, each of which have different capabilities, and these allow an IC vendor to accurately describe how the pins on their chips behave. But because not every eventuality can be foreseen the JTAG specification also allows IC vendors to create their own types of boundary scan cells.   […]

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Categorising devices: Ignore, Unfitted, or Uncategorised?

(This article has now been replaced by an updated version, here.) […]

FIXED – Issues when generating ODB++ netlists using Altium Designer 17.0

The original post referred to an issue with Altium Designer 17.0. This issue was fixed in Altium Designer 17.1.5. Using the current version of Altium Designer to update ODB++ netlists created in Altium Designer 16 or earlier will no longer cause problems with your XJTAG project. However, if you have created an XJTAG project using a netlist exported from Altium Designer 17.0 then updating your netlist from 17.1.5 will probably break your project (although it may make previously broken features of the project begin to work.) If this affects you please feel free to contact XJTAG Support for advice on the easiest way to adjust your XJTAG project to work with the fixed ODB++ output. […]

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Testing XJLink hardware

We understand that sometimes (for your own sanity if nothing else) you need to test that your test equipment is working. For this reason, it is possible to run a health-check on XJLink2 hardware (and XJLink2-based hardware) using the self-test feature available in the XJLink Manager. The self test can be run with or without a loopback connector but should never be run with the XJLink connected to test hardware. […]

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Connection Test output viewer

From XJTAG version 3.5, users are now able to view all the test data from the automated Connection Test by clicking on a link at the end of the Connection Test results within XJDeveloper, XJRunner, or formatted log files in the XJTAG Log File Viewer. The full output viewer shows the test data for one run of Connection Test at a time, and there is a dropdown box to change between the available test modes. […]

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Conditional testing in XJRunner

It has always been possible to construct tests in XJEase which were conditional on something else having happened, or a previous test having passed, but the new v3.5 release includes a number of major enhancements to the setup, running and control of tests in XJDeveloper and XJRunner, some of which make conditional testing much easier to setup, control and debug. […]

XJTAG version 3.5

A new major version of XJTAG – version 3.5 – is now available from our website for users who are in maintenance. […]

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Common errors when updating files with the new XJEase Library

With the new XJEase Library we have made some fairly extensive changes to reduce code duplication, to improve test coverage, and ease of use.  If you have used additional code files from the XJEase library to create your own test scripts you may find that updating to the new versions of these files causes errors in your project.  Below are the common errors you might see and how to fix them. […]

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